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Barriers and facilitators to physiotherapy among adult orthopedic patients at King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

A cross-sectional study

Abdulmajeed A. Alzakri, Omar A. Alsultan, Mohammed N. Alhuqbani, Zyad A. Aldosari, Omar M. Alghadir, Omar A. Aldosari, Badr F. Alshehri and Khalid A. Alsaleh
Saudi Medical Journal July 2023, 44 (7) 679-686; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2023.44.7.20230276
Abdulmajeed A. Alzakri
From the Department of Orthopedics (Alzakri, Alsultan, Alhuqbani, Aldosari, Alghadir, Aldosari, Alshehri Alsaleh), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Department of Orthopedics (Alsultan, Alsaleh), King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University; and from the Department of Spine Surgery (Alzakri), King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Omar A. Alsultan
From the Department of Orthopedics (Alzakri, Alsultan, Alhuqbani, Aldosari, Alghadir, Aldosari, Alshehri Alsaleh), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Department of Orthopedics (Alsultan, Alsaleh), King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University; and from the Department of Spine Surgery (Alzakri), King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mohammed N. Alhuqbani
From the Department of Orthopedics (Alzakri, Alsultan, Alhuqbani, Aldosari, Alghadir, Aldosari, Alshehri Alsaleh), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Department of Orthopedics (Alsultan, Alsaleh), King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University; and from the Department of Spine Surgery (Alzakri), King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Zyad A. Aldosari
From the Department of Orthopedics (Alzakri, Alsultan, Alhuqbani, Aldosari, Alghadir, Aldosari, Alshehri Alsaleh), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Department of Orthopedics (Alsultan, Alsaleh), King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University; and from the Department of Spine Surgery (Alzakri), King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Omar M. Alghadir
From the Department of Orthopedics (Alzakri, Alsultan, Alhuqbani, Aldosari, Alghadir, Aldosari, Alshehri Alsaleh), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Department of Orthopedics (Alsultan, Alsaleh), King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University; and from the Department of Spine Surgery (Alzakri), King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Omar A. Aldosari
From the Department of Orthopedics (Alzakri, Alsultan, Alhuqbani, Aldosari, Alghadir, Aldosari, Alshehri Alsaleh), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Department of Orthopedics (Alsultan, Alsaleh), King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University; and from the Department of Spine Surgery (Alzakri), King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Badr F. Alshehri
From the Department of Orthopedics (Alzakri, Alsultan, Alhuqbani, Aldosari, Alghadir, Aldosari, Alshehri Alsaleh), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Department of Orthopedics (Alsultan, Alsaleh), King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University; and from the Department of Spine Surgery (Alzakri), King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Khalid A. Alsaleh
From the Department of Orthopedics (Alzakri, Alsultan, Alhuqbani, Aldosari, Alghadir, Aldosari, Alshehri Alsaleh), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Department of Orthopedics (Alsultan, Alsaleh), King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University; and from the Department of Spine Surgery (Alzakri), King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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vol. 44 no. 7 679-686
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2023.44.7.20230276
PubMed 
37463715

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Saudi Medical Journal
Online ISSN 
1658-3175
History 
  • Received April 23, 2023
  • Accepted June 21, 2023
  • Published online July 17, 2023.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an Open Access journal and articles published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC BY-NC). Readers may copy, distribute, and display the work for non-commercial purposes with the proper citation of the original work.

Author Information

  1. Abdulmajeed A. Alzakri, MD, DESC⇑,
  2. Omar A. Alsultan, MD,
  3. Mohammed N. Alhuqbani, BSc,
  4. Zyad A. Aldosari, BSc,
  5. Omar M. Alghadir, BSc,
  6. Omar A. Aldosari, BSc,
  7. Badr F. Alshehri, BSc and
  8. Khalid A. Alsaleh, MD
  1. From the Department of Orthopedics (Alzakri, Alsultan, Alhuqbani, Aldosari, Alghadir, Aldosari, Alshehri Alsaleh), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Department of Orthopedics (Alsultan, Alsaleh), King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University; and from the Department of Spine Surgery (Alzakri), King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Abdulmajeed Alzakri, Department of Orthopedics, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: a.alzakri{at}gmail.com
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