Validation of a new instrument to assess clinical reasoning in physiotherapists

Validity of the Clinical Reasoning Scale (CRS): assessing clinical reasoning behaviours in physiotherapists

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN44395885

Enrollment

100

Registered

2016-01-08

Start date

2017-03-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2017-03-13

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Conditions

Clinical Reasoning in physiotherapists Not Applicable Clinical Reasoning in physiotherapists

Interventions

Participants will complete a questionnaire showing their agreement or disagreement with a list of statements related to their clinical reasoning behaviours during their daily practice. Those items wer

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Physiotherapists working in a clinical setting.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Less than 5 hours/week Clinical Work 2. Not doing one of the following duties in their job: 2.1. Subjective examination 2.2. Objective examination 2.3. Management/treatment

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Final selection of items in the questionnaire	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Accurate aggrupation of items under the selected subscales: 1. Cognitive Reasoning vs. Interactive Reasoning 2. Diagnostic Reasoning vs. Managment/Treatment Reasoning	—

Countries

Spain

Contacts

Public ContactPablo Cesar Garcia Sanchez

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026