ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2018
Effect of Osteopathic Visceral Manipulation on Pain, Cervical Range of Motion, and Upper Trapezius Muscle Activity in Patients with Chronic Nonspecific Neck Pain and Functional Dyspepsia: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Pilot Study.
Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 16 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Efficacy of Osteopathic Visceral Treatment on the Diaphragm, Stomach and Liver in Patients With Chronic Neck Pain
Effectiveness of an Intervention Plan Targeting the Diaphragm in Young Adults With Chronic Non-specific Neck Pain: Randomised Clinical Trial
Who cites it
16 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effectiveness of visceral fascial therapy targeting visceral dysfunctions outcome: systematic review of randomized controlled trials.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2023Pooled it
- Sham treatment effects in manual therapy trials on back pain patients: a systematic review and pairwise meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2021Pooled it
- Characteristics of Australian and New Zealand osteopaths who treat patients presenting with non-musculoskeletal complaints: outcomes from two practice-based research networks.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2025Article
- Meta-epidemiologic review: blinding and sham treatment in clinical trial design for osteopathic manipulative treatment research.International journal of osteopathic medicine : IJOM · 2024Article
- Exploring the Relationship between Diamine Oxidase and Psychotropic Medications in Fibromyalgia Treatment, Finding No Reduction in Diamine Oxidase Levels and Activity except with Citalopram.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Diamine Oxidase Interactions with Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Migraine Medicines in the Treatment of Migraine.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Abdominal and Diaphragmatic Mobility in Adults With Chronic Gastritis: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of chiropractic medicine · 2023Article
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- Visceral Therapy and Physical Activity for Selected Dysfunctions, with Particular Emphasis on Locomotive Organ Pain in Pregnant Women-Importance of Reducing Oxidative Stress.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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- Measurements of cervical range of motion using an optical motion capture system: Repeatability and validity.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2019Article
- Visceral Origin: An Underestimated Source of Neck Pain. A Systematic Scoping Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
- Effects of Osteopathic Visceral Treatment in Patients with Gastroesophageal Reflux: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2019Article
- Biotensegrity or Fascintegrity?Cureus · 2019Review
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Abstract
Previous studies have reported that visceral disturbances can lead to increased musculoskeletal tension and pain in structures innervated from the corresponding spinal level through viscerosomatic reflexes. We designed a pilot randomised placebo-controlled study using placebo visceral manipulation as the control to evaluate the effect of osteopathic visceral manipulation (OVM) of the stomach and liver on pain, cervical mobility, and electromyographic activity of the upper trapezius (UT) muscle in individuals with nonspecific neck pain (NS-NP) and functional dyspepsia. Twenty-eight NS-NP patients were randomly assigned into two groups: treated with OVM (OVMG;
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