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Table 5 Percentage of interventions applied in patients treated by a physical therapist in 2005, for the United States (FOTO), Israel (Maccabi) and the Netherlands (LiPZ), for the total patient population, patients treated for their lumbar spine and patients with ankle sprain*

From: Comparing patient characteristics and treatment processes in patients receiving physical therapy in the United States, Israel and the Netherlands: Cross sectional analyses of data from three clinical databases

Total population

FOTO

Maccabi

LiPZ

Therapeutic exercise/advice

78.0

79.4

84.5

Manual therapy

31.8

54.7

67.2

Prescription, application and/or fabrication of devices

2.2

2.9

1.6

Electrotherapeutic modalities

22.5

41.7

4.5

Physical agents and mechanical modalities

43.3

55.4

5.0

Other

3.2

7.6

2.3

Number of patients – treatment closed (abs.)

36,076

96,568

8,869

Lumbar spine treated

   

Therapeutic exercise/advice

86.0

81.2

82.5

Manual therapy

28.2

58.8

50.6

Prescription, application and/or fabrication of devices

1.2

1.2

0.1

Electrotherapeutic modalities

22.3

51.0

6.8

Physical agents and mechanical modalities

42.1

56.1

2.4

Other

4.6

5.0

1.4

Number of patients – treatment closed (abs.)

6,756

15,493

1,895

Treated for ankle sprain

   

Therapeutic exercise/advice

89.0

91.9

87.8

Manual therapy

22.6

43.9

15.4

Prescription, application and/or fabrication of devices

4.9

4.5

41.5

Electrotherapeutic modalities

27.8

34.0

0.8

Physical agents and mechanical modalities

56.0

58.8

1.6

Other

6.1

2.6

2.4

Number of patients – treatment closed (abs.)

327

1,411

123

  1. * because of the differences in classifications no statistical tests were conducted