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Musculoskeletal Medicine and Pain
Effect of osteopathic manipulative treatment and Bio-Electro-Magnetic Energy Regulation (BEMER) therapy on generalized musculoskeletal neck pain in adults
The objectives of this study are to investigate the individual and combined effects of osteopathic manipulative treatment and Bio-Electro-Magnetic Energy Regulation (BEMER) therapy on neck pain in adults.
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NMM/OMT
Augmentation of immune response to vaccinations through osteopathic manipulative treatment: a study of procedure
This article describes a proposed protocol to evaluate the effects of osteopathic manipulative treatment on antibody generation in the peripheral circulation in response to a vaccine and its possible use in the augmentation of various vaccines.
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Pediatrics
Effects of osteopathic manipulative treatment on children with plagiocephaly in the context of current pediatric practice: a retrospective chart review study
This retrospective chart review investigated the effects of osteopathic manipulative treatment at restoring a more symmetrical cranial bone configuration in children with deformational plagiocephaly.
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NMM/OMT
Transrectal osteopathic manipulation treatment for chronic coccydynia: feasibility, acceptability and patient-oriented outcomes in a quality improvement project
The authors aimed to conduct a quality improvement study to explore the feasibility, acceptability, and clinical effects of transrectal osteopathic manipulative treatment for chronic coccydynia in a primary care setting.
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Public Health and Primary Care
Telehealth in opioid use disorder treatment: policy considerations for expanding access to care
This commentary aims to provide safe and pragmatic suggestions to lawmakers in the realm of telehealth policy, with a specific focus on opioid use disorder treatment.
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Medical Education
An analysis of osteopathic medical students applying to surgical residencies following transition to a single graduate medical education accreditation system
The goal of this study is to analyze the match outcomes and characteristics of osteopathic applicants applying to surgical specialties following the ACGME transition.
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Public Health and Primary Care
The evolution of type 2 diabetes management: glycemic control and beyond with SGLT-2 inhibitors and GLP-1 receptor agonists
The aim of this article is to provide a broad overview of the various clinical trials and analyses that have led to current diabetes management guidelines, and ultimately, help guide primary care physicians in selecting therapies that will not only improve glycemic control and reduce the risk of microvascular complications, but also reduce the risk of macrovascular complications in their patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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Medical Education
An assessment of surgery core rotation quality at osteopathic medical schools
The purpose of this study was to assess osteopathic medical student opinions of the quality of their surgical clerkships and to determine if good or poor experiences influenced their decision to continue pursuing surgery.
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Musculoskeletal Medicine and Pain
Increased circulating microRNA-21 level as a potential indicator for predicting a higher risk of incident fragility fractures
The authors aimed to investigate the association between miR-21 levels and the presence of fragility fractures.
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Cardiopulmonary Medicine
The role of aspirin, statins, colchicine, and IL-1 inhibitors in prevention of cardiovascular events: a systematic integrative review
The authors review the efficacy of aspirin, statins, colchicine, and IL-1 inhibitors in the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular events to provide clinical practitioners with evidence-based practice approaches and determine any unmet needs in their utilization.
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Musculoskeletal Medicine and Pain
Social determinants of health in patients with arthritis: a cross-sectional analysis of the 2017 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
The authors' primary objective was to analyze the implications of social determinants of health on disease severity relating to pain levels and limitations experienced among people with diagnosed arthritis.
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Musculoskeletal Medicine and Pain
Association between steroid use and concussions among high school athletes: a cross-sectional analysis of the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
This study aims to investigate steroid use trends in high school athletes and to determine whether there is an association between steroid use and concussions in these athletes.
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Editorial
The role of osteopathic principles and practice in upper extremity injuries of the overhead athlete
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Letters to the Editor
Identified strategies to mitigate medical student mental health and burnout symptoms
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Public Health and Primary Care
Evaluating attitudes among healthcare graduate students following interprofessional education on opioid use disorder
The authors aimed to determine whether attitudes could be affected by an interprofessional education (IPE) event by assessing attitudes utilizing an adapted version of the Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Perceptions Questionnaire (AAPPQ) before and after the IPE event.
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Innovations
The sternal brace: a novel osteopathic diagnostic screening tool to rule out cardiac chest pain in the emergency department
Chest pain is one of the most common emergency medicine complaints in the United States, yet no reliable physical examination finding exists to help differentiate cardiac chest pain (CCP) from noncardiac chest pain (non-CCP). This is a diagnostic accuracy study of the sternal brace, a novel physical examination maneuver to rule out cardiac-related chest pain from non-CCP.
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Letters to the Editor
Osteopathic manipulative treatment for the allopathic resident elective: comments on survey selection
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Medical Education
Cognitive empathy of osteopathic students: a longitudinal study with data comparisons to the Project in Osteopathic Medical Education and Empathy (POMEE)
This study aims to measure the changes in student cognitive empathy as they progress through their undergraduate osteopathic medical education. Cognitive empathy scores are compared to the nationwide norms established by the Project in Osteopathic Medical Education and Empathy study Hojat et al.
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NMM/OMT
Supine counterstrain technique for rhomboid tender point
The authors describe a modified supine counterstrain technique for the rhomboid tender point which incorporates both scapular retraction as well as superior, medial rotation of the inferior border of the scapula without abduction, providing a comprehensive treatment to accommodate patients with shoulder movement restrictions.
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Public Health and Primary Care
Issues of informed consent for non-specialists conducting colorectal cancer screenings
This commentary highlights inequities due to the overreliance on non-specialists to conduct a colorectal cancer screenings and the ethical issues raised by nondisclosure of elevated risks.
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General
Delayed discovery: the COVID-19 pandemic’s influence on osteoarthritis clinical trials
This study aims to explore the reasons for termination of clinical trials investigating osteoarthritis during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Musculoskeletal Medicine and Pain
Retrospective analysis of robotic unicompartmental and total knee arthroplasties: patient demographics and outcomes
The aims of this study are to: (1) analyze adverse outcomes from robotic-assisted knee arthroplasty and its relation to sex, BMI, and age; and (2) explore any possible differences in outcomes among robotic-assisted unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) and robotic-assisted total knee arthroplasty (TKA).
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