Awareness Of Physiotherapy Amongst Orthopaedic Surgeons In South Gujarat

Background: Physiotherapy is a form of rehabilitation science which helps to make a difference in an individual’s ability to live an active and healthy lifestyle. For many physiotherapist working in India, the main source of reference is a orthopaedic. Slowly and steadily physiotherapy did establish a firm base in India with lot of new developments, but still by large, physiotherapy remains a secondary referral profession. Hence this study was conducted to look at the orthopaedic perspective as to how much importance is given to the physiotherapy. Methods: A Sample size of 70 subjects were purposely choosen. The study was conducted in a questionnaire based interview format. A willing orthopaedic surgeons were included, whereas interns and unwilling practitioners were exclude. Results: From the study, it was learned that there is awareness regarding physiotherapy among orthopaedic surgeons. With regards to the different streams of physiotherapy, the Orthopaedic (100%) and Sports rehabilitation (98%) are the most popular, followed by Neurological field(94%),Cardio respiratory(88%) and 82.86% aware of community based rehabilitation. Conclusion: The study revealed that there is full awareness of physiotherapy among orthopaedic surgeons. Musculoskeletal physiotherapy and sports physiotherapy showed good awareness among the study subjects. This was followed by Neuro physiotherapy, Cardio respiratory and Community based rehabilitation.