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. 2022 Oct 27;10(11):2136. doi: 10.3390/healthcare10112136

Table 5.

The most common diagnostic procedures (in descending order of ‘often’ and ‘always’ responses).

Diagnostic Procedure Never Seldom Regularly Often Always Unknown
Palpation of position/structures 0.9 1.2 3.9 22.3 71.4 0.3
Palpation of movement 0.6 1.5 5.7 21.7 70.2 0.3
Palpation of tenderness 0.9 3.0 9.6 27.7 58.7 0.0
Assessment of visceral mobility 1.5 6.3 11.8 27.4 51.8 1.2
Visual inspection 6.0 6.9 9.6 20.2 56.0 1.2
Assessment of the cranium
(neuro- and viscerocranium)
4.5 9.9 11.1 34.3 39.2 0.9
Muscle function testing 2.1 7.2 20.8 34.3 34.9 0.6
Neurologic testing 1.2 4.5 24.7 38.6 30.4 0.6
Orthopaedic testing 2.7 10.2 19.9 28.6 36.1 2.4
Fascial testing 4.2 9.0 21.4 35.2 27.4 2.7
Diagnostic imaging 7.8 11.5 28.0 31.9 15.0 5.7
Percussion and auscultation 9.6 18.1 28.6 26.5 15.7 1.5
Neurolymphatic reflex tests 22.3 19.9 24.1 15.4 7.2 11.1
Otoscopy 23.2 32.2 24.7 9.6 3.6 6.6
Blood analysis 26.0 28.6 24.4 7.5 1.5 12.1
Urinalysis 44.9 21.4 9.9 1.2 0.6 22.0

Numbers in table are %.