A Study of the Use of Therapeutic Ultrasound by Osteopaths in the United Kingdom.
Item
- Title
- A Study of the Use of Therapeutic Ultrasound by Osteopaths in the United Kingdom.
- Title
- A Study of the Use of Therapeutic Ultrasound by Osteopaths in the United Kingdom.
- Author(s)
- Haines-Croft Simon
- Abstract
- Background: Therapeutic Ultrasound (TUS) has been used as an application for musculoskeletal or soft tissue injury and pain for a number of years. There have been surveys into its use by Physiotherapists in the United Kingdom (UK) and other parts of the world. However no such survey has examined its use by Osteopaths in the UK. Objective: To ascertain if Osteopaths registered in the UK use TUS and their reasons for either employing it or not employing TUS; then to examine if there was any correlation between use, age, gender and years since graduation. Subjects: 351 Osteopaths who were listed on the General Osteopathic Council’s Register of osteopaths up to and including 2009 were randomly selected. Those working outside the UK or registered as ‘Non-Practicing’ were excluded from the selection. Method: A 32 item survey instrument was used. After piloting and refining the survey instrument it was mailed. 186 were returned with one being unusable, yielding a 52.7% response rate. Results: 24% of Osteopaths who responded used TUS mainly for decreasing soft tissue inflammation.91% of those who used TUS believed it to have a placebo effect. 76% of Respondents did not use TUS. The main reasons being that its was not taught at their places of learning (71%), they did not receive training after graduation (66%) and that they did not consider it an ‘Osteopathic’ intervention (41%). The most popular comment was Osteopaths preferred to use their palpation skills to monitor the changes they were making when treating patients. Conclusion: A proportion of Osteopaths in the UK use TUS, but there is no correlation between age, gender, years since graduation and its use or non use.
- Abstract
- Background: Therapeutic Ultrasound (TUS) has been used as an application for musculoskeletal or soft tissue injury and pain for a number of years. There have been surveys into its use by Physiotherapists in the United Kingdom (UK) and other parts of the world. However no such survey has examined its use by Osteopaths in the UK. Objective: To ascertain if Osteopaths registered in the UK use TUS and their reasons for either employing it or not employing TUS; then to examine if there was any correlation between use, age, gender and years since graduation. Subjects: 351 Osteopaths who were listed on the General Osteopathic Council’s Register of osteopaths up to and including 2009 were randomly selected. Those working outside the UK or registered as ‘Non-Practicing’ were excluded from the selection. Method: A 32 item survey instrument was used. After piloting and refining the survey instrument it was mailed. 186 were returned with one being unusable, yielding a 52.7% response rate. Results: 24% of Osteopaths who responded used TUS mainly for decreasing soft tissue inflammation.91% of those who used TUS believed it to have a placebo effect. 76% of Respondents did not use TUS. The main reasons being that its was not taught at their places of learning (71%), they did not receive training after graduation (66%) and that they did not consider it an ‘Osteopathic’ intervention (41%). The most popular comment was Osteopaths preferred to use their palpation skills to monitor the changes they were making when treating patients. Conclusion: A proportion of Osteopaths in the UK use TUS, but there is no correlation between age, gender, years since graduation and its use or non use.
- presented at
- British School of Osteopathy
- Date Accepted
- 2011
- Date Submitted
- 3.2.2012 00:00:00
- Type
- osteo_thesis
- Language
- English
- Pub-Identifier
- 15057
- Inst-Identifier
- 780
- Keywords
- Osteopathy, Osteopath, Musculoskeletal, Ultrasound, Therapeutic Ultrasound
- Recommended
- 0
- Item sets
- Thesis
Haines-Croft Simon, “A Study of the Use of Therapeutic Ultrasound by Osteopaths in the United Kingdom.”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed May 2, 2024, https://www.osteopathic-research.com/s/orw/item/1779