The professional contribution of chiropractors to Danish elite football clubs: a qualitative exploration of role and perceived value in an interprofessional service provision context.
Background: Interprofessional team-based care has been widely adopted in elite level athletic health and performance practice. Chiropractors can claim some penetration as health care service providers in high level sport. However, their position as valued members of interprofessional health care tea...
| Published in: | Chiropractic & Manual Therapies Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 1 - 10 |
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BioMed Central
12/18/2020
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=147686708&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 147686708 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 2045709X BG1Z jtl: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies issn: 2045709X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 12/18/2020 vid: 28 iid: 1 pid: 24147 pub: BioMed Central artinfo: ui: 147686708 147686708 147686708 10.1186/s12998-020-00358-x 147686708 ppf: 1 ppct: 9 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: The professional contribution of chiropractors to Danish elite football clubs: a qualitative exploration of role and perceived value in an interprofessional service provision context. aug: au: Hostrup, Joachim Koza, Anders Myburgh, Corrie affil: Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, 5230, Odense M, Denmark sug: subj: Chiropractors Soccer Physicians, Sports Team Professional Role Sports Organizations Denmark Interprofessional Relations Multidisciplinary Care Team Human Comparative Studies Qualitative Studies Purposive Sample Semi-Structured Interview Thematic Analysis Denmark ab: Background: Interprofessional team-based care has been widely adopted in elite level athletic health and performance practice. Chiropractors can claim some penetration as health care service providers in high level sport. However, their position as valued members of interprofessional health care teams, especially those built around traditional medical organisational structures, is unclear. This investigation sought to explore the perceived role and value of chiropractors as service providers in elite Danish football clubs. Methods: A comparative qualitative case study was conducted. Six Danish premiere league (Superliga) clubs were purposively sampled to compare and contrast instances where chiropractors were both present and absent from the health care team. Triangulated responses were solicited from healthcare coordinators, chiropractors and athletes within each club's organization through semi-structured individual interviews. The audio-recorded responses were transcribed verbatim and thematically analyzed using a framework approach. Results: Data were collected September and November 2019. A coding framework of 14 codes and 4 code families emerged, centering around the role of chiropractors, benefits of utilizing chiropractic care and facilitators and barriers to interprofessional practice. From this framework, three themes were abstracted, these being: "Broadening horizons", "In-house preferred to take-away" and "Already covered, or even necessary?" Conclusion: In this practice context, chiropractors fill the role of musculoskeletal health care service providers. Their perceived value stems from additional expert disciplinary knowledge, improved diagnostic triage and increased treatment flexibility. However, where not utilized, the role of a spinal health expert is questioned and when acknowledged, is limited to that of a technician/therapist. It is unclear from this investigation whether chiropractors can claim core provider status. Further exploration of this interesting context of interprofessional practice is warranted. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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