Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine Table 2B. Team and individual sports practiced by each referral group (%) Referred by Total population (n = 230) Team sports Individual sports Other+ 37.8 36.1 26.1 Self-referrers 30.0 44.4 25.6 Referred by GP 44.3 32.0 23.7 physiotherapist/ paramedic 50.0 28.6 21.4 Notes: ‡Chi-square test; *statistically signifi cant; +sports students, inactive patient, sports with teams and individual disciplines. Abbreviation: GP, general practitioner. Table 3. Diagnoses determined in the study population by referral group (%) Total population(n = 234) Patellofemoral pain syndrome Achilles tendinopathy ACL lesion Meniscus lesion of knee Osteoarthritis of knee Plantar fasciitis Chondropathy knee/ degeneration of meniscus Knee distortion with temporary complaints Pain ankle/foot NOS Proximal patellar tendinopathy Iliotibial band syndrome Chronic ankle instability Adductor tendinopathy Knee pain NOS Rotator cuff tendinopathy Pain hip/upper leg NOS Other 8.3 6.1 6.1 5.7 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.0 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.2 2.2 36.4 Self-referrers 6.7 6.7 4.4 4.4 1.1 3.3 7.8 4.4 3.3 2.2 3.3 1.1 2.2 2.2 2.2 1.1 43.6 Abbreviations: ACL, anterior cruciate ligament; NOS, not otherwise specifi ed; GP, general practitioner. Referredby GP 10.3 6.2 7.2 7.2 7.2 4.1 2.1 0 3.1 2.1 4.1 5.2 1.0 3.1 1.0 2.1 34.0 Referred byphysiotherapist/paramedic 7.1 0 3.6 7.1 3.6 7.1 0 10.7 3.6 10.7 0 0 7.1 0 7.1 7.1 25.2 Referredby medicalspecialist 6.7 13.3 13.3 0 0 0 0 6.7 6.7 6.7 0 0 6.7 6.7 0 0 33.3 Referred by medical specialist 20.0 26.7 53.3 P value ,0.05‡, * dics, but not a general practitioner (group 2), patients referred by other medical specialists (group 3), and self-referrers (patients visiting on their own initiative without a general practitioner’s referral, group 4). Although patients in group 2 and 4 visited a sports physician without a general practitioner referral, they were considered as two separate groups because group 2 followed 28 Sport & Geneeskunde | maart 2013 | nummer 1 a care provider’s advice, whereas group 4 consulted a sports physician on their own initiative. For all groups, age, gender, sports practice, development of complaints, prevalence of sports-related injuries, absence from sport or work, previous treatment of presenting symptoms, additional examinations as requested by the sports physician, and diagnosis and therapeutic interven Pagina 27
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