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A Sampling of CAM Therapies and Philosophies
Published in Lillian R. Brazin, The Guide to Complementary and Alternative Medicine on the Internet, 2020
Osteopathy is the medical practice that emphasizes the need to restore the integrity of the body’s structure by manipulating its parts. The practice may be supplemented with surgery or administration of drugs.
Competence and Continuing Professional Development
Published in Paul Lambden, The Osteopath’s Guide to Keeping Out of Trouble, 2018
The General Osteopathic Council, like other regulatory bodies, has introduced a requirement for every osteopath, whether full-time, part-time or even non-practising (assuming they may want to do so again) of 30 hours a year as a minimum. It started as standard for all osteopaths on 1 May 2004 so the first year ends on 30 April 2005. This is a trial period but, believe me, it will not be scrapped even if it is a disaster. What is more, if the scheme follows the same path as regulatory bodies, you can expect the conditions to be tightened.
The medical counterculture
Published in Lois N. Magner, Oliver J. Kim, A History of Medicine, 2017
In search of a new approach to healing, Still came to the conclusion that a just and loving God must have created the remedies for human sickness and suffering. To be sure that these remedies were available when they were most needed, God would have placed them within the body. What Still then discovered, at least to his own satisfaction, was an infallible method of adjusting the mechanism of the body so that the preexisting remedies were released from storage. Rejecting titles like magnetic healing or human engineering, Still decided to call his new science of natural healing osteopathy, a system for “engineering the whole machinery of life.” The manipulation of bones as levers to relieve pressure on nerves and blood vessels was the basis of osteopathic practice. Comparing the interdependence of bodily organs to a great labor union, Still concluded that the organs “belong to the brotherhood of labor.” When the body was healthy, the parts worked together harmoniously, but if one member of the union was mistreated, the whole body was affected. Osteopathy was, therefore, needed to relieve pain and restore health. Allopaths generally described the female body as intrinsically weak and prone to illness. In contrast, osteopaths argued that the basic cause of disease was the same for men and women: mechanical displacements and the maladjustment of body parts.
Exploring students’ [pre-pandemic] use and the impact of commercial-off-the-shelf learning platforms on students’ national licensing exam performance: A focused review – BEME Guide No. 72
Published in Medical Teacher, 2022
Atsusi Hirumi, Luke Horger, David M. Harris, Andrea Berry, Feroza Daroowalla, Shalu Gillum, Nyla Dil, Juan C. Cendán
In the USA, medical students seeking a Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) diploma and further graduate training must successfully complete national licensing exams. Data collected by the National Resident Matching Program from graduate residency programs cites performance on these licensing exams (National Board of Medical Examiners [NBME] USMLE Step 1; National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners [NBOME] COMLEX-USA Level 1; NBME USMLE Step 2; and NBOME COMLEX-USA Level 2) as the first and fourth most considered factors when selecting medical students for consideration for admission to the graduate program (National Resident Matching Program 2018). The same survey cites clinical specialty course (clerkship) grades as the sixth most important factor for consideration for medical student selection into graduate residency program (2018). Often, one component of clinical clerkship grades is performance on a standardized national subject exam (the NBME Subject Exam (‘shelf exams’) or NBOME Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Achievement Test (COMAT)) (National Resident Matching Program 2018).
Impact of osteopathic manipulative treatment on range of motion of the pelvis during the one-sided tilt test: a pilot study
Published in Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 2019
M. Ménard, M. Ferrari, A. Bouchet, P. Puchaud, P. Vaucher, F. Sutre, B. Bideau, M. Bourgin
Osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) has been reported to reduce significantly low back pain (Licciardone et al. 2005). However, the mechanics by which osteopathic treatment may produce an increased joint range of motion remains unclear. The one-sided tilt test is an active voluntary movement used by osteopaths to analyse the one-side range of motions at the right and left side from a static position (Chila 2010). This test also allows the osteopath to immediately evaluate the effect of OMT. Nevertheless, interpretation of this test is based on the subjective observation of how well the lumbar spine compensates sacral base declination. Few studies have examined the impact of OMT on low back or pelvis range of motion (Lenehan et al. 2003) but never in a 3D. Thus, there is a challenge to bring quantification measurements for clinical interpretation of the one-sided tilt test though three-dimensional kinematic analysis. This could bring an understanding on the musculoskeletal strategies when this test is performed after the low back is treated with OMT. The aim of this blind pilot study was to measure the immediate effect of OMT on range of motion (ROM) of the sacro-lumbar joint and the pelvis spatial orientations during the one-sided tilt test.
Efficient estimators with categorical ranked set samples: estimation procedures for osteoporosis
Published in Journal of Applied Statistics, 2022
Armin Hatefi, Amirhossein Alvandi
Osteoporosis is metabolic disorder which occurs by reduction in mineral density of bone tissues. Osteoporosis and osteopathic fractures are considered as major public health problems. Mineral density of bone system grows until the ages 29–32 and then reduces as the individual gets older [2,22]. Using Korean NHANES Survey (KNHANES, 2008–2011), for example, Lim et al. [20] shows 34.9% of women and 7.8% of men aged 50 and older have osteoporosis in South Korea. In addition to sex, there are many characteristics, e.g. age and weight which are associated with the BMD. Also, there are various research studied the relationship between these characteristics and osteoporosis ; see, for instance, [9,17,28].