A questionnaire study of therapeutic joint manipulation and self joint manipulation.
INFORMATION TO PARTICIPANTS
Dear Participant,
We are UWS Master of Osteopathy researchers, our names are Rhys Donovan & Kathryn Freestone, and we would like to invite you to complete this questionnaire. This questionnaire should take no longer than 5 – 10 minutes to complete.
The aims of this study are:
1: To understand what the general population perceive about therapeutic joint manipulation as provided by a qualified practitioner.
2: To gain a greater knowledge of those who habitually manipulate their joints.
Therapeutic joint manipulation is a treatment procedure performed by a range of physical therapists: osteopaths, chiropractors and manipulative physiotherapists. This technique involves a forceful, yet painless thrust which is applied to a joint within your body. As a result of this a ‘popping’ or ‘cracking’ sound is usually heard.
Habitual joint manipulation is where people regularly 'pop' or 'crack' their own joints, for example some people may 'crack' their knuckles, or another joint in their body.
Australian residents are being sent this questionnaire via email asking for their personal experiences and opinions of therapeutic joint manipulation and habitual joint manipulation. Questions 1 – 12 relate to therapeutic joint manipulation while questions 13 – 33 relate to habitual joint manipulation. All questions have multiple choice answers needing only the most correct response to be selected; some questions have multiple options. Please return this questionnaire via email to the address it was sent from, or to one of the email addresses at the bottom of this page.
There are no foreseen risks involved with completing this questionnaire.
This questionnaire is completely ANONYMOUS – your responses will not be able to be linked to your contact details by the researchers. Return of the questionnaire will be taken as IMPLIED CONSENT that you agree to participate in this study; doing so is completely OPTIONAL. Regardless of whether or not you choose to complete this questionnaire you will not be contacted any further.
Should you require any further information about this study, feel free to contact either of the investigators listed below:
Rhys Donovan
University of Western Sydney
+61 403 787 949
13720269@ student.uws.edu.au
Kathryn Freestone
University of Western Sydney
+61 400 956 285
15776899@ student.uws.edu.au
Ryan Everitt
University of Western Sydney
[email protected]
This study has been approved by the University of Western Sydney Human Research Ethics Committee.
The Approval number is HREC 08/062
Have you ever seen a chiropractor, osteopath or physiotherapist where at some stage during the treatment they manipulated you, ie. 'cracked' or 'popped' at least one of your joints? Did the practitioner explain what to expect in the treatment with respect to manipulation?
Did you understand what the practitioner was explaining?
What do you think occurred in your body when the “POP” noise was heard in your joint being manipulated?
Did the manipulative therapist inform you of any risks that may occur when using manipulation as a treatment?
What were the risks explained by the practitioner? (Select all that apply)
Do you know the statistics of these serious conditions occurring?
What do you believe occurs when a joint is manipulated?
Do you habitually joint manipulate any of your own joints, or have you done so in the past? Why did you first habitually joint manipulate? How regularly do you/did you habitually joint manipulate? How long would you say you have habitually joint manipulated for? Have you ever tried to stop your habitual joint manipulation? Why did you try to stop? (Select all that apply) Were you successful at stopping your habitual joint manipulation? Why do you continue to habitually joint manipulate? (Select all that apply) Which single joint do/did you habitually joint manipulate the most? Which other joint(s) do you/did you habitually joint manipulate? (Select all that apply) Since you’ve been habitually joint manipulating, would you say that the frequency that you do it has increased? Do/did you ever get any of the following symptoms at any of the joints which you habitually joint manipulate? (Select all that apply) How often would you say that you experienced these symptoms? Did you ever experience any of those symptoms before you started to habitually joint manipulate? How often did you experience those symptoms before you started to habitually joint manipulate? Have you ever regularly partaken in any of the following practices? (Select all that apply) If you habitually joint manipulate your neck, which of the following procedures best describes how you do it? Have you ever injured yourself by habitual joint manipulation? How many times have you injured yourself with habitual joint manipulation? Which areas have you injured? (Select all that apply) How long until this pain subsided? |
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