@article{Schoeb:5661,
      recid = {5661},
      author = {Schoeb, Veronika and Yip, Adrian},
      title = {Instructions as actions for initiating exercise therapy in  physiotherapy in Hong Kong},
      publisher = {Springer},
      journal = {Expanding horizons in health communication : An asian  perspective},
      address = {Singapour. 2020-06},
      number = {CHAPTER},
      pages = {18 p.},
      abstract = {Background: Instruction in exercise therapy aims at  patients being able to correctly perform exercises. The  analysis of instructional sequences (i.e., questions)  examines the achievement of social actions during exercise  therapy. This study investigated physiotherapists’  questions for patients’ initiations of exercises and  analyzed patients’ verbal and embodied responses, focusing  on actions performed by physiotherapists’ question designs  and patients’ responses. Study findings add to the evidence  of underrepresented Chinese population. Methods: Data were  collected from two Hong Kong rehabilitation centers.  Forty-seven consultations (6 physiotherapists; 16 patients)  were video-recorded and analyzed using Conversation  Analysis. Interactional features including verbal (e.g.,  vocabulary, grammar, turn-taking) and nonverbal aspects  (e.g., gaze and gesture) were examined. Results:  Ninety-eight questions were posed by physiotherapist during  the initial phase of exercise. Five categories were  identified: invitations, memory check, information seeking,  understanding check, or adherence check. Physiotherapists’  questions led to a variety of embodied and verbal outcomes.  Implications: The multimodal analysis of exercise  instruction demonstrates that initiations of exercises are  situated in task-relevant actions. Physiotherapists set the  agenda regarding the exercise choice. Overall,  physiotherapists and patients orient to verbal and  nonverbal resources without precedence from either. The  importance of non-verbal communication during exercises is  highlighted.},
      url = {http://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/5661},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4389-0_8},
}