Articles related toNMM/OMT

Evidence supports osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) as an effective manual therapy, although it remains underutilized by Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine (DOs). Understanding barriers preventing the broader adoption of OMM is essential to expanding access to it as a noninvasive treatment option, so the authors of this paper surveyed both DOs and non-DO clinicians to identify perceived barriers to OMM.

Survey data reveal a decrease in osteopathic medical students’ identification with osteopathy, which is what distinguishes an osteopathic physician’s values, attitudes, and commitment to the tenets of osteopathy. This study aims to determine factors that influence a student’s identification with osteopathy and to precisely quantify these factors’ predictive effect on osteopathic identification while simultaneously controlling for other possibly confounding factors.

The goal of this paper is to understand the true mechanism of the muscle energy technique for a superiorly subluxed rib treatment by outlining the treatment technique, involved structures, and other possible proposed mechanisms.

The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of a standardized myofascial and lymphatic OMT protocol on body awareness, dissociation, and mood symptoms related to anxiety, depression, and stress.

Asymmetry of bony landmarks, such as the anterior superior iliac spine or posterior superior iliac spine, is often utilized to identify somatic dysfunction in the pelvis. However, establishing good accuracy for these assessments can be challenging, so objective training models have been developed to enhance learning and accuracy. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of training with positional asymmetry models with objective feedback on the improvement and retention of pelvic asymmetry assessment accuracy.

Osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) has been utilized in managing chronic neck pain and neck somatic dysfunction. However, osteopathic assessments lack quantitative measures to detect muscle abnormalities and evaluate the effect of OMT. This study aims to investigate the feasibility of utilizing ultrasound shear wave velocity and shear wave relative anisotropy coefficient to assess neck somatic dysfunction and the effect of OMT.

There is currently no clinical research investigating the effect of osteopathic manipulation on the milk supply of lactating patients. Herbal and prescription galactagogues are limited and have the potential for serious side effects. The objective of this study was to determine whether OMT can increase milk supply in lactating people with low milk supply.

This scoping review evaluates the efficacy of OMT in elderly patients by analyzing selected studies that specifically explore its effects on balance, quality of life, and pain management.

Although a large proportion of US emergency physicians are osteopathic physicians, the frequency of osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) use in emergency departments (EDs) is unknown. The aim of this study was to estimate the frequency of OMM in EDs across the United States and describe the cohort who received OMM.