Results:
Seven-hundred and thirty-three Australian osteopaths (74%) indicated they use exercise prescription ‘often’ in patient care. Australian osteopaths who often use exercise prescription are more likely to be co-located with another osteopath (ORa 1.54), and send referrals to an exercise physiologist; (ORa 1.94). Those osteopaths who often use exercise prescription were also more likely to discuss physical activity (ORa 5.61), and nutrition (ORa 1.90). Australian osteopaths who use exercise prescription often were more likely to treat patients with sports injuries (ORa 2.43), and use soft tissue techniques (ORa 1.92), trigger point techniques (ORa 2.72) and sports taping (ORa 1.78).