PMID- 33714517
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20210728
LR  - 20210728
IS  - 1532-9283 (Electronic)
IS  - 1360-8592 (Linking)
VI  - 25
DP  - 2021 Jan
TI  - The clinical management of neck pain of novice and experienced Australian 
      osteopaths: A secondary analysis of a nationally representative sample.
PG  - 87-93
LID - S1360-8592(20)30221-7 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.jbmt.2020.11.006 [doi]
AB  - INTRODUCTION: Neck pain is one of the most common musculoskeletal disorders 
      worldwide. Osteopaths are primary contact health professionals who predominantly 
      manage musculoskeletal complaints. How Australian osteopaths manage neck pain is 
      beginning to emerge in the literature and there may be differences based on 
      clinical experience. This work presents a secondary data analysis of the 
      Australian osteopathy practice-based research network and aims to examine the 
      clinical management characteristics of experienced and novice osteopaths who 
      often treat neck pain. METHODOLOGY: Secondary analysis of a cross-sectional 
      survey of osteopaths registered with the Osteopathy Research and Innovation 
      Network (ORION), an Australian practice-based research network. Demographic, 
      practice and treatment characteristics of osteopaths who 'often' treat neck pain. 
      Data was split into two groups: novice practitioners (up to nine years in 
      clinical practice), and experienced practitioners (10 years or more in clinical 
      practice), and clinical management was compared. RESULTS: Most (98%) of the 971 
      osteopaths reported that they treat neck pain often. Of those that treat neck 
      pain often, 58% reported being male. The mean number of patient care hours per 
      week was 28.1 +/- 12.1 and the mean number of patient visits per week was 
      36.7 +/- 18.7. There was a statistically significant difference between novice and 
      experienced groups for discussing occupation (p < 0.01; d = 0.26) and stress 
      (p = 0.045; d = 0.13) during their consultations, with a low to medium and low 
      effect size, respectively. CONCLUSION: This work demonstrates differences in the 
      management strategies of experienced and novice Australian osteopaths that 
      includes utilisation of a multidisciplinary approach to patient management. The 
      results support the conclusion that there are differences in the clinical 
      management strategies employed by experienced versus novice Australian 
      osteopaths.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Fleischmann, Michael
AU  - Fleischmann M
AD  - Institute for Health & Sport (IHeS), Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia. 
      Electronic address: michael.fleischmann@vu.edu.au.
FAU - McLaughlin, Patrick
AU  - McLaughlin P
AD  - Institute for Health & Sport (IHeS), Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia.
FAU - Hayes, Alan
AU  - Hayes A
AD  - Institute for Health & Sport (IHeS), Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia; 
      Australian Institute for Musculoskeletal Science (AIMSS), Department of Medicine 
      - Western Health, Melbourne Medical School, The University of Melbourne, 
      Melbourne, Australia.
FAU - Vaughan, Brett
AU  - Vaughan B
AD  - Department of Medical Education, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 
      Australia; School of Health & Human Sciences, Southern Cross University, Lismore, 
      Australia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20201112
PL  - United States
TA  - J Bodyw Mov Ther
JT  - Journal of bodywork and movement therapies
JID - 9700068
SB  - IM
MH  - Australia
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Neck Pain/therapy
MH  - *Osteopathic Physicians
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors declare there are no 
      competing/conflicts of interest.
EDAT- 2021/03/15 06:00
MHDA- 2021/07/29 06:00
CRDT- 2021/03/14 20:32
PHST- 2020/02/17 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/10/05 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2020/11/04 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2021/03/14 20:32 [entrez]
PHST- 2021/03/15 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/07/29 06:00 [medline]
AID - S1360-8592(20)30221-7 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.jbmt.2020.11.006 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Bodyw Mov Ther. 2021 Jan;25:87-93. doi: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2020.11.006. Epub 2020 
      Nov 12.