Do empathic osteopaths achieve better clinical results? An observational feasibility study

Acquati, A; Stefano, Uberti; Aquino, Alessandro; Cerasetti, Elena; Castagna, Carmine; Rovere‐Querini, Patrizia; Pisa, Viviana

doi:10.1016/j.ijosm.2019.02.002

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“…Secondly, we did not take into account some EA items that may influence the placebo response and should be taken into consideration when planning a sham therapy. Particularly the operators’ empathy [ 88 ], the characteristics of the interaction between operators and participants (both verbal [ 51 ]) and nonverbal [ 31 ]) that can modify the patient perception of the therapy believability [ 44 ], including the eventual training of operator aimed at the style of rapport with the patient, and quality of patient-operator interaction [ 20 , 26 ] through a satisfaction questionnaire. Finally, although a protocol similar to Cerritelli et al [ 16 ] was followed, an a priori protocol for this methodological review has not been published.…”

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Differences between experimental and placebo arms in manual therapy trials: a methodological review

Giandomenico

Ruffini²,

Aquino

et al. 2022

BMC Med Res Methodol

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Background To measure the specific effectiveness of a given treatment in a randomised controlled trial, the intervention and control groups have to be similar in all factors not distinctive to the experimental treatment. The similarity of these non-specific factors can be defined as an equality assumption. The purpose of this review was to evaluate the equality assumptions in manual therapy trials. Methods Relevant studies were identified through the following databases: EMBASE, MEDLINE, SCOPUS, WEB OF SCIENCE, Scholar Google, clinicaltrial.gov, the Cochrane Library, chiloras/MANTIS, PubMed Europe, Allied and Complementary Medicine (AMED), Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) and Sciencedirect. Studies investigating the effect of any manual intervention compared to at least one type of manual control were included. Data extraction and qualitative assessment were carried out independently by four reviewers, and the summary of results was reported following the PRISMA statement. Result Out of 108,903 retrieved studies, 311, enrolling a total of 17,308 patients, were included and divided into eight manual therapy trials categories. Equality assumption elements were grouped in three macro areas: patient-related, context-related and practitioner-related items. Results showed good quality in the reporting of context-related equality assumption items, potentially because largely included in pre-existent guidelines. There was a general lack of attention to the patient- and practitioner-related equality assumption items. Conclusion Our results showed that the similarity between experimental and sham interventions is limited, affecting, therefore, the strength of the evidence. Based on the results, methodological aspects for planning future trials were discussed and recommendations to control for equality assumption were provided.

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Differences between experimental and placebo arms in manual therapy trials: a methodological review

Giandomenico

Ruffini²,

Aquino

et al. 2022

BMC Med Res Methodol

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“…The June issue of the journal is a good example of this as it contains articles for both groups. There are results from two randomized clinical trials (Wójcik et al [1] and Ashour et al [2]), two systematic reviews (Lam et al [3] and Muddle et al [4]) and a feasibility study (Acquati et al [5] The June issue also includes three book reviews. The first by David Hohenschurz-Schmidt [7] takes the reader on a journey into the world of tensegrity while his second review covers the 2nd edition of Fascial Dysfunction: Manual Therapy Approaches by Leon Chaitow [8], who sadly passed away in September 2018.…”

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Introduction to the issue and to Dr. Roger Engel new Associate Editor

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International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine

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Effects of a Chronic Pain Simulation Empathy Training Kit on the Empathy of Interprofessional Healthcare Students for Chronic Pain Patients

Simko

Rhodes

Gumireddy

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Clinical Simulation in Nursing

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Do empathic osteopaths achieve better clinical results? An observational feasibility study

Cited by 3 publications

References 60 publications

Differences between experimental and placebo arms in manual therapy trials: a methodological review

Differences between experimental and placebo arms in manual therapy trials: a methodological review

Introduction to the issue and to Dr. Roger Engel new Associate Editor

Effects of a Chronic Pain Simulation Empathy Training Kit on the Empathy of Interprofessional Healthcare Students for Chronic Pain Patients

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