Trial reportIntegrative cancer therapies2018
Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment Effect on Pain Relief and Quality of Life in Oncology Geriatric Patients: A Nonrandomized Controlled Clinical Trial.
Trial report in Integrative cancer therapies, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03142386 (Pain and Quality of Life Management in Oncology Geriatric Patients With Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment), which is not on this map. Cited by 18 papers.
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Pain and Quality of Life Management in Oncology Geriatric Patients With Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment: a Pilot Study
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.
- Functional outcomes in oncology patients receiving chiropractic care: a retrospective chart review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Observational
- Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment as an Adjunctive Therapy for Post-mastectomy Pain Syndrome: A Case Report.Cureus · 2026Article
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- A hands-on approach to personalizing palliative care: the role of osteopathic manipulative treatment.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Perspectives on Pain: A Narrative Review of Pain Beliefs, Coping, and Clinical Implications.Journal of pain research · 2026Review
- Lymphatic pumping technique in mice alters blood parameters and metastatic melanoma in an age-dependent manner.Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) · 2026Article
- Manual therapy considerations for adhesive capsulitis in the breast cancer population: a clinical perspective.The Journal of manual & manipulative therapy · 2025Article
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- Effect of osteopathic manipulative treatment on pain in palliative care patients: a randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial.Pain reports · 2025Article
- Osteopathic health care in aged care facilities: The experience of practitioners in an emerging practice setting.Australasian journal on ageing · 2024Article
- Integrative Approaches for Cancer Pain Management.Current oncology reports · 2024Review
- Influence of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment on the Quality of Life and the Intensity of Lumbopelvic Pain in Pregnant Women in the Third Trimester: A Prospective Observational Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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- Osteopathic Treatment and Evaluation in the Clinical Setting of Childhood Hematological Malignancies.Cancers · 2021Article
- Clinical Evidence for the Effects of Manual Therapy on Cancer Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2021Review
- Non-Opioid Perioperative Pain Strategies for the Clinician: A Narrative Review.Pain and therapy · 2020Review
- Does Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment Induce Autonomic Changes in Healthy Participants? A Thermal Imaging Study.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2020Article
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
purposeThe aim of present study was to study the effect of osteopathic manipulation on pain relief and quality of life improvement in hospitalized oncology geriatric patients.
methodsA nonrandomized controlled clinical trial was performed in the Oncology Rehabilitation Unit, Milan, Italy, from September 2015 to March 2016. Twenty-three older cancer patients were enrolled and allocated in 2 experimental groups: the study group (OMT group, N = 12) underwent osteopathic manipulative treatment in addition to physiotherapy, and the control group (PT group, N = 12) underwent only physiotherapy. At enrollment (T0), 24 recruited oncology patients completed the sociodemographic forms and were evaluated for pain intensity and quality of life by an external examiner. All patients were revaluated every week (T1, T2, T3, and T4) for pain intensity and at the end of the study treatment (T4) for quality of life. A standard level of significance was set at α < .05.
resultsThe 2 groups did not significantly differ in age ( P = .682), body mass index ( P = .413), or gender ( P = 1). The osteopathic manipulative treatment added to physiotherapy produced a significant reduction in Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) scores both at T2 ( P = .004) and T4 ( P = .002). The difference in quality of life improvements between T0 and T4 was not statistically significant. NRS improved in the PT group at T4. Between-group analysis of NRS and quality of life with the Mann-Whitney test did not show any significant difference between the 2 treatments.
conclusionsOur study showed a significant improvement in pain relief and a nonsignificant improvement in quality of life in hospitalized geriatric oncology patients during osteopathic manipulative treatment.
trial registrationProtocol registered on Clinicaltrials.gov (NCT03142386).
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