Steinhäuser J, Oser A, Götz K, Joos S
Abteilung Allgemeinmedizin und Versorgungsforschung, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Voßstr. 2, 69115, Heidelberg, Deutschland.
Orthopade. 2011 Apr;40(4):339-43. doi: 10.1007/s00132-011-1750-5.
In Germany manual medicine (MM) is widely used by physicians. The purpose of this study was to give a first description of relevant health service research aspects of MM.
A structured questionnaire was placed online between April 2009 and March 2010 after pilot testing. Cooperating MM schools invited their members to take part in the study through different media.
A total of 60 female and 241 male physicians participated in this survey. The most common indication for MM is the ileosacral joint syndrome, 73% stated that from their experience a single therapy does change symptoms and 47% stated that there are average to severe unspecific effects involved in MM therapy. Factors most influencing current MM treatment are time pressure and own wellbeing. There were no differences between the schools or specialties with respect to experienced effects of MM and frequency of therapy.
Future study research can be planned to cover all schools of MM.
在德国，手法医学（MM）被医生广泛应用。本研究的目的是首次描述手法医学相关的卫生服务研究方面。
经过预试验后，于2009年4月至2010年3月在网上发放结构化问卷。合作的手法医学学校通过不同媒体邀请其成员参与研究。
共有60名女医生和241名男医生参与了此次调查。手法医学最常见的适应症是骶髂关节综合征，73%的人表示根据他们的经验单次治疗确实能改善症状，47%的人表示手法医学治疗存在一般到严重的非特异性效应。最影响当前手法医学治疗的因素是时间压力和自身健康状况。在手法医学的经验效应和治疗频率方面，各学校或专业之间没有差异。
未来的研究可以计划涵盖所有手法医学流派。
