My PhD comprised studies that identified: (1) the efficacy of physiotherapist-led physical activity (PA) interventions; (2) the behaviour change techniques (BCTs), or individual strategies, Australian physiotherapists use to promote PA to improve general health (non-treatment physical activity [NTPA]) and (3) the factors influencing their decision to promote NTPA.1–5 Physiotherapists are expected to promote NTPA to increase the PA levels of patients to improve general health.6 It was important to establish if private practice and outpatient physiotherapists can successfully promote NTPA and the difficulties they face. I completed two systematic reviews that found physiotherapist-led NTPA interventions can increase patient PA levels in the short term only.1 Additionally, I found that physiotherapists use fewer BCTs when promoting NTPA in clinical compared with experimental settings,2 suggesting that physiotherapists might use few BCTs to change PA behaviour in practice. I designed a survey and an interview study to explain these findings. …

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澳大利亚物理治疗实践中的体育活动促进：物理治疗师如何促进体育活动以及哪些因素影响促进？（博士学院奖）

我的博士学位包括确定的研究：（1）物理治疗师主导的身体活动（PA）干预的有效性；(2) 澳大利亚物理治疗师用来促进 PA 以改善整体健康的行为改变技术 (BCT) 或个人策略（非治疗性身体活动 [NTPA]）和 (3) 影响他们决定促进 NTPA 的因素。1– 5 物理治疗师有望推广 NTPA 以提高患者的 PA 水平，从而改善整体健康状况。6 确定私人执业和门诊物理治疗师能否成功推广 NTPA 及其面临的困难非常重要。我完成了两项系统评价，发现物理治疗师主导的 NTPA 干预只能在短期内提高患者的 PA 水平。 1 此外，我发现，与实验环境相比，物理治疗师在临床中推广 NTPA 时使用的 BCT 较少，2 这表明物理治疗师在实践中可能会使用很少的 BCT 来改变 PA 行为。我设计了一项调查和一项访谈研究来解释这些发现。…