Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment for Older Patients: A National Survey of Osteopathic Physicians

Channell, Millicent King; Wang, Yvette; McLaughlin, Matthew H.; Ciesielski, Janice; Pomerantz, Sherry

doi:10.7556/jaoa.2016.030

Cited by 14 publications

(9 citation statements)

References 25 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…The OPERA-IT was the first national census relevant to osteopathy in Italy [2]. In general, although the scope of practice of the osteopathic profession might be influenced by the regulation status, professional profile, and cultural factors related to the country, our findings confirmed a well-established trend among other relevant surveys 5,6,8,[15][16][17]19 showing that the primary reasons for osteopathic consultation are musculoskeletal disorders usually related to the spine. This can support the development of what might start to be considered an international shared descriptive framework of the profession.…”

Section: Plos Onesupporting

confidence: 82%

“…The OPERA study has been initially conducted in Italy [2] and is currently being carried out in Spain, Andorra, Belgium, Luxembourg, Portugal and Austria. Several studies investigated the primary reasons for consultation and the characteristics of patients receiving osteopathic care [5,8,[14][15][16][17][18][19][20]. The most commonly reported reasons for osteopathic consultation were musculoskeletal complaints [8,9,17,18,20], in particular spinal complaints [8,9,17,18,20].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

The Italian Osteopathic Practitioners Estimates and RAtes (OPERA) study: How osteopaths work

Cerritelli¹,

Consorti²,

Dun³

et al. 2020

PLoS ONE

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The scope of practice of the osteopathic profession in Italy is underreported. The first part of the present study investigated the Italian osteopaths' profile, focusing on the socio-demographic information and geographical distribution together with the main characteristics of their education. The OPERA-IT study highlighted that the majority of respondents declared to work as sole practitioners (58.4%), while the remaining declared to work as part of a team. Since teamwork and networking are recognized as fundamental aspects of healthcare, the present study aims to compare the osteopathic practice, diagnostic and treatment modalities of osteopaths who work as a sole practitioner and osteopaths who work as part of a team to highlight possible differences. Moreover, patients' characteristics will be presented. The OPERA-IT study population was chosen to provide a representative sample. A web campaign was set up to inform the Italian osteopaths before the beginning of the study. The OPERA IT study used a previously tested questionnaire. The questionnaire was translated into Italian following the World Health Organization recommendation. The questionnaire was composed of 57 items grouped in five sections, namely: socio-demographics, osteopathic education and training, working profile, organization, and management of the clinical practice and patient profile. The survey was delivered online through a dedicated platform. The survey was completed by 4,816 individuals. Osteopaths who work as sole practitioners represented the majority of the sample (n = 2814; 58.4%). Osteopaths who work as part of a team declared to collaborate mostly with physiotherapists (n = 1121; 23.3%), physicians with speciality (n = 1040; 21.6%), and other osteopaths (n = 943; 19.6%). The two groups showed heterogeneous characteristics. Significative differences were observed in all the factors, namely: geographical distribution, age, gender, training, working contract and working place, daily consultations and time for each consultation, fees, and the average waiting period to book an appointment. The principal component analysis

show abstract

Section: Plos Onesupporting

confidence: 82%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Italian Osteopathic Practitioners Estimates and RAtes (OPERA) study: How osteopaths work

Cerritelli¹,

Consorti²,

Dun³

et al. 2020

PLoS ONE

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…As primary health care practitioners, chiropractors and osteopaths play an important role in health promotion and injury prevention. Chiropractic and osteopathic procedures have been described as safe and effective in managing the burden of musculoskeletal conditions, in reducing pain and in improving mobility of ageing persons [15,16]. Chiropractors centre their practice on the diagnosis, management and prevention of mechanical disorders of the musculoskeletal system, and their effects on general health.…”

Section: Implications For Chiropractors and Osteopathsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Given the ability of chiropractors and osteopaths to care for older people, and evidence that older people attend chiropractors in private practice, it is interesting that chiropractic and osteopathic services are underrepresented in Residential Aged Care. This is particularly the case in comparison to medical and mainstream clinical services provided by medical doctors and nurses [15,20], as well as allied health care such as physiotherapy, podiatry and occupational therapy. Among explanations for this is recognition of the complexity involved in adopting different ways of working required for a more integrated approach.…”

Section: Implications For Chiropractors and Osteopathsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Integrated Pathways to Healthy Ageing (PHA): A Conceptual Ecosystem

Vindigni

Jones²

2020

Preprint

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background Ageing is commonly accompanied by an associated increase in the prevalence of chronic musculoskeletal, metabolic and mental health conditions that affects physical capacity and overall decline in quality of life. To date, most health interventions have been monodisciplinary and monomodal, with a relatively narrow focus and loci of impact. What is now being advocated is more interdisciplinary health promotion measures for the attainment of healthy ageing. This paper reports on an empirical intervention designed to integrate chiropractic and osteopathic services with medical and physiotherapy services in an Australian Residential Aged Care facility. It replaces the traditional cause-effect linear focus with a conceptual ecosystem and identifies an action framework to underpin the design of effective actions to facilitate Integrated Pathways to Healthy Ageing. Methods A qualitative multi-method research approach was chosen that included a case study of a real-time intervention, utilising a modified action research methodology combined with interpretive data analysis. This enabled the experience of change to be planned and actioned while, at the same time, being observed and reflected by a project team established for this purpose. The interpretive analysis by the project team members was based on a conceptual ecosystem based on six tenets of a distributed leadership, collaborative and participative, leadership approach. Results The findings confirmed the applicability of the six tenets of the conceptual ecosystem for an integrated approach to aged health care. This led to the formulation of a holistic approach termed a Conceptual Ecosystem of Integrated Pathways to Healthy Ageing together with a conceptual Ecosystem Action Framework.Conclusions The paper concludes that the conceptual Ecosystem can be used to effectively integrate chiropractic and osteopathic services with medical and physiotherapy services to action more holistic, synergistic Integrated Pathways to Healthy Ageing. While further research is required, the authors propose that the conceptual ecosystem and associated action framework can form the basis of actions needed to develop more collaborative approaches to integrate a greater range of health services into multi-disciplinary, multi modal pathways to healthy ageing.

show abstract

“… 13 One of the effective complementary therapies for pain management is osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT), a nonpharmacologic way of addressing chronic pain in older persons. 14 , 15 OMT is the therapeutic application of a variety of techniques to improve physiologic functions and restore homeostasis altered by somatic dysfunction 16 (ICD-101CM Diagnosis Code M99.09-09), resulting in pain and in peripheral and visceral inflammation. 17 , 18 …”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment Effect on Pain Relief and Quality of Life in Oncology Geriatric Patients: A Nonrandomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Arienti

Bosisio²,

Ratti

et al. 2018

Integr Cancer Ther

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Purpose: The aim of present study was to study the effect of osteopathic manipulation on pain relief and quality of life improvement in hospitalized oncology geriatric patients. Methods: A nonrandomized controlled clinical trial was performed in the Oncology Rehabilitation Unit, Milan, Italy, from September 2015 to March 2016. Twenty-three older cancer patients were enrolled and allocated in 2 experimental groups: the study group (OMT group, N = 12) underwent osteopathic manipulative treatment in addition to physiotherapy, and the control group (PT group, N = 12) underwent only physiotherapy. At enrollment (T0), 24 recruited oncology patients completed the sociodemographic forms and were evaluated for pain intensity and quality of life by an external examiner. All patients were revaluated every week (T1, T2, T3, and T4) for pain intensity and at the end of the study treatment (T4) for quality of life. A standard level of significance was set at α < .05. Results: The 2 groups did not significantly differ in age (P = .682), body mass index (P = .413), or gender (P = 1). The osteopathic manipulative treatment added to physiotherapy produced a significant reduction in Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) scores both at T2 (P = .004) and T4 (P = .002). The difference in quality of life improvements between T0 and T4 was not statistically significant. NRS improved in the PT group at T4. Between-group analysis of NRS and quality of life with the Mann-Whitney test did not show any significant difference between the 2 treatments. Conclusions: Our study showed a significant improvement in pain relief and a nonsignificant improvement in quality of life in hospitalized geriatric oncology patients during osteopathic manipulative treatment. Trial Registration: Protocol registered on Clinicaltrials.gov (NCT03142386).

show abstract

Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment for Older Patients: A National Survey of Osteopathic Physicians

Cited by 14 publications

References 25 publications

The Italian Osteopathic Practitioners Estimates and RAtes (OPERA) study: How osteopaths work

The Italian Osteopathic Practitioners Estimates and RAtes (OPERA) study: How osteopaths work

Integrated Pathways to Healthy Ageing (PHA): A Conceptual Ecosystem

Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment Effect on Pain Relief and Quality of Life in Oncology Geriatric Patients: A Nonrandomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About