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IJSRP, Volume 5, Issue 10, October 2015 Edition [ISSN 2250-3153]


Level of Knowledge of Physiotherapy among High School Sports Coaches in Harare, Zimbabwe
      Matthew Chiwaridzo, Maina Lynette Msiska
Abstract: The aim of this study was to determine the level of knowledge of physiotherapy among sports coaches in government –administered high schools and determine the factors associated with the level of knowledge in Harare, Zimbabwe. Sports are a fundamental part of human existence across all ages with well documented positive health-related benefits. As such, high school sports form an integral component of the school curriculum in Zimbabwe with adolescents participating in local inter-schools or national competitions under the auspices of school coaches who in most cases are just but school teachers with respective passion for the sport. A recent observation of the inter-scholastic and national sporting events in Harare involving adolescents showed that sports-related injuries are common and the predominant number of these injuries could be avoided or severity reduced if the schools had medical personnel such as physiotherapists incorporated into their teams as resident sports physiotherapists.

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Matthew Chiwaridzo, Maina Lynette Msiska (2018); Level of Knowledge of Physiotherapy among High School Sports Coaches in Harare, Zimbabwe; Int J Sci Res Publ 5(10) (ISSN: 2250-3153). http://www.ijsrp.org/research-paper-1015.php?rp=P464701
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