Journal article
Prevalence and profile of Australian chiropractors treating athletes or sports people: A cross-sectional study
Complementary Therapies in Medicine, Vol.39, pp.56-61
2018
PMID: 30012393
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Abstract
•This paper presents the first national-representative and practice-based overview of the chiropractic treatment of athletes or sports people.•Nearly half of participating Australian chiropractors report frequently treating athletes or sports people.•Chiropractors ‘often’ treating athletes or sports people are more likely to work in multi-clinician settings and refer to other practitioners.•Chiropractors ‘often’ treating athletes or sports people are more likely to perform multi-modal patient management. A range of health-care professionals including chiropractors provide treatment for sports-related health problems. This study reports analyses from the first national workforce survey to determine practitioner and practice-related factors associated with the frequent treatment of athletes or sports people by Australian chiropractors. A 21-item questionnaire collecting information pertaining to practitioner and practice-related characteristics was distributed to all Australian registered chiropractors, as part of the Australian Chiropractic Research Network (ACORN) project and attracted a response rate of 43% (n = 2005). Statistical analyses compared the frequency of treating athletes or sports people against a wide range of relevant practitioner and practice characteristics. Of the respondents, 49.5% (n = 936) reported frequently treating athletes or sports people, and these chiropractors were more likely to be male as well as report more patient care hours and patient visits per week than those chiropractors who did not frequently treat athletes or sports people. Chiropractors who frequently treat athletes or sports people were also more likely to perform multi-modal management, have multi-disciplinary practitioner relations, use diagnostic equipment and discuss nutrition and medication use as part of their patient care than those chiropractors who did not frequently treat athletes or sports people. Nearly half of participating Australian chiropractors treat athletes or sports people frequently. The current and potential role of chiropractors in sports medicine appears significant. Further research is needed to examine the role, practices and outcomes of such chiropractic care helping to, provide treatment and policy development in this area of clinical management.
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- Title
- Prevalence and profile of Australian chiropractors treating athletes or sports people: A cross-sectional study
- Creators
- Jon Adams (Author) - University of Technology SydneyRomy Lauche (Author) - University of Technology SydneyKatie de Luca (Author) - Private practiceMichael Swain (Author) - Macquarie UniversityWenbo Peng (Author) - University of Technology SydneyDavid Sibbritt (Author) - University of Technology Sydney
- Publication Details
- Complementary Therapies in Medicine, Vol.39, pp.56-61
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Identifiers
- 991012856299102368
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Health; National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article