PENGARUH PELAYANAN FISIOTERAPI BERBASIS COMPASSIONATE CARE TERHADAP PSYCHOLOGICAL READINESS TO RETURN TO SPORT PADA ATLET PASCA CEDERA ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT (ACL)

Sandi Akbar (Universitas Abdurrab)
Toto Marzuki (Universitas Abdurrab)
Azliyana Azizan (Universiti Teknologi Mara)
Siti Muawanah (Universitas Abdurrab)

Jurnal Profesional Fisioterapi
Vol. 5 No. 2 (2026): July

Introduction: Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injury often delays athletes’ return to sport. Psychological Readiness to Return to Sport is a key factor in rehabilitation success. Compassionate Care, emphasizing empathy and emotional support, may enhance psychological readiness.To examine the effect of Compassionate Care-based physiotherapy on Psychological Readiness to Return to Sport among athletes following ACL injury. A quasi-experimental pretest-posttest control group study involved 60 athletes with ACL injury. The intervention group received Compassionate Care-based physiotherapy, while the control group received conventional physiotherapy for 12 weeks. Psychological readiness was assessed using the ACL-Return to Sport after Injury Scale (ACL-RSI). The intervention group showed significantly greater improvement in ACL-RSI scores than the control group (p<0.05). Confidence and motivation increased, while fear of reinjury decreased. Compassionate Care-based physiotherapy positively improves athletes’ psychological readiness to return to sport after ACL injury.