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CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS article

Front. Psychol.
Sec. Performance Science
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1427648
This article is part of the Research Topic International Symposium on Performance Science 2023 View all 10 articles

QUESTIONING EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE IN THE CONTEXT OF PHYSIOTHERAPY WITH MUSICIANS? A PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTION

Provisionally accepted
Céleste Rousseau Céleste Rousseau *
  • Centre Européen d’Enseignement en Rééducation et Réhabilitation Fonctionnelle, Saint-Denis, France

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    Introduction: In the late 1990s, evidence-based medicine (EBM) emerged, emphasising the conscientious use of current best evidence in medicine and ensuring the best care for each individual. Thus, applying evidence-based practice (EBP) in physiotherapy is complex due to sparse research, distinct challenges, and unsuitable tools. This is particularly relevant considering musicians' health since the literature is very limited. Part I: The first part advocates for EBP and explain how it ensures both the best care and adherence to ethical principles (beneficence, non-maleficence, respect for autonomy, and justice), for both caregivers and patients. Part II: The second part discusses the common pitfalls often encountered by healthcare professionals, and especially as physiotherapists for musicians, when applying evidence at the patient's bedside, again from both perspectives, healthcare professionals and patients. Part III: Finally, this third part aims to open the discussion by considering various perspectives, such as values-based practice or the importance of qualitative research, to reshape EBP in physiotherapy. Conclusion: This work highlights the prevalent existence of grey zones encountered by healthcare practitioners with musicians. While conducting more research to help understand them, physiotherapists must learn to navigate these waters.

    Keywords: Evidence based practice (EBP), musicians' health, Physiotherapy, Ethics, performance

    Received: 04 May 2024; Accepted: 18 Jul 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Rousseau. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Céleste Rousseau, Centre Européen d’Enseignement en Rééducation et Réhabilitation Fonctionnelle, Saint-Denis, France

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