General Osteopathic Treatment is Associated with Postural Changes.
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2015
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Abstract
Aim: To investigate whether standard general osteopathic treatment can influence the static
configuration of the vertebral column or pelvis.
Material and Methods: One hundred thirteen persons, 72 females and 41 males, either symptomfree
volunteers or patients with mild idiopathic back pain, were investigated using the DIERS
formetric® system, before and immediately after a single session of general osteopathic treatment.
Variables of static assessment of the thoraco-lumbar vertebral column and of the pelvis were
compared before and after treatment, using paired statistics.
Results: There was no difference between observations in the healthy controls and the
symptomatic patients. The sagittal imbalance decreased significantly (two sided student’s t-test:
P=0.034), apical deviation diminished (one sided student’s t-test: P= 0.047) after treatment and
lordotic apex position increased (one sided student’s t-test: P=0.028). Since such changes have
not been observed in a previous trial of repeat measurements without treatment, the observations
in the present study suggest an effect of treatment. This effect was, however, limited to persons with sagittal imbalance not exceeding the 62nd percentile.
Conclusion: General osteopathic treatment is associated with reduced sagittal imbalance and
apical deviation and increased lordotic apex position, but this effect is demonstrable only in
persons whose sagittal imbalance ranks in the lower or median tertile.
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Osteopathy, spine, general osteopathic treatment, alternative medicine, sagittal imbalance, lordosis
Citation
Comhaire F, Lason G, Peeters L, Byttebier G, Vandenberghe K. General Osteopathic Treatment is Associated with Postural Changes. British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research. 2015; 6(7): 709-714.