Physical Therapists in Primary Care Are Interested in High Quality Evidence Regarding Efficacy of Therapeutic Ultrasound for Knee Osteoarthritis: A Provincial Survey
Table 1
Survey questions regarding attitudes and behaviors around therapeutic ultrasound.
Question stem
Response options
(1) For clients with nonsurgical knee OA, I use ultrasound therapy:
Often Sometimes Rarely Never
(2) For clients with nonsurgical knee OA, ultrasound is likely to be beneficial:
(3) I use ultrasound in clients with nonsurgical knee OA to: (mark all that apply)
Reduce pain in surrounding soft tissue Reduce joint pain Improve physical function Stimulate cartilage repair Other (please specify) I do not use ultrasound in clients with nonsurgical knee OA
(4) I would use ultrasound in clients with nonsurgical knee OA if high quality evidence using ultrasound demonstrated the following improvements in my clients on average (mark all that apply):
10% reduction in pain 10% improvement in physical function 20% reduction in pain 20% improvement in physical function 30% reduction in pain 30% improvement in physical function >30% reduction in pain >30% improvement in physical function I would not use ultrasound regardless of the findings of high quality evidence
(5) I would be interested in the results of a randomized controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of low intensity pulsed ultrasound on pain and physical function:
