Developing competence in diagnostic palpation: Perspectives from neuroscience and education by Esteves, J, Spence, C

“…Palpation plays a central role in osteopathic clinical decision making, yet it is one of the hardest clinical skills to develop, teach, and assess. …”

Developing competence in diagnostic palpation: Perspectives from neuroscience and education by Esteves, J, Spence, C

“…Palpation plays a central role in osteopathic clinical decision making, yet it is one of the hardest clinical skills to develop, teach, and assess. …”

Hyperactivated Signaling Pathways of Chemokine RANTES/CCL5 in Osteopathies of Jawbone in Breast Cancer Patients—Case Report and Research by Johann Lechner, Volker von Baehr

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One-week-old irreducible hallucal interphalangeal joint dorsomedial dislocation due to an incarcerated sesamoid: A case report and its review of literature by Anurag Mittal, Deepankar Verma, Arunim Swarup, Rajnand Kumar, Rajat Kapoor, Sourabh Rai

“…We present the case of a young manual labourer with a missed hallucal IP joint dislocation with an incarcerated sesamoid, initially managed by an osteopath. After a failed attempt of closed reduction in the emergency department, we performed open reduction and reposition of sesamoid using dorsal incision and stabilized the joint with a K wire which was removed after 4 weeks. …”
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Correction to: Manual joint mobilisation techniques, supervised physical activity, psychological treatment, acupuncture and patient education for patients with tension-type headach... by Lotte Skytte Krøll, Henriette Edemann Callesen, Louise Ninett Carlsen, Kirsten Birkefoss, Dagmar Beier, Henrik Wulff Christensen, Mette Jensen, Hanna Tómasdóttir, Hanne Würtzen, Christel Vesth Høst, Jakob Møller Hansen

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Stress and sport performance: a PNEI multidisciplinary approach by Giulia Tossici, Valentino Zurloni, Andrea Nitri

“…Its multidisciplinary nature requires close cooperation between different professional figures, such as the mental coach, psychologist, nutritionist, osteopath, and physiotherapist, as well as biologists, physicians and kinesiologists, both in planning and in implementation and monitoring at all stages. …”
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Three-dimensional expansion: in suspension culture of SD rat's osteoblasts in a rotating wall vessel bioreactor. by Song, K, Liu, T, Li, X, Cui, Z, Sun, X, Ma, X

“…CONCLUSIONS: The developed RWVB can provide the culture environment with a relatively low shear force and necessary three-dimensional (3D) interactions among cells and is suitable for osteopath expansion in vitro.…”

The health beliefs and behaviors of three groups of complementary medicine and a general practice group of patients. by Furnham, A, Vincent, C, Wood, R

“…Patients (n = 256), consulting either a general practitioner (GP) or one of three complementary practitioners (osteopath, homeopath, or acupuncturist), completed a seven-part questionnaire that looked at demographic data, medical history, familiarization with complementary therapies, health beliefs and life-style, health locus of control, scientific health beliefs, and their perceptions of the consultation style of general and complementary practitioners. …”

OSTEOPATHY AND DENTISTRY by Pavlenkova E. V., Pavlenko S. A., Sidorova A. I., Tkachenko I. N.

“…At the moment, there is often a mutual cooperation between an osteopath and a dentist, since the maxillo-dental system can be identified as one of the components of osteopathy. …”
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Antitumoral Agent-Induced Constipation: A Systematic Review by Agnès Calsina-Berna, Jesús González-Barboteo, Silvia Llorens-Torromé, Joaquim Julià-Torras

“…The articles with the highest levels of evidence in relation to ATAIC treatment obtained in this systematic review studied treatments with acupuncture, sweet potato, osteopath, probiotics, and moxibustion. Conclusions: The prevalence of constipation in patients undergoing antitumoral treatment is very diverse. …”
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Diagnosis and treatment of muscle pain according to Tipaldos (literature review) by M. V. Tardov, A. V. Boldin, S. B. Sokolin, E. I. Haimov

“…This review contents the information on the theory of the structure and mechanisms of damage to the body fascial system, proposed by American osteopath S. Tipaldos and named by him the Fascial Distortion Model (FDM), as well as on the original method of diagnosis and treatment of muscle pain syndromes associated with fascial damage (distortion). …”
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Reconceptualizing Somatic Dysfunction in the Light of a Neuroaesthetic Enactive Paradigm by Giacomo Consorti, Carmine Castagna, Marco Tramontano, Mauro Longobardi, Paolo Castagna, Daniele Di Lernia, Christian Lunghi

“…Although osteopathic theories for somatic dysfunction could be plausible, the clinical applicability of the concept is debated, especially because it is largely related to simple cause–effect models of osteopathic care. …”
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Does the student-led osteopathy clinical learning environment prepare students for practice? by Conor Abrey, Niraj De Silva, Jake Godwin, Thomas Jacotine, Daniel Raab, Kieran Urquhart, Kelley Mumford, Patrick McLaughlin, Brett Vaughan

“…Interview questions were framed around the Capabilities for Osteopathic Practice which set the Australian osteopathy practice standards. …”
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‘One Health’ in Action Series: Nos 1-8 by Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP, Bruce Kaplan, DVM, Thomas P. Monath, MD

“…If these lists are still being actively maintained by the publication date of this ‘One Medicine -One Health’ monograph, any allied health scientist, physician, osteopath or veterinarian may be added to one and/or both lists by contacting us at bkapdvm@verizon.net. …”
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Associations Between Cancer Screening Behavior and Complementary Medicine Use: Results of a National Cross-Sectional Survey of 9151 Australian Women by Jane Elizabeth Frawley PhD, Erica McIntyre PhD, David Sibbritt PhD, Jon Wardle PhD, Janet Schloss PhD, Romy Lauche PhD, Jon Adams PhD

“…Women who had consulted an acupuncturist were more likely to undergo colorectal cancer screening ( P = .019), and those who consulted with an osteopath were more liable to have a Pap test ( P = .049). …”
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Oral complementary medicine and alternative practitioner use varies across chronic conditions and attitudes to risk by Robert J Adams, Sarah L Appleton, Antonia Cole, et al

“…The main outcome measures were the medications brought by participants to the study clinic visit, chronic health conditions, attitudes to risk, levels of satisfaction with conventional medicine, and preferred decision-making style.Results: At least one oral complementary medicine was used by 27.9% of participants, and 7.3% were visiting alternative practitioners (naturopath, osteopath). Oral complementary medicine use was significantly associated with arthritis, osteoporosis, and mental health conditions, but not with other chronic conditions. …”
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Patient-reported symptoms and diagnostic journey in Multiple Myeloma by Rohit Vijjhalwar, Kaiyang Song, Roshi Shrestha, Stella Bowcock, Maria T. Sanchez-Santos, Karthik Ramasamy, Muhammad Kassim Javaid

“…Seeing an Allied Healthcare Professional such as a physiotherapist, chiropractor or an osteopath (OR = 0.25, 95% CI [0.12, 0.47], p <0.001), experiencing infection symptoms (OR = 0.32, 95% CI [0.13, 0.76], p = 0.013), and having chest or shoulder pain (OR = 0.45, 95% CI [0.23, 0.86], p = 0.020) were associated with a lower likelihood of being diagnosed with MM within 12 weeks. …”
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AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO TREATMENT OF TEMPOROMANDIBULAR PAIN-DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF CERVICAL OSTEOCHONDROSIS. by V.L. Melnik, V.K. Shevchenko

“…We proposed treatment algorithm included: • Eliminating pain component in the region of the right and left temporo-mandibular joint and cervical spine (osteopaths , Chi Kung Therapy , acupuncture analgesia, blue light (B2) apparatus LuxDent «UFL 122»…”
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Manual joint mobilisation techniques, supervised physical activity, psychological treatment, acupuncture and patient education for patients with tension-type headache. A systematic... by Lotte Skytte Krøll, Henriette Edemann Callesen, Louise Ninett Carlsen, Kirsten Birkefoss, Dagmar Beier, Henrik Wulff Christensen, Mette Jensen, Hanna Tómasdóttir, Hanne Würtzen, Christel Vesth Høst, Jakob Møller Hansen

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Medical and allied health service use during acute and chronic post-injury periods in whiplash injured individuals by Carrie Ritchie, Ashley Smith, Michele Sterling

“…Methods Medical (general practitioner (GP), medical specialist, emergency services (ED), radiology – x-ray, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound) and allied health service (physiotherapy, chiropractor, psychologist, osteopath, occupational therapy) use during acute (< 12 weeks) and chronic (12 weeks to 2 years) post-injury periods were analysed in adults claiming compensation for WAD in the no-fault jurisdiction of Victoria, Australia (n = 37,315). …”
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