The barriers and facilitators to physical activity in people with a musculoskeletal condition: A rapid review of reviews using the COM-B model to support intervention development

Using the COM-B model to explore the barriers and facilitators to physical activity and exercise in adults from ethnic minorities in the UK living with chronic pain (MSc Health Psychology Dissertation)

“…The contrast between perceived benefits of PA&E and barriers to engaging in PA&E confirms findings from previous qualitative research on the barriers and facilitators to PA&E in adults with chronic pain (Karlsson et al, 2018, Vader et al, 2019Webb et al, 2022).…”

“…Only one systematic review by Webb et al, (2022) has looked at the barriers and facilitators to PA&E in adults with chronic pain (MSK pain), with their findings identifying physical capability, psychological capability, physical opportunity, and social opportunity as the most significant facilitators to PA&E. The most significant barrier identified in the review was automatic and reflective motivation.…”

A mixed methods approach to investigating physical activity in people with obesity participating in a chronic care programme awaiting total knee or hip arthroplasty

“…Qualitatively exploring barriers and enablers to physical activity in this cohort provides insight into how clinicians can facilitate physical activity. Physical capability has long been acknowledged as influencing physical activity in people with musculoskeletal conditions (Webb et al., 2022). Our findings corroborate previous qualitative osteoarthritis research identifying pain and joint stiffness as physical activity barriers (Arant et al., 2021; Gay et al., 2018; Hendry et al., 2006; Pellegrini et al., 2018; Petursdottir et al., 2010; Webber et al., 2020).…”

“…From our findings, clinicians should determine the accessibility of physical activity before prescribing physical activity (Dobson et al., 2016; Hinman et al., 2022). Environmental context and available resources can present as a barrier or enabler depending on the individual (Dobson et al., 2016; Webb et al., 2022). Clinicians should identify environmental barriers, availability of exercise equipment and willingness to attend exercise facilities (Hinman et al., 2022), with attention to prevent reliance on physical activity requiring resources, access to exercise facilities or health clinician supervision, and certain environmental conditions.…”

MSc Health Psychology Poster Presentation (Preliminary Research): Using the COM-B to explore the barriers and facilitators to physical activity and exercise in adults from ethnic minorities in the UK living with chronic pain

“…• Despite the perceived benefits, participation in PA&E consisted of several barriers in adults from EM with CP (Karlsson et al, 2021;Webb et al, 2022).…”