An overview of osteopathy graduates’ perceived preparedness at transition from educational environment to clinic environment one year after graduation: a cross sectional study

Luciani, E.; Consorti, Giacomo; Dun, Patrick L.S. van; Merdy, O.; Lunghi, Christian; Petracca, Marco; Esteves, Jorge E.; Cerritelli, Francesco

doi:10.1186/s12909-018-1429-2

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“…Osteopathy is a complementary touch-based manual medicine primarily used by different age groups of patients ( Licciardone et al, 2013 ; Cerritelli et al, 2014 , 2015b ; Pizzolorusso et al, 2014 ; Luciani et al, 2015 , 2018 ; Schwerla et al, 2015 ; Steel et al, 2017 ) and in a wide variety of clinical conditions ( Cerritelli et al, 2011 , 2015a , 2016a , 2017b ; Cicchitti et al, 2015 ; Ruffini et al, 2016 ; Franke et al, 2017 ; Lanaro et al, 2017 ). Several studies showed positive clinical effects as compared to sham, placebo, usual care or physical devices ( Pizzolorusso et al, 2011 ; Cerritelli et al, 2013 , 2015a , 2016b ; Martelli et al, 2014 ).…”

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Does Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment Induce Autonomic Changes in Healthy Participants? A Thermal Imaging Study

Cerritelli¹,

Cardone

Pirino

et al. 2020

Front. Neurosci.

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Osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) has been demonstrated to be an effective therapy in several clinical conditions and age groups. Despite the clinical effectiveness, lack of robust data in terms of neurobiological, specifically autonomic, mechanisms of action is observed. Preliminary studies showed a parasympathetic effect leading to a trophotropic effect of OMT. However, these data are limited to heart rate variability (HRV) analysis. In order to study further the role of OMT on the autonomic nervous system, a cross-over randomized controlled trial RCT has been designed to test the effect of osteopathic treatment compared to sham therapy on a range of autonomic parameters. Thermal images, HRV and skin conductance data were collected on a sample of healthy adults. The study design consisted of two sessions (OMT and SHAM), 1 treatment per week, lasting 35 min each, composed of 5 min of baseline, 25 min of treatment, and 5 min of post-touch. During the baseline and the post-treatment, participants received no touch. Thirty-seven participants (aged 27 ± 5 years old, male ratio 40%) completed the study. Multivariate analysis showed a significant parasympathetic effect of group as well as of epoch on thermographic data of the nose (estimate 0.38; 95% CI 0.12-0.63; p < 0.01), left (0.17; 0.06-0.27; <0.001) and right (0.16; 0.07-0.24; <0.001) perioral as well as on the forehead (0.07; 0.01-0.12; <0.01) regions but not for the chin (0.08; −0.02 to 0.18; 0.13). Consistent with a parasympathetic effect, analyses demonstrated a difference between OMT and sham groups on the nuHF (p < 0.001) and DFA-a1 (p < 0.01) as well as on skin conductance (<0.01). The present research supports the hypothesis that a single session of OMT as compared to sham induces autonomic consequences in healthy non-symptomatic adults. Clinicaltrial.gov identifier: NCT03888456, https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03888456.

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Does Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment Induce Autonomic Changes in Healthy Participants? A Thermal Imaging Study

Cerritelli¹,

Cardone

Pirino

et al. 2020

Front. Neurosci.

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“…The osteopathic profession in Italy has undergone progressive feminisation since its inception [ 12 ]. This data seems to be more evident in a European study [ 16 ] in which the study sample was predominantly composed of female students (73.8%). Despite the fact that the authors declared that the selected sample might have not been representative of the population of European osteopathy students, it might be speculated that, if the same trend applied to other countries in which the osteopathic profession has been established prior to than in Italy (e.g., the UK), the observed ratio might be plausible.…”

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“…In recent years, a great effort has been made, in the scientific production, to profile the osteopathic professionals in many countries [ 11 – 16 ]. One study that aimed to profile osteopathic practitioners in countries without statutory regulations in osteopathy was the Benelux study [ 13 ].…”

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“…Subsequently, the Osteopathic Practitioners Estimates and RAtes (OPERA) census was conducted to profile the osteopathic profession across Europe [ 12 ]. Previous osteopathy studies have largely examined educational issues, as to the role of training methods in medical and osteopathic curricula, with particular reference to Peer Physical Examination (PPE) [ 14 ], to investigate the attitudes of Italian osteopathic students toward self-directed practise [ 15 ] and to assess the student perceived preparedness to practise 1 year after graduation [ 16 ].…”

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Osteopathy students profile in Italy: A cross sectional census

Consorti¹,

Bagagiolo²,

Buscemi³

et al. 2021

PLoS ONE

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Introduction The Osteopathy Students Analysis (OSA) aims to profile osteopathy students in Italy as a target population in terms of sociodemographic characteristics, geographical distribution, health status, and previous and ongoing education specifications. Materials and methods The OSA used a cross-sectional design. A Web-based survey was distributed to the Italian Osteopathic Education Institutions (OEIs). The OSA survey was composed of items organised into four sections: 1. Sociodemographic characteristics (11 items); 2. Geographical distribution (5 items); 3. Health status (3 items); 4. Previous and ongoing education specifications (16 items). A descriptive sample population analysis was performed. Dichotomous and categorical variables were presented as frequencies and percentages, and continuous variables were displayed as means and standard deviations. Some variables were analysed using a pentenary distribution. Results 49 out of the 61 OEIs identified matched the inclusion criteria, and among these, 22 accepted to propose the enrolment of their students into the study. The survey was administered to 4,720 students from all the participant OEIs. A total of 3,762 students responded to the survey, accounting for an estimated response rate of 53.7%. The majority of respondents were men (54%), with an average age of 26.9 ± 6.5 years. Almost the totality of the sample was composed of the European ethnic group (99.1%). Respondents were predominantly born in Italy (97.2%). The majority of the sample reported being in good (49.5%) to excellent (38.6%) health. To date, osteopathy students are almost evenly distributed between the two types of curricula (T1 = 46.6%; T2 = 53.4%). Conclusions The OSA is the first study that aims to profile Italian osteopathy students as a target population in terms of sociodemographic characteristics, geographical distribution, health status, and previous and ongoing education specifications. Future studies should focus on investigating the correlation between the sociodemographic characteristics of students and their academic performance.

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“…For the World Health Organization (WHO) osteopathy relies on manual contact for diagnosis and treatment, replacing the definition initially proposed by the World Osteopathic Health Organization. There exists a large heterogeneity in recognition and regulation of the practice of osteopathy across different countries, sometimes depending on whether practitioners are admitted to the medical community or not 2,3 . This increasing interest in osteopathic medicine may reflect the reality of the society as patients turn to complementary or alternative treatments when conventional treatments seem to fail in producing the desired outcome, or produce side effects 4,5 .…”

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Reliability and Validity in Cranial Osteopathy Experience: A Cross-Sectional Study

J¹,

E²,

D³

2020

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Background and Objectives: The techniques directed to the cranial field in osteopathy are the most questioned due to the lack of scientific evidence. In osteopathic practice, manual palpation is essential and, therefore, measuring reliability is fundamental. The objective of study is to assess the reliability and validity of osteopathic treatment depending on experience. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study of reliability and validity was conducted. For measurements, a strain gauge was placed on the sphenobasilar synchondrosis of the skull base, and three maneuvers (lateral compression, anteroposterior compression and compression maneuver of the mastoids) were repeated 25 times each by osteopaths with different time of experience (5-10 years, 1-5 years, <1 year). Measurement averages were computed for each of the three maneuvers to verify the average effect of each group in comparison to that of the Gold Standard (GS) (>10 years of experience). Data were analyzed to check for inter- and intra-observer reliability using intra-class correlation coefficients (ICC). Results: Reliability and validity in 5-10 experience of observer 1 and observer 2 in the tree maneuvers was excellent (p<0.001) against GS. Poor or enough reproducibility and concordance were observed in osteopaths with less experience. Conclusion: Experience of osteopaths determines the efficacy of cranial maneuvers in osteopathic treatment for patients’ rehabilitation.

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An overview of osteopathy graduates’ perceived preparedness at transition from educational environment to clinic environment one year after graduation: a cross sectional study

Cited by 5 publications

References 27 publications

Does Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment Induce Autonomic Changes in Healthy Participants? A Thermal Imaging Study

Does Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment Induce Autonomic Changes in Healthy Participants? A Thermal Imaging Study

Osteopathy students profile in Italy: A cross sectional census

Reliability and Validity in Cranial Osteopathy Experience: A Cross-Sectional Study

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