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Evidence-based assessment of potential therapeutic effects of adjunct osteopathic medicine for multidisciplinary care of acute and convalescent COVID-19 patients.
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Osteopathy and Physiotherapy Compared to Physiotherapy Alone on Fatigue and Functional Status in Long COVID: Study Protocol for a Pragmatic Randomized Controlled SuperiorityTrial
Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.
- A hands-on approach to personalizing palliative care: the role of osteopathic manipulative treatment.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
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- A multidisciplinary review of long COVID to address the challenges in diagnosis and updated management guidelines.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025Review
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- Adjunctive osteopathic therapy for hospitalized COVID-19 patients: A feasibility-oriented chart review study with matched controls.International journal of osteopathic medicine : IJOM · 2022Article
- Osteopathy and physiotherapy compared to physiotherapy alone on fatigue in long COVID: Study protocol for a pragmatic randomized controlled superiority trial.International journal of osteopathic medicine : IJOM · 2022Article
- Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine: A Brief Review of the Hands-On Treatment Approaches and Their Therapeutic Uses.Medicines (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Osteopathy in the Cranial Field as a Method to Enhance Brain Injury Recovery: A Preliminary Study.Neurotrauma reports · 2022Article
- A Missing Voice: The Lingual Complex and Osteopathic Manual Medicine in the Context of Five Osteopathic Models.Cureus · 2021Review
- The importance of rigour in the reporting of evidence for osteopathic care in Covid-19 papers.Explore (New York, N.Y.)Article
- The importance of epistemological consideration in the reporting of evidence for osteopathic care in Covid-19 papers.Explore (New York, N.Y.)Article
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Abstract
Although the COVID-19 pandemic affects predominantly the respiratory function, epidemiological studies show that multiple systems can be affected. The severe complications of SARS-CoV-2 infection seem to be induced by an inflammatory dysregulation ("cytokine storm"), which can also induce an immunodepression. Several studies highlight beneficial effects of osteopathic medicine on inflammation and immune regulation. A careful review of evidence-based literature brings to the fore significant improvements of osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) in adjunction to conventional care. OMT can improve the condition of infected patients by decreasing symptoms and boosting the efficiency of conventional care. OMT might also benefit surviving patients by reducing the long-lasting consequences of the infection as well as improving their quality of life during convalescence. This review should constitute an argument in favor of multidisciplinary care, although further biological and clinical research is essential to better assess the potential beneficial contributions of adjunct osteopathic medicine to conventional care in the fight against pandemics such as COVID-19.
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