Usage patterns and beliefs about therapeutic ultrasound by canadian physical therapists: An exploratory population-based cross-sectional survey

Armijo-Olivo, Susan; Fuentes-Contreras, Jorge; Muir, Iain; Gross, Douglas P.

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dc.contributor.author	Armijo-Olivo, Susan
dc.contributor.author	Fuentes-Contreras, Jorge
dc.contributor.author	Muir, Iain
dc.contributor.author	Gross, Douglas P.
dc.date.accessioned	2017-11-16T14:27:35Z
dc.date.available	2017-11-16T14:27:35Z
dc.date.issued	2013
dc.identifier.uri	http://repositorio.ucm.cl/handle/ucm/1260
dc.description.abstract	Purpose: To explore the frequency and patterns of ultrasound (US) usage among physical therapists, to describe the most common purposes for using therapeutic US, and to investigate beliefs about therapeutic US. Methods: A survey was sent to 95% of physical therapists licensed to practise in the province of Alberta, Canada. Results: Of 2,269 physical therapists to whom email invitations were sent, 438 (19.3%) provided full responses. Results indicate that US is still frequently incorporated into treatment regimens and is widely believed to be effective; however, the study also found a decrease in US usage over the past 15 years. While physical therapists recognize the lack of evidence for the effectiveness of US, many consider it clinically useful. Physical therapists using US rely largely on their clinical experience when making decisions about its use, but this depends on level of education: clinicians with an MScPT degree tended to base more of their US decisions on research evidence, likely because of the increasing emphasis on research evidence in graduate education. Conclusions: Despite the questionable effectiveness of therapeutic US, physical therapists still commonly use this treatment modality, largely because of a belief that US is clinically useful. However, US usage has decreased over the past 15 years.	es_CL
dc.language.iso	en	es_CL
dc.rights	Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 Chile	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/cl/	*
dc.source	Physiotherapy Canada, 65(3), 289–299	es_CL
dc.subject	Ultrasonic therapy	es_CL
dc.subject	Surveys	es_CL
dc.subject	Beliefs	es_CL
dc.title	Usage patterns and beliefs about therapeutic ultrasound by canadian physical therapists: An exploratory population-based cross-sectional survey	es_CL
dc.type	Article	es_CL
dc.ucm.facultad	Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud	es_CL
dc.ucm.indexacion	Scopus	es_CL
dc.ucm.indexacion	Isi	es_CL
dc.ucm.doi	doi.org/10.3138/ptc.2012-30BC	es_CL