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Table 3 Self-reported treatments used in daily practice by 89 Musculoskeletal physicians

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

Technique

Never/Seldom (%)

Sometimes (%)

Regular/Often (%)

Spinal Manipulative Treatment

 Orthomanual medicine technique

20.0

9.4

70.6

 Manual medicine technique

20.2

23.6

56.2

 McKenzie

29.8

28.6

41.7

 Marsman

66.3

17.5

16.3

Supportive Treatments

 Training advice

9.0

15.7

75.3

 Postural advice

4.4

12.2

83.3

 Dietary advice

42.5

33.3

24.1

 Prescribed medication

25.8

37.1

37.1

Injections

 Injections general medical

43.8

21.3

34.8

 Injections SIS

82.4

2.4

15.3

 Injections trigger point

70.1

16.1

13.8

 Injections neural therapy

69.0

20.7

10.3

Complementary Treatments

 Homeopathy

84.1

11.4

4.5

 Acupuncture

87.4

5.7

6.9

 Dry needling

87.2

5.8

7.0

 Podology

81.4

10.5

8.1