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Table 2 Physician characteristics

From: Physicians using spinal manipulative treatment in The Netherlands: a description of their characteristics and their patients

Number of registered MSK physicians

138

Number of respondent

90 (65%)

Demographics

 Gender (male)

77.5%

 Age (range)

57 (38–75)

 MSK consultations per week (range)

51 (5–150)

 > 3 days in MSK practice

57.3%

Background training (%)

 Trained as General Practitioner

32.2

 Still registered as General Practitioner

12.2

 Trained in occupational medicine

16.7

 Still registered in occupational medicine

8.9

MSK training (finished training, %)

 Orthomanual technique

58.9

 Manual technique

63.3

 McKenzie

13.3

 Marsman

13.3

 Spine Intervention Society

11.3