Avaliação do conhecimento sobre fotobiomodulação dos fisioterapeutas no Brasil
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2021
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Universidade Brasil
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Physiotherapy is the profession that assesses, rehabilitates, prevents, recovers, as well
as restores, develops, and conserves the individual's capacity through physical resources
such as ultrasound, heat and light. Electrophysical resources are described and
recommended in undergraduate courses and among these we find the use of low power
lasers. Brazil is one of the countries with the most publications in the world in the area
known as Photobiomodulation (PBM), however, it is not clear the access that
physiotherapy clinicians have to the advances obtained in scientific research. The
purpose of this study is to verify, through an electronic form, the knowledge of physical
therapists enrolled in class councils about PBM in daily practice. An electronic
questionnaire Google Form was developed, and it was sent by email, WhatsApp social
networks, SMS, and printed forms were also distributed. The distribution started in the
region of Goiás and the Federal District with the support of CREFITO 11 and then
expanded to other regions. In total 106 physiotherapists answered the questionnaire. Of
these 50% used lasers in the clinic, while 10.4% had never used lasers. After obtaining
the data and according to the responses obtained, we observed 50% that physiotherapy
professionals. 81.4% said they did not use it because they did not have the equipment
and 10.2% indicated the cost as a reason for not using it. Among the participants, 62.3%
said they had not made any updates in the area in the last 3 years and of those who said
they had updated the courses up to 1 hour in duration were the majority. 76.5% also never
calibrated their equipment and 45.7% said they used the protocols they learned at
graduation. Based on the results, we conclude that there is a need for greater
dissemination of the scientific knowledge obtained in the field of PBM in physical therapy
so that the advances are effectively passed on to professionals who work clinically in the
area.
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Fisioterapia, Fisioterapeuta, Fotobiomodulação, Laser de baixa potência, Recursos Físicos na Fisioterapia