From: Overview of ultrasound usage trends in orthopedic and sports physiotherapy
Variables | Medium (interval) | Number | Percentage |
---|---|---|---|
Years of experience | 4 (1–24) | ||
Title | |||
Graduate | 27 | 54.0 | |
Specialist | 23 | 46.0 | |
Master | 0 | 0.0 | |
Doctor | 0 | 0.0 | |
TUS usage | |||
Yes | 48 | 96.0 | |
No | 2 | 4.0 | |
Frequency of use | |||
Up to 10% of the patients | 0 | 0.0 | |
Between 10% to 25% of the patients | 1 | 2.1 | |
Between 25% to 50% of the patients | 12 | 25.0 | |
Between 50% to 75% of the patients | 12 | 25.0 | |
Between 75% to 90% of the patients | 16 | 33.3 | |
>90% of the patients | 7 | 14.6 | |
TUS importance | |||
Yes | 49 | 98.0 | |
No | 1 | 2.0 | |
Assessment of importance | |||
Low importance | 0 | 0.0 | |
Some importance | 8 | 16.3 | |
High importance | 31 | 63.3 | |
Essential | 10 | 20.4 | |
Improvement | |||
Yes | 48 | 100.0 | |
No | 0 | 0.0 | |
Improvement evaluation | |||
Unsatisfactory | 1 | 2.1 | |
Satisfactory | 31 | 64.6 | |
Quite satisfactory | 16 | 33.3 |