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One in six physiotherapy practices in primary care offer musculoskeletal ultrasound – an explorative survey
BACKGROUND: The first aim of this research was to investigate the current prevalence of musculoskeletal ultrasound in Dutch physiotherapy practices. The second aim was to explore experiences of physiotherapists with musculoskeletal ultrasound in a primary care setting with patients presenting with s...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7092536/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32209091 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-05119-3 |
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author | Kooijman, Margit K. Swinkels, Ilse C. S. Koes, Bart W. de Bakker, Dinny Veenhof, Cindy |
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description | BACKGROUND: The first aim of this research was to investigate the current prevalence of musculoskeletal ultrasound in Dutch physiotherapy practices. The second aim was to explore experiences of physiotherapists with musculoskeletal ultrasound in a primary care setting with patients presenting with shoulder complaints. METHODS: A random sample of 1000 owners of primary care physiotherapy practices was sent a questionnaire to investigate the prevalence of musculoskeletal ultrasound. A second questionnaire was sent to physiotherapists using musculoskeletal ultrasound to explore experiences with it in patients with shoulder complaints. RESULTS: The net response rate of the first questionnaire was 57.7%. In 18% of the physiotherapy practices musculoskeletal ultrasound was offered. Sixty-nine physiotherapists returned the second questionnaire. Physiotherapists indicated they most often used musculoskeletal ultrasound in patients with shoulder complaints, mainly for suspected tissue damage (83.7%), followed by making a diagnosis (63.3%) and for determining the choice of treatment (36.7%). Physiotherapists reported the biggest advantage was that they were better able to diagnose presenting shoulder complaints. The most frequently mentioned disadvantage of the use of musculoskeletal ultrasound was that assessment is difficult and that there is a risk that findings may not be sufficiently linked to history and physical examination. CONCLUSION: One in six physiotherapy practices in the Netherlands offer musculoskeletal ultrasound. It is mainly used for patients with shoulder complaints, with an emphasis on detecting tissue damage and as an aid for diagnosis. Physiotherapists trained to work with musculoskeletal ultrasound seem enthusiastic and are at the same time aware of its disadvantages. |
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spelling | pubmed-70925362020-03-24 One in six physiotherapy practices in primary care offer musculoskeletal ultrasound – an explorative survey Kooijman, Margit K. Swinkels, Ilse C. S. Koes, Bart W. de Bakker, Dinny Veenhof, Cindy BMC Health Serv Res Research Article BACKGROUND: The first aim of this research was to investigate the current prevalence of musculoskeletal ultrasound in Dutch physiotherapy practices. The second aim was to explore experiences of physiotherapists with musculoskeletal ultrasound in a primary care setting with patients presenting with shoulder complaints. METHODS: A random sample of 1000 owners of primary care physiotherapy practices was sent a questionnaire to investigate the prevalence of musculoskeletal ultrasound. A second questionnaire was sent to physiotherapists using musculoskeletal ultrasound to explore experiences with it in patients with shoulder complaints. RESULTS: The net response rate of the first questionnaire was 57.7%. In 18% of the physiotherapy practices musculoskeletal ultrasound was offered. Sixty-nine physiotherapists returned the second questionnaire. Physiotherapists indicated they most often used musculoskeletal ultrasound in patients with shoulder complaints, mainly for suspected tissue damage (83.7%), followed by making a diagnosis (63.3%) and for determining the choice of treatment (36.7%). Physiotherapists reported the biggest advantage was that they were better able to diagnose presenting shoulder complaints. The most frequently mentioned disadvantage of the use of musculoskeletal ultrasound was that assessment is difficult and that there is a risk that findings may not be sufficiently linked to history and physical examination. CONCLUSION: One in six physiotherapy practices in the Netherlands offer musculoskeletal ultrasound. It is mainly used for patients with shoulder complaints, with an emphasis on detecting tissue damage and as an aid for diagnosis. Physiotherapists trained to work with musculoskeletal ultrasound seem enthusiastic and are at the same time aware of its disadvantages. BioMed Central 2020-03-24 /pmc/articles/PMC7092536/ /pubmed/32209091 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-05119-3 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Kooijman, Margit K. Swinkels, Ilse C. S. Koes, Bart W. de Bakker, Dinny Veenhof, Cindy One in six physiotherapy practices in primary care offer musculoskeletal ultrasound – an explorative survey |
title | One in six physiotherapy practices in primary care offer musculoskeletal ultrasound – an explorative survey |
title_full | One in six physiotherapy practices in primary care offer musculoskeletal ultrasound – an explorative survey |
title_fullStr | One in six physiotherapy practices in primary care offer musculoskeletal ultrasound – an explorative survey |
title_full_unstemmed | One in six physiotherapy practices in primary care offer musculoskeletal ultrasound – an explorative survey |
title_short | One in six physiotherapy practices in primary care offer musculoskeletal ultrasound – an explorative survey |
title_sort | one in six physiotherapy practices in primary care offer musculoskeletal ultrasound – an explorative survey |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7092536/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32209091 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-05119-3 |
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