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Keywords:

article [2634]
facilitated oscillatory release [2]
neurophysiology [15]
OMT [3925]
osteopathic manipulative treatment [3946]

Abstract:

Finding a practical approach to the osteopathic mandate to diagnose and treat the patient as body, mind, and spirit has always been a challenge. Robert Fulford, DO spent a lifetime developing a protocol for an integrated approach to somatic dysfunction, the residuum of trauma, including the percussion vibrator and manual bioelectric assessment. The author builds on this legacy introducing a treatment strategy, facilitated oscillatory release, using manually applied oscillations or vibrations to treat dysfunction. A review of scientific and traditional osteopathic literature provides a justification for considering the biomechanical, neuromuscular and bioelectric characteristics of the body as complementary aspects of one coordinative system in which rhythmic function is key. This paper represents the author's scholarly requirement for a completed application process for AAO Fellowship. Further detail on principles of application of FOR will follow in a later isse of The AAOJ.