Physiotherapists’ perspectives on barriers to implementation of direct access of physiotherapy services in the United Arab Emirates: A cross-sectional study

• Arwa Alnaqbi,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision

  Affiliation Physiotherapy Deparment, Kuwait Hospital, MOHAP, Dubai, UAE

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• Tamer Shousha,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Physiotherapy, College of Health sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Department of Physical Therapy for Musculoskeletal Disordered and its Surgery, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0712-4490

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• Hamda AlKetbi,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Department, Rashid Hospital, DHA, Dubai, UAE

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• Fatma A. Hegazy

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: fhegazy@sharjah.ac.ae

  Affiliations Department of Physiotherapy, College of Health sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Department of Physical Therapy for Growth and Development Disorders in Children and Its Surgery, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7457-083X

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