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).