Understanding the Role of Sports Injury Management by Australian Osteopaths: A Cross Sectional Survey of 992 Practitioners
Sport-related injuries are common presentations to primary care and hospital settings. Australian osteopaths practice mainly in private clinical settings in which the frequency of sport-related injury presentations, and how these injuries are managed, is unknown. The objective of the study was to de...
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| author | Brett Vaughan Jon Adams Wenbo Peng Lauren V. Fortington Michael Fleischmann Kylie Fitzgerald Amie Steel David Sibritt |
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| description | Sport-related injuries are common presentations to primary care and hospital settings. Australian osteopaths practice mainly in private clinical settings in which the frequency of sport-related injury presentations, and how these injuries are managed, is unknown. The objective of the study was to describe the demographic, practice, and clinical management characteristics of Australian osteopaths who report <i>often</i> treating sport-related injuries. The study is a secondary analysis of data derived from the Australian osteopathy practice-based research network. Respondents indicated the frequency treating sports-related injuries in addition to other demographic, practice, and patient management characteristics. Backward logistic regression identified significant characteristics associated with <i>often</i> treating sport injuries. Over half (51%) of a nationally representative sample of Australian osteopaths reported treating sport-related injuries <i>often</i>. Those osteopaths who treat sports injuries <i>often</i> were likely to be male (<i>p</i> < 0.01) and utilise exercise prescription (OR2.34) and sports taping (OR5.99). Australian osteopaths who <i>often</i> treat sports-related injuries provide advice to patients and use exercise prescription more frequently than osteopaths who do not treat these injuries often. The data in the current work begin to explore how osteopaths manage sports-related injuries and highlights how they may be able to provide sports injury care for both recreational and elite sport populations. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-82be750f1cc94c9cb69b0bbb94dc4b622025-08-20T03:35:57ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172025-07-011515839710.3390/app15158397Understanding the Role of Sports Injury Management by Australian Osteopaths: A Cross Sectional Survey of 992 PractitionersBrett Vaughan0Jon Adams1Wenbo Peng2Lauren V. Fortington3Michael Fleischmann4Kylie Fitzgerald5Amie Steel6David Sibritt7School of Public Health, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney 2007, AustraliaSchool of Public Health, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney 2007, AustraliaSchool of Public Health, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney 2007, AustraliaSchool of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Perth 6027, AustraliaSchool of Public Health, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney 2007, AustraliaDepartment of Medical Education, University of Melbourne, Melbourne 3010, AustraliaSchool of Public Health, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney 2007, AustraliaSchool of Public Health, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney 2007, AustraliaSport-related injuries are common presentations to primary care and hospital settings. Australian osteopaths practice mainly in private clinical settings in which the frequency of sport-related injury presentations, and how these injuries are managed, is unknown. The objective of the study was to describe the demographic, practice, and clinical management characteristics of Australian osteopaths who report <i>often</i> treating sport-related injuries. The study is a secondary analysis of data derived from the Australian osteopathy practice-based research network. Respondents indicated the frequency treating sports-related injuries in addition to other demographic, practice, and patient management characteristics. Backward logistic regression identified significant characteristics associated with <i>often</i> treating sport injuries. Over half (51%) of a nationally representative sample of Australian osteopaths reported treating sport-related injuries <i>often</i>. Those osteopaths who treat sports injuries <i>often</i> were likely to be male (<i>p</i> < 0.01) and utilise exercise prescription (OR2.34) and sports taping (OR5.99). Australian osteopaths who <i>often</i> treat sports-related injuries provide advice to patients and use exercise prescription more frequently than osteopaths who do not treat these injuries often. The data in the current work begin to explore how osteopaths manage sports-related injuries and highlights how they may be able to provide sports injury care for both recreational and elite sport populations.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/15/8397allied health personnelexercisemusculoskeletalmusculoskeletal manipulationsosteopathic medicine |
| spellingShingle | Brett Vaughan Jon Adams Wenbo Peng Lauren V. Fortington Michael Fleischmann Kylie Fitzgerald Amie Steel David Sibritt Understanding the Role of Sports Injury Management by Australian Osteopaths: A Cross Sectional Survey of 992 Practitioners Applied Sciences allied health personnel exercise musculoskeletal musculoskeletal manipulations osteopathic medicine |
| title | Understanding the Role of Sports Injury Management by Australian Osteopaths: A Cross Sectional Survey of 992 Practitioners |
| title_full | Understanding the Role of Sports Injury Management by Australian Osteopaths: A Cross Sectional Survey of 992 Practitioners |
| title_fullStr | Understanding the Role of Sports Injury Management by Australian Osteopaths: A Cross Sectional Survey of 992 Practitioners |
| title_full_unstemmed | Understanding the Role of Sports Injury Management by Australian Osteopaths: A Cross Sectional Survey of 992 Practitioners |
| title_short | Understanding the Role of Sports Injury Management by Australian Osteopaths: A Cross Sectional Survey of 992 Practitioners |
| title_sort | understanding the role of sports injury management by australian osteopaths a cross sectional survey of 992 practitioners |
| topic | allied health personnel exercise musculoskeletal musculoskeletal manipulations osteopathic medicine |
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