Which of the equestrian disciplines is most aware of equine osteopathy.
Item
- Title
- Which of the equestrian disciplines is most aware of equine osteopathy.
- Author(s)
- Matthews, M
- Abstract
- Background: Osteopathy, more specifically equine osteopathy is a growing profession. The horse assessment is similar to the human examination, inclusive of manual motion tests and provocation tests. Osteopathy has been known to be an excellent treatment method for reducing musculoskeletal pain. Manual therapy has very limited research regardless that the profession is evolving. Objective: Understand whether a specific equine discipline or other contributing factors affect awareness corresponding to likelihood of using osteopathy as a mode of treatment within horse owners/lenders. Design: Cross-sectional observational questionnaire, modified from GOsC public awareness study (GOsC 2014). Methods: Consenting UK based age 18+, horse riders currently riding in a discipline were asked to participate in the online questionnaire, exploring their general awareness of osteopathy, their history with osteopathy. General demographics questions were also queried, inclusive of age, gender, location, background questioning into number of years around horses and quantity of weekly hours in horse’s presence and also their main discipline. A number of analyses were completed using Pearson’s Chi2 test and the null hypothesis was either accepted or rejected. Results: 90 questionnaires were analysed (response rate of 11.89%). Awareness of osteopathy was in its entirety quite high. Significant associations could be formed between whether the participant was aware of the further training that could be obtained and the number of people that had used equine osteopathy in the past. The number of people who had used osteopathy for themselves compared to their horse. Aware that horse and rider could be treated together compared to had treatment previously for both themselves and their horse. Finally, whether the participant was aware there was no prosecution for individuals treating animals without a qualification compared to whether the above statement bothers them. Discussion: Although people are aware of osteopathy, they do not proceed to invest in osteopathic treatment for themselves or their horse. There is limited high quality, evidence-based research surrounding osteopathy. There is heterogeneity among the current research. However, are all conclusive of needing a larger response rate. Conclusion: UK based horse riders are aware of equine osteopathy, however, do not proceed to receive treatment. Additionally, people are unaware that there is no prosecution for individuals treating animals without a qualification and are bothered by this.
- presented at
- European School of Osteopathy
- Date Accepted
- 2020
- Date Submitted
- 28.10.2020 18:08:19
- Type
- osteo_thesis
- Language
- English
- Submitted by:
- 62
- Pub-Identifier
- 16677
- Inst-Identifier
- 1229
- Keywords
- Horses, Musculoskeletal Pain, Awareness
- Recommended
- 0
- Item sets
- Thesis
Matthews, M, “Which of the equestrian disciplines is most aware of equine osteopathy.”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed May 5, 2025, https://www.osteopathicresearch.org/s/orw/item/178