Publications by authors named "P van Dun"
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- The International Consortium on Manual Therapies (ICMT) aims to enhance communication and collaboration among various manual therapy professions to promote research and understanding of the field.
- Through video conferences and focus groups, practitioners from different professions identified a large number of techniques and developed a glossary of common terms, improving clarity in the field.
- Results indicate that many manual therapy techniques overlap among professions, highlighting the need for further research to explore these similarities in depth.
Introduction: Since the previous survey of the osteopathic profession in Austria was almost a decade ago, an update was necessary. The Osteopathic Practitioners Estimates and RAtes (OPERA) project was developed as a Europe-based survey, whereby an updated profile of the profession not only provides new data for Austria, but also allows for a clear comparison with other European countries.
Methods: A voluntary, online-based, closed-ended survey was distributed across Austria in the period between April and August 2020.
Background: This study gives an update on the characteristics of Belgian osteopaths five years after the Benelux Osteosurvey. Additional new data were collected on their professional identity and views on the profession.
Methods: All Belgian osteopaths who could be contacted ( = 1473) were invited to complete a voluntary, online-based, closed-ended survey distributed between May and September 2018.
The scope of practice of the osteopathic profession in Italy is underreported. The first part of the present study investigated the Italian osteopaths' profile, focusing on the socio-demographic information and geographical distribution together with the main characteristics of their education. The OPERA-IT study highlighted that the majority of respondents declared to work as sole practitioners (58.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Despite the growth of the osteopathic profession in Spain in the last few years, reliable information regarding professional profile and prevalence is still lacking. The Osteopathic Practitioners Estimates and RAtes (OPERA) project was developed as a European-based survey dedicated to profiling the osteopathic profession across Europe. The present study aims to describe the characteristics of osteopathic practitioners, their professional profile and the features of their clinical practice.
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