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Is cranial mobility affecting school performance and can osteopathic manual treatment (OMT) improve it? Results from a pilot study with children in a regular elementary curriculum

Journal: Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine Date: 2016/10, 13(4):Pages: eA3-eA4. doi: Subito , type of study: pretest posttest design

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Keywords:

academic performance [9]
children [301]
cranial mobility [2]
cranium [81]
learning [100]
OMT [3752]
osteopathic manipulative treatment [3772]
pediatrics [535]
pilot study [194]
pretest posttest design [217]

Abstract:

Background: Learning abilities are central competencies for child development and are major predictors of adjustment in adulthood. Learning difficulties affect 10 to 16% of the children population. It is commonly suggested in osteopathy that there is a link between birth trauma, cranial mobility and learning problems. Objectives: This study aims to 1) explore the relation between cranial mobility and academic performances in general children population and 2) document effects of osteopathic manual treatments (OMT) on academic-related parameters. Methods: Two classes of fourth-graders in a French elementary school were included in this pilot study. Students were assigned to experimental (n=29) or control (n=20) groups. Osteopathic cranial assessment and 15 academic parameters were collected pre- and post-intervention. Groups were compared using t-tests and ANOVA. Results: At baseline, subgroups with poorer cranial mobility showed lower academic performances in reading (difference 10,2%, p= 0.049) and in 9 related parameters (p<0.05). The OMT group improved on one I.Q. non-verbal sub-test (p=0.002) and attention span (p=0.048). Empirically, general pattern where OMT appears to reduce the gap between “cranially” blocked and unblocked subgroups in various parameters of academic performances. (e.g. attention span: relative decrease value: 123%, sd (1,16 and 1,11); p=0.019). Conclusion: For the first time, an existing relation between cranial mobility and academic performance is empirically documented. This pilot study suggests that various aspects of school performances are improved through OMT.


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