Peer Reviewed Articles

• Osteopathic manipulative treatment is effective on pain control associated to spinal cord injury.
  Conclusion: Our results suggest the OMT is a feasible approach in patients in whom available drugs cannot be used. Moreover, a benefit can be expected by the association of OMT in patients treated according to existing pharmacological protocols.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Back Pain
• Clinical response and relapse in patients with chronic low back pain following osteopathic manual treatment: Results from the OSTEOPATHIC Trial.
  Conclusion: The large effect size for short-term efficacy of OMT was driven by stable responders who did not relapse.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Back Pain
• The OSTEOPATHIC trial demonstrates significant improvement in patients with chronic low back pain as manifested by decreased prescription rescue medication use.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Back Pain
• Osteopathic manual treatment and ultrasound therapy for chronic low back pain: a randomized controlled trial.
  Conclusion: The OMT regimen met or exceeded the Cochrane Back Review Group criterion for a medium effect size in relieving chronic low back pain. It was safe, parsimonious, and well accepted by patients.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Back Pain
• Outcomes of osteopathic manual treatment for chronic low back pain according to baseline pain severity: results from the OSTEOPATHIC Trial.
  Conclusion: The large effect size for OMT in providing substantial pain reduction in patients with chronic LBP of high severity was associated with clinically important improvement in back-specific functioning. Thus, OMT may be an attractive option in such patients before proceeding to more invasive and costly treatments.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Back Pain
• Burton AK et al (Eur Spine J, 1999)
  Conclusion: showed that OMT treated sciatica as well as injecting chemicals to dissolve herniated disks.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Back Pain
• William NH et al (Fam Pract, 2003)
  Conclusion: demonstrated that a clinic providing OMT improved long-term spinal pain.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Back Pain
• McReynolds TM & Sheridan BJ (JAOA, 2005) – Intramuscular Ketorolac Versus Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment in the Management of Acute Neck Pain in the Emergency Department: A Randomized Clinical Trial
  Conclusion: proved OMT was as effective as the drug ketorlac for treating spinal pain.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Back Pain
• Degenhardt BF et al (JAOA, 2007) – Role of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment in Altering Pain Biomarkers: A Pilot Study
  Conclusion: showed that OMT altered levels of back pain biomarkers.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Back Pain
• Arienti C et al (Spinal Cord, 2011) – Osteopathic manipulative treatment is effective on pain control associated to spinal cord injury
  Conclusion: showed that pain medication plus OMT treated back pain better than either medication or OMT alone.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Back Pain
• Parker J et al (JAOA, 2012) – Efficacy of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment for Low Back Pain in Euhydrated and Hypohydrated Conditions: A Randomized Crossover Trial
  Conclusion: compared OMT in well- and less-hydrated patients with back pain, and demonstrated that OMT works best when well-hydrated.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Back Pain
• Licciardone JC et al (Spine, 2003; Am J Obstet Gynecol, 2010; JAOA, 2012; JAOA 2013; Ann Fam Med, 2013 & Man Ther, 2013)
  Conclusion: Osteopathic manual treatment has medium to large treatment effects in preventing progressive back-specific dysfunction during the third trimester of pregnancy. The findings are potentially important with respect to direct health care expenditures and indirect costs of work disability during pregnancy.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Pregnancy related low back pain and round ligament pain

• OMT associated with reduced analgesic prescribing and fewer missed work days in patients with low back pain: an observational study.
  Conclusion: suggest that analgesic medication use is lower in patients who receive OMT, align with previous findings of RCTs and support the generalizability of these findings
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Companies
• Response: observational study demonstrates that OMT is associated with reduced analgesic prescribing and fewer missed work days.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Companies
• Impact of osteopathic manipulative treatment on secretory immunoglobulin a levels in a stressed population.
  Conclusion: This study demonstrates the positive effect of OMT on sIgA levels in persons experiencing high stress. Results suggest that OMT may then have therapeutic preventive and protective effects on both healthy and hospitalized patients, especially those experiencing high levels of emotional or physiological stress and those at higher risk of acquiring upper respiratory tract infections.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Companies
• Licciardone JC et al (Spine, 2003; Am J Obstet Gynecol, 2010; JAOA, 2012; JAOA 2013; Ann Fam Med, 2013 & Man Ther, 2013)
  Conclusion: Osteopathic manual treatment has medium to large treatment effects in preventing progressive back-specific dysfunction during the third trimester of pregnancy. The findings are potentially important with respect to direct health care expenditures and indirect costs of work disability during pregnancy.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Pregnancy related low back pain and round ligament pain

• Preventative osteopathic manipulative treatment and the elderly nursing home resident: a pilot study.
  Conclusion: Twice monthly OMT and LT protocols reduced the number of hospitalizations and decreased medication usage in elderly nursing home residents.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Elderly
• Knebl JA et al (JAOA, 2002) -Improving functional ability in the elderly via the Spencer technique, an osteopathic manipulative treatment: a randomized, controlled trial
  Conclusion: used OMT in a randomized controlled trial to improve shoulder function in the elderly.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Shoulder

• Osteopathic manual treatment in patients with diabetes mellitus and comorbid chronic low back pain: subgroup results from the OSTEOPATHIC Trial.
  Conclusion: Patients with diabetes mellitus who received OMT had significant reductions in LBP severity during the 12-week period
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Diabetes Mellitus

• Efficacy of osteopathic manipulative treatment for low back pain in euhydrated and hypohydrated conditions: a randomized crossover trial.
  Conclusion: It is reasonable for clinicians to recommend that patients increase their hydration to optimize treatment.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Everybody
• Lymphatic pump treatment repeatedly enhances the lymphatic and immune systems
  Conclusion: It can be inferred that LPT at a rate of 1 pump per sec for a total of 4 min can be applied every 2 h, thus providing scientific rationale for the use of LPT to repeatedly enhance the lymphatic and immune system.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Everybody
• Stress reduction with osteopathy assessed with GDV electrophotonic imaging: effects of osteopathy treatment.
  Conclusion: osteopathic manipulations as administered in these two studies provide good, lasting relaxation. This study also provides the interesting observation that daily relaxation practices done by Dr. Paoletti enable him to work hard without additional stress
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Everybody
• Effect of cranial osteopathic manipulative medicine on cerebral tissue oxygenation.
  Conclusion: The cranial OMM suppression technique effectively and progressively reduced S(CT)O(2) in both prefrontal lobes with the treatment time.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Everybody
• Osteopathic manipulative treatment applications for the emergency department patient
  Conclusion: steopathic physicians can decrease or eliminate the morbidity and symptoms associated with protracted dysfunction. Low back pain, chest pain, torticollis, asthma, and sinusitis are some of the illnesses in which OMT should be implemented as part of the management plan
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Everybody
• A comparative study of cervical hysteresis characteristics after various osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) modalities.
  Conclusion: When comparing treated to untreated cervical segments, the most significant change occurred post-counterstrain OMT with no overall change following Sham.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Low Back Pain / Torticollis / Asthma / Sinusitis
• Schwerla F et al (Forsch Komplementmed, 2008 & J Altern Complement Med, 2013) – Osteopathic treatment in patients with primary dysmenorrhoea: A randomised controlled trial
  Conclusion:A series of osteopathic treatments might be beneficial for women suffering from primary dysmenorrhoea.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Everybody

• Crow WT & Gorodinsky L (IJOM, 2009)
  Conclusion: studied abdominal surgery patients to show that postoperative OMT is associated with less time in the hospital.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Post-Operative Recovery
• McSweeney TP et al (J Bodyw Mov Ther, 2012)
  Conclusion: OMTh applied to the diaphragm and esophagus may improve symptoms of GERD and should be added to the somatovisceral approach to the care of patients with this condition
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: GERD

• Voigt K et al (J Altern Complement Med, 2011) – The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Tension Headaches
• Ajimsha MS (J Bodyw Mov Ther, 2011) – Effectiveness of direct vs indirect technique myofascial release in the management of tension-type headache
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Tension Headaches
• Anderson RE & Seniscal C (Headache, 2006) – A Comparison of Selected Osteopathic Treatment and Relaxation for Tension-Type Headaches
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Tension Headaches
• Sinusitis in children: the importance of diagnosis and treatment.
  Conclusion: OMT may be beneficial in the treatment of sinusitis.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Sinusitis
• Duncan B et al (JAOA, 2008)
  Conclusion: did a randomized controlled trial, demonstrating that OMT improved motor function in children with cerebral palsy.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Cerebral Palsy Children
• Goldstein FJ et al (JAOA, 2005)
  Conclusion: did a randomized controlled trial to show that less pain medicine was necessary after uterus surgery.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Chronic Prostatitis
• Efficacy of osteopathic manipulative treatment of female patients with migraine: results of a randomized controlled trial.
  Conclusion: there was an absolute difference between the 2 treatment groups at the end of the study, with a 33% lower frequency of headache in the OMTh group
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Migranes Headaches
• Voigt K et al (J Altern Complement Med, 2011) – The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
  Conclusion: showed OMT can treat migraine-type headaches.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Migranes Headaches
• Osteopathic treatment of patients with long-term sequelae of whiplash injury: effect on neck pain disability and quality of life.
  Conclusion: Five (5) osteopathic treatments had a beneficial effect on the physical as well as the mental aspects of LWS and lives up to its claim of being a complementary modality in the treatment regimen of this condition.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Neck Pain
• Plotkin BJ et al (JAOA, 2001) -Adjunctive osteopathic manipulative treatment in women with depression: a pilot study
  Conclusion: did a randomized study, demonstrating lessened symptoms of depression for Premenopausal women with newly diagnosed depression after OMT.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Premenopausal women with newly diagnosed depression
• Pilot trial of osteopathic manipulative therapy for patients with frequent episodic tension-type headache.
  Conclusion: there was an absolute difference between the 2 treatment groups at the end of the study, with a 33% lower frequency of headache in the OMTh group
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Tension Headaches
• Effectiveness of direct vs indirect technique myofascial release in the management of tension-type headache.
  Conclusion: there was an absolute difference between the 2 treatment groups at the end of the study, with a 33% lower frequency of headache in the OMTh group
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Tension Headaches
• Anderson RE & Seniscal C (Headache, 2006) – A Comparison of Selected Osteopathic Treatment and Relaxation for Tension-Type Headaches
  Conclusion: showed OMT improved tension-type headaches when combined with relaxation techniques.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Tension Headaches
• Ajimsha MS (J Bodyw Mov Ther, 2011) – Effectiveness of direct vs indirect technique myofascial release in the management of tension-type headache
  Conclusion: showed OMT can treat tension-type headaches.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Tension Headaches
• Cuccia AM et al (J Bodyw Mov Ther, 2010) – Osteopathic manual therapy versus conventional conservative therapy in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders: A randomized controlled trial
  Conclusion: performed a randomized controlled trial, revealing OMT on TMJ requires significantly less medication (non-steroidal medication and muscle relaxants).
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: TMJ
• Osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) effects on mandibular kinetics: kinesiographic study.
  Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that OMT can induce changes in the stomatognathic dynamics, offering a valid support in the clinical approach to TMD
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: TMJ/Jaw Pain
• Monaco A et al (Eur J Paediatr Dent, 2008)
  Conclusion: suggested that OMT can induce changes in jaw function for TMJ.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: TMJ/Jaw Pain
• Cramer D et al (JAOA, 2010) – Effect of Pedal Pump and Thoracic Pump Techniques on Intracranial Pressure in Patients With Traumatic Brain Injuries
  Conclusion: found that OMT is safe for use in patients with traumatic brain injury.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Traumatic Brain Injury
• Shi X et al (JAOA, 2011) – Effect of Cranial Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine on Cerebral Tissue Oxygenation
  Conclusion: demonstrated that OMT suppression techniques reduce brain oxygenation.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Traumatic Brain Injury
• Sandhouse ME et al (JAOA, 2010) – Effect of Osteopathy in the Cranial Field on Visual Function—A Pilot Study
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Visual Function

• Osteopathic manipulation as a complementary treatment for the prevention of cardiac complications: 12-Months follow-up of intima media and blood pressure on a cohort affected by hypertension.
  Conclusion: among patients affected by cardiovascular disorders, osteopathic treatment is significantly associated to an improvement in intima-media and systolic blood pressure after one year
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: High Blood Pressure
• Noll DR (JAOA, 2013)
  Conclusion: demonstrated that OMT modestly reduced platelet counts (markers of acute inflammation) in elderly patients.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: High Blood Pressure
• Effect of selected manual therapy interventions for mechanical neck pain on vertebral and internal carotid arterial blood flow and cerebral inflow.
  Conclusion: Blood Flow to the brain does not appear to be compromised by positions commonly used in manual therapy. Positions using end-range neck rotation and distraction do not appear to be more hazardous to cerebral circulation than more segmentally localized techniques.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: CABG
• Hensel KL et al (Complement Ther Med, 2013) – Suboccipital Decompression Enhances Heart Rate Variability Indices of Cardiac Control in Healthy Subjects
  Conclusion: showed that OMT can improve hemodynamic control in pregnancy.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: High Blood Pressure
• The effect of osteopathic manipulative treatment on postoperative medical and functional recovery of coronary artery bypass graft patients
  Conclusion: A daily postoperative OMT protocol improved functional recovery of patients who underwent a CABG operation.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: CABG
• Cerritelli F et al (J Bodyw Mov Ther, 2011) – The effect of osteopathic manual therapy on the vascular supply to the lower extremity in individuals with knee osteoarthritis: A randomized trial
  Conclusion: showed that OMT improves high blood pressure and can prevent blood vessel thickening.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: High Blood Pressure

• Consider osteopathic manipulation in next positional plagiocephaly research.
  Conclusion:  In May 2006, The American Journal of Pediatrics said,  “Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT), particularly Osteopathy in the Cranial Field, is safe, effective, and well-tolerated in treating plagiocephaly, torticollis, and many other clinical conditions in children… Those of us who use the osteopathic approach to medicine rarely need to refer our patients for physical therapy or orthotics.”
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: plagiocephaly and Torticollis

• Effect of osteopathic manipulative therapy in the attentive performance of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
  Conclusion: OMTh can potentially increase performances of selective and sustained attention in children with ADHD
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: ADHD
• Mills MV et al (Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med, 2003)
  Conclusion: did a randomized trial, showing OMT led to fewer and less severe ear infections in children. The results of this study suggest a potential benefit of osteopathic manipulative treatment as adjuvant therapy in children with recurrent AOM; it may prevent or decrease surgical intervention or antibiotic overuse.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Otitis Media
• Osteopathy: helping pregnant women in pain.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Pregnancy
• Do placebo effects associated with sham osteopathic procedure occur in newborns? Results of a randomized controlled trial.
  Conclusion: This study is the first in the field showing no placebo effect on newborns.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Pregnancy
• Effect of osteopathic manipulative treatment on length of stay in a population of preterm infants: a randomized controlled trial.
  Conclusion: The present study suggests that OMT may have an important role in the management of preterm infants hospitalization.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Pregnancy
• Exploring the impact of osteopathic treatment on cranial asymmetries associated with nonsynostotic plagiocephaly in infants.
  Conclusion: osteopathic treatments contribute to the improvement of cranial asymmetries in infants younger than 6.5 months old presenting with NSOP characteristics.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: plagiocephaly
• Infantile postural asymmetry and osteopathic treatment: a randomized therapeutic trial.
  Conclusion: We conclude that osteopathic treatment in the first months of life improves the degree of asymmetry in infants with postural asymmetry.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To:plagiocephaly
• Hayden C, Mullinger B. A preliminary assessment of the impact of cranial osteopathy for the relief of infantile colic [published online ahead of print February 8,2006]. Complement Ther Clin Pract. 2006;12:83-90
  Conclusion: did a controlled, prospective study to show that OMT improved infantile colic.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Infant Colic

• Osteopathic lymphatic pump techniques to enhance immunity and treat pneumonia.
  Conclusion: OMT has shortened the length of hospital stay in patients with pneumonia.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Pneumonia
• Effects of osteopathic manipulative treatment on pediatric patients with asthma: a randomized controlled trial.
  Conclusion: With a confidence level of 95%, results for the OMT group showed a statistically significant improvement of 7 L per minute to 9 L per minute for peak expiratory flow rates. These results suggest that OMT has a therapeutic effect among this patient population.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Asthma
• Noll DR et al (JAOA, 1999; JAOA, 2000; Altern Ther Health Med, 2004; JAOA 2008 and Osteopath Med Prim Care, 2010) – Preventative Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment and the Elderly Nursing Home Resident: A Pilot Study
  Conclusion: Twice monthly OMT and LT protocols reduced the number of hospitalizations and decreased medication usage in elderly nursing home residents.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Elderly
• Sleszynski SL & Kelso AF (JAOA, 1993)
  Conclusion: showed that OMT is as effective as or better than incentive spirometry (deep-breathing exercises) to improve lung function after surgery.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Asthma in both Lung Disease and Infants and Children
• Henderson AT et al (JAOA, 2010)
  Conclusion: showed that treating ribs with OMT altered intensity of the nervous input to the lungs.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Asthma in both Lung Disease and Infants and Children
• Saggio G et al (JAOA, 2011)
  Conclusion: used OMT to increase IgA levels, potentially helping prevent upper respiratory infections.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: COPD
• Guiney PA et al (JAOA, 2005)
  Conclusion: performed a randomized controlled trial that demonstrated OMT improves breathing in children with asthma.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Asthma
• Osteopathic manipulative treatment as a useful adjunctive tool for pneumonia.
  Conclusion: Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) is a cost-effective adjunctive treatment of pneumonia that has been shown to reduce patients’ length of hospital stay, duration of intravenous antibiotics, and incidence of respiratory failure or death when compared to subjects who received conventional care alone
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Pneumonia
• Bockenhauer SE et al (JAOA, 2002)
  Conclusion: showed improved breathing in asthma patients who received OMT.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Asthma
• Osteopathic manipulative treatment effectiveness in severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a pilot study
  Conclusion: This study suggests that OMT+PR may improve exercise capacity and reduce RV in severely impaired COPD patients with respect to PR alone.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: COPD

• The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, November 2015, Vol. 115, 654-665. doi:10.7556/jaoa.2015.136 Incidence of Somatic Dysfunction in Healthy Newborns Erica L. Waddington, DO; Karen T. Snider, DO; Michael D. Lockwood, DO; Vanessa K. Pazdernik, MS
  http://jaoa.org/article.aspx?articleid=2466228

• Mills MV et al (Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med, 2003)
  Conclusion: did a randomized trial, showing OMT led to fewer and less severe ear infections in children. The results of this study suggest a potential benefit of osteopathic manipulative treatment as adjuvant therapy in children with recurrent AOM; it may prevent or decrease surgical intervention or antibiotic overuse.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Otitis Media
• Osteopathic manipulative treatment of back pain and related symptoms during pregnancy: a randomized controlled trial.
  Conclusion: Osteopathic manipulative treatment slows or halts the deterioration of back-specific functioning during the third trimester of pregnancy.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Pregnancy
• Prevention of progressive back-specific dysfunction during pregnancy: an assessment of osteopathic manual treatment based on Cochrane Back Review Group criteria.
  Conclusion: steopathic manual treatment has medium to large treatment effects in preventing progressive back-specific dysfunction during the third trimester of pregnancy. The findings are potentially important with respect to direct health care expenditures and indirect costs of work disability during pregnancy.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Pregnancy
• Osteopathy: helping pregnant women in pain.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Pregnancy
• Do placebo effects associated with sham osteopathic procedure occur in newborns? Results of a randomized controlled trial.
  Conclusion: This study is the first in the field showing no placebo effect on newborns.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Pregnancy
• Effect of osteopathic manipulative treatment on length of stay in a population of preterm infants: a randomized controlled trial.
  Conclusion: The present study suggests that OMT may have an important role in the management of preterm infants hospitalization.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Pregnancy
• Exploring the impact of osteopathic treatment on cranial asymmetries associated with nonsynostotic plagiocephaly in infants.
  Conclusion: osteopathic treatments contribute to the improvement of cranial asymmetries in infants younger than 6.5 months old presenting with NSOP characteristics.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: plagiocephaly
• Infantile postural asymmetry and osteopathic treatment: a randomized therapeutic trial.
  Conclusion: We conclude that osteopathic treatment in the first months of life improves the degree of asymmetry in infants with postural asymmetry.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: plagiocephaly
• Acute improvement in hemodynamic control after osteopathic manipulative treatment in the third trimester of pregnancy.
  Conclusion: These data suggest that OMT can acutely improve hemodynamic control during engagement of the skeletal muscle pump and this was most likely due to improvement of structural restrictions to venous return.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: plagiocephaly
• Hayden C, Mullinger B. A preliminary assessment of the impact of cranial osteopathy for the relief of infantile colic [published online ahead of print February 8,2006].Complement Ther Clin Pract. 2006;12:83-90
  Conclusion: did a controlled, prospective study to show that OMT improved infantile colic.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Infant Colic
• Licciardone JC et al (Spine, 2003; Am J Obstet Gynecol, 2010; JAOA, 2012; JAOA 2013; Ann Fam Med, 2013 & Man Ther, 2013)
  Conclusion: Osteopathic manual treatment has medium to large treatment effects in preventing progressive back-specific dysfunction during the third trimester of pregnancy. The findings are potentially important with respect to direct health care expenditures and indirect costs of work disability during pregnancy.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Pregnancy related low back pain and round ligament pain

• Safety and Utility of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment for the Acute Care of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury – a Case Report Adrienne McCallister DO PGY-3, Christopher Brown DO, Michael Smith DO PGY-4, Hugh Ettlinger DO FAAO and Gerard A. Baltazar DO FACOS NMM/OMM and Surgery Departments, St. Barnabas Hospital, Bronx, NY http://files.academyofosteopathy.org/LBORC/Posters/2016/McCallister_OMT-TraumaticBrainInjury.pdf

Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Concussions

• Cardoso-de-Mello-E-Mello-Ribeiro AP, Rodríguez-Blanco C, Riquelme-Agulló I, Heredia-Rizo AM, Ricard F, Oliva-Pascual-Vaca Á: Effects of the Fourth Ventricle Compression in the Regulation of the Autonomic Nervous System: A Randomized Control Trial.Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2015;2015:148285. doi: 10.1155/2015/148285. Epub 2015 Jun 14. PMID: 26199632

Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Sports and Joint Mobility

• Prinsen JK, Hensel KL, Snow RJ: OMT associated with reduced analgesic prescribing and fewer missed work days in patients with low back pain: an observational study.J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2014 Feb;114(2):90-8. doi: 10.7556/jaoa.2014.022. PMID: 24481801
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Sports and Joint Mobility
• Fraix M, Gordon A, Graham V, Hurwitz E, Seffinger MA: Use of the SMART Balance Master to quantify the effects of osteopathic manipulative treatment in patients with dizziness. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2013May;113(5):394-403. PMID: 23667193
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Sports and Joint Mobility
• Schwerla F, Kaiser AK, Gietz R, Kastner R: Osteopathic treatment of patients with long-term sequelae of whiplash injury: effect on neck pain disability and quality of life. J Altern Complement Med. 2013Jun;19(6):543-9. doi: 10.1089/acm.2012.0354. Epub 2012 Dec 28. PMID: 23273259
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Sports and Joint Mobility
• Fraixet al. Use of SMART Balance Master to quantify the effects of osteopathic manipulative treatment in patients with dizziness.
  J Am Osteoapath Assoc. 2013;113(5)394-403.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Sports and Joint Mobility
• Lynn F. Brumm, DO, et al .Preventive Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment and Stress Fracture Incidence Among Collegiate Cross-Country Athletes. The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, December 2013, Vol. 113, 882-890. doi:10.7556/jaoa.2013.06
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Stress Fractures
• Cruser dA, Maurer D, Hensel K, Brown SK, White K, Stoll ST: A randomized, controlled trial of osteopathic manipulative treatment for acute low back pain in active duty military personnel. J Man Manip Ther. 2012 Feb;20(1):5-15. PMID: 23372389
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Back Pain
• King HH: Cranial osteopathic manipulative medicine’s growing evidence base. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2012 Jan;112(1):9. PMID: 22302741
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Sports and Joint Mobility
• Moore SD et al (J Orthop Sports Phys Ther, 2011)
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Shoulder pain
• Hidalgo-Lozano A et al (J Bodyw Mov Ther, 2011) – Changes in pain and pressure pain sensitivity after manual treatment of active trigger points in patients with unilateral shoulder impingement: A case series
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Shoulder pain
• Shi X, Rehrer S, Prajapati P, Stoll ST, Gamber RG, Downey HF: Effect of cranial osteopathic manipulative medicine on cerebral tissue oxygenation. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2011 Dec;111(12):660-6. PMID: 22182951
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Sports and Joint Mobility
• Jäkel A, von Hauenschild P: Therapeutic effects of cranial osteopathic manipulative medicine: a systematic review. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2011 Dec;111(12):685-93. Review. PMID: 22182954
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Sports and Joint Mobility
• Shi X et al (JAOA, 2011) – Effect of Cranial Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine on Cerebral Tissue Oxygenation
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Traumatic Brain Injury
• Cramer D et al (JAOA, 2010) – Effect of Pedal Pump and Thoracic Pump Techniques on Intracranial Pressure in Patients With Traumatic Brain Injuries
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Traumatic Brain Injury
• Fraix, Marcel. Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment and Vertigo: A Pilot Study. PM R; 2010; 2:612-618.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Sports and Joint Mobility
• Berkowitz. Application of Osteopathy in the Cranial Field to Successfully treat vertigo: A case series. JAAO; 2009: 19(3),27-32.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Sports and Joint Mobility
• Wynne MM et al (JAOA, 2006) – Effect of Counterstrain on Stretch Reflexes, Hoffmann Reflexes, and Clinical Outcomes in Subjects With Plantar Fasciitis
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Plantar fasciitis
• Howell JN et al (JAOA, 2006) – Stretch Reflex and Hoffmann Reflex Responses to Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment in Subjects With Achilles Tendinitis
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Achilles tendinitis
• McReynolds TM, Sheridan BJ: Intramuscular ketorolac versus osteopathic manipulative treatment in the management of acute neck pain in the emergency department: a randomized clinical trial. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2005 Feb;105(2):57-68. PMID: 15784928
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Sports and Joint Mobility
• Heinking KP, Kappler RE. Chapter 38-cervical Karageanes SJ. Chapter 16-head& Neck. In: Principles of Manual Sports Medicine. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005, PP. 124-158.
• Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Sports and Joint Mobility
• Eisenhart AW et al (JAOA, 2003) – Advertisement Osteopathic manipulative treatment in the emergency department for patients with acute ankle injuries
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Ankle pain
• Burton AK, Tillotson KM, Cleary J: Single-blind randomised controlled trial of chemonucleolysis and manipulation in the treatment of symptomatic lumbar disc herniation. Eur Spine J. 2000 Jun; 9(3):202-7. PMID: 10905437
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Sports and Joint Mobility
• Andersson GB, Lucente T, Davis AM, Kappler RE, Lipton JA, Leurgans S: A comparison of osteopathic spinal manipulation with standard care for patients with low back pain. N Engl J Med. 1999 Nov 4;341(19):1426-31. PMID: 10547405
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Sports and Joint Mobility
• Galm et al. Vertigo in patients with cervical spine dysfunction. EurSpine J; 1998; 7:55-58.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Sports and Joint Mobility
• Greenman & McPartland. Cranial findings and iatrogenesis from craniosacral manipulation in patients with traumatic brain syndrome. JAOA; 95(3) 182-192.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Traumatic Brain Injury
• Brumm LF et al (JAOA, 2013) -Preventive Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment and Stress Fracture Incidence Among Collegiate Cross-Country Athletes
  Conclusion: did a cohort study and showed less stress fractures occurred in cross-country athletes who received OMT.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Stress Fractures
• Hidalgo-Lozano A et al (J Bodyw Mov Ther, 2011) – Changes in pain and pressure pain sensitivity after manual treatment of active trigger points in patients with unilateral shoulder impingement: A case series
  Conclusion: treated shoulder pain with trigger point OMT.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Shoulder pain
• Osteopathic manipulative treatment in the emergency department for patients with acute ankle injuries
  Conclusion: Data clearly demonstrate that a single session of OMT in the ED can have a significant effect in the management of acute ankle injuries.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Ankle pain
• Osteopathic manipulative treatment of a 27-year-old man after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.
  Conclusion: Following ACL reconstruction and OMT, the patient showed increasingly stable mobility in the lumbopelvic region. Furthermore, episodic new dysfunctions readily resolved with OMT.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Shoulder pain
• The immediate effects of muscle energy technique on posterior shoulder tightness: a randomized controlled trial
  Conclusion: A single application of an MET for the GHJ horizontal abductors provides immediate improvements in both GHJ horizontal adduction and internal rotation ROM in asymptomatic collegiate baseball players. Application of MET for the horizontal abductors may be useful to gain ROM in overhead athletes.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Shoulder pain
• Eisenhart AW et al (JAOA, 2003) – Advertisement Osteopathic manipulative treatment in the emergency department for patients with acute ankle injuries
  Conclusion: showed OMT improves ankle injuries in the ER.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Ankle pain
• Howell JN et al (JAOA, 2006) – Stretch Reflex and Hoffmann Reflex Responses to Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment in Subjects With Achilles Tendinitis
  Conclusion: showed OMT improves Achilles tendinitis.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Achilles tendinitis
• Moore SD et al (J Orthop Sports Phys Ther, 2011)
  Conclusion: demonstrated that among collegiate baseball players, OMT lessened shoulder tightness.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Shoulder pain
• Knebl JA et al (JAOA, 2002) -Improving functional ability in the elderly via the Spencer technique, an osteopathic manipulative treatment: a randomized, controlled trial
  Conclusion: used OMT in a randomized controlled trial to improve shoulder function in the elderly.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Shoulder pain]
• Wynne MM et al (JAOA, 2006) – Effect of Counterstrain on Stretch Reflexes, Hoffmann Reflexes, and Clinical Outcomes in Subjects With Plantar Fasciitis
  Conclusion: showed OMT improves plantar fasciitis.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: Plantar fasciitis

• Qualitative evaluation of osteopathic manipulative therapy in a patient with gastroesophageal reflux disease: a brief report.
  Conclusion: OMTh applied to the diaphragm and esophagus may improve symptoms of GERD and should be added to the somatovisceral approach to the care of patients with this condition.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: GERD
• Effectiveness of osteopathic manipulative therapy for managing symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome: a systematic review.
  Conclusion: provides preliminary evidence that OMTh may be beneficial in the treatment of patients with IBS
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: IBS

• [Long-term effects of osteopathic treatment of chronic prostatitis with chronic pelvic pain syndrome: a 5-year follow-up of a randomized controlled trial and considerations on the pathophysiological context].
  Conclusion: steopathy should be taken seriously as a treatment for patients with CP/CPPS. Furthermore, due to the osteopathic treatment the patients learnt to alleviate or even eliminate their own symptoms in treating themselves. In order to help many other affected persons out of their dilemma it would be desirable if more urologists and internists would become acquainted with osteopathy in order to be able to offer this to patients at an early stage.
  Webpage Conclusion Reference To: CHRONIC PROSTATITIS

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