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Table 2 Characteristics of participating practices

From: One in six physiotherapy practices in primary care offer musculoskeletal ultrasound – an explorative survey

Variable

Total

Practice with MSU (n = 99) (%)

Practice without MSU (n = 461) (%)

P value

Number of fte (mean, sd)

3.6 (3.4)

6.0 (4.0)

3.1 (3.0)

< 0.001

Specialty:

 Pelvic

19.8

31.3

17.2

0.001

 Geriatrics

8.9

13.1

8.0

0.100

 Pediatrics

21.4

28.3

19.9

0.064

 Manual

61.1

85.9

55.6

< 0.001

 Orofascial

7.1

11.1

6.2

0.083

 Psychosomatic

15.9

20.2

15.0

0.201

 Sports

26.6

53.5

20.8

< 0.001

 Edema

31.0

40.4

28.9

0.025

 Occupational

10.3

25.3

7.1

< 0.001

MSU PT

   

< 0.001

 yes

18.5

92.8

2.5

 

 no

81.5

7.2

97.5