Athletes’ knowledge and satisfaction of physiotherapy services in the management of sport injury at a selected university in the Western Cape province

Abstract

Background: Adequate knowledge and understanding of a physiotherapist’s scope of practice is paramount for optimal utilisation of services. The knowledge and satisfaction of athletes regarding physiotherapy management within sport injury play an important role in their willingness to participate and follow through with their rehabilitation programme and management, thus impacting their return to sport. This study, therefore, aimed to determine student-athletes’ knowledge and satisfaction with physiotherapy services in sport injury management and the objective where associations between their knowledge and satisfaction exist; and knowledge and selected variables exist was also reported on.