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The role of touch in osteopathic practice: A narrative review and integrative hypothesis
Baroni, F. [12]
Ruffini, N. [11]
D'Alessandro, G.
Consorti, G. [21]
Lunghi, C. [35]

Journal: Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice Date: 2021/02, 42Pages: 101277. doi: Subito , type of study: review

Full text    (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S174438812031152X?via%3Dihub)

Keywords:

osteopathic manipulative treatment [3772]
OMT [3752]
therapeutic touch [4]
clinical osteopathic practice [2]
review [685]
manipulation [258]

Abstract:

INTRODUCTION: Osteopathy relies on a touch-based approach to promote health. This narrative review aims to analyze the role of touch in clinical osteopathic practice. METHODS: A database search was conducted using MEDLINE, EMBASE, PEDro and Google Scholar. Peer-reviewed papers without specifying limits on dates and design were included. RESULTS: 47 articles met the inclusion criteria and were used to elucidate two main themes: Biological and psychological effects of touch; Touch in the context of osteopathic clinical reasoning. DISCUSSION: Touch is one of the tools to achieve a collaborative interaction with the patient, to substantiate clinical information, and to detect somatic dysfunctions: neuro-myofascial active areas that might act as an osteopath-patient interface to transmit the biological and physiological effects of touch. CONCLUSION: The findings of the review support a shared decision-making process, in which touch is one of the osteopath-patient dyad 's leading communication tools to develop a tailor-made osteopathic approach.


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