The present study was undertaken to investigate how physical therapists (PTs) communicate with their patients. We made audio tape recordings of 53 physical therapy sessions. Three PTs participated in the study. We analysed the verbal communication of PTs with patients during therapy sessions. As a result, 54% of the total dialogues was related to the content of therapy (explanations about therapy, instructions to patients, and reinforcement or encouragement), 24% was patient education-oriented (asking about their condition or offering information, advise, etc.). It was suggested that PTs should acquire a variety of knowledge or information about their patients in addition to therapy-related information.

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