Evidence map›Paper›PMID 37817819›Full record

ArticleInnovations in clinical neuroscience

Back to the Future: An Appraisal of the Role of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment in Patients with Neurological Diseases.

Mirjam Bonanno, Rocco Salvatore Calabrò

Open access · greenAbstract readEditorial
PubMed Full text at PMC
In one paragraph

Article in Innovations in clinical neuroscience. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mirjam BonannoMs. Bonanno and Dr. Calabrò are with Neurorehabilitation Unit, IRCCS Neurolesi Center "Bonino-Pulejo" in Messina, Italy.
Rocco Salvatore CalabròMs. Bonanno and Dr. Calabrò are with Neurorehabilitation Unit, IRCCS Neurolesi Center "Bonino-Pulejo" in Messina, Italy.
Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) is a hands-on therapy that aims to promote homeostasis by individuating and treating somatic dysfunctions (SDs), including alterations in muscular tissue. Presently, patients affected by neurological disorders (e.g., Parkinson's disease [PD], multiple sclerosis [MS], and mild traumatic brain injury) often present to the osteopaths for treatment of motor symptoms, fatigue, stiffness, and chronic pain. OMT could be a safe adjunct treatment to promote physical wellness in such patients. However, there are many unanswered questions about its efficacy, especially regarding patients with neurological diseases. In this commentary, the authors encourage and promote the implementation of OMT as a complementary therapy in the neurorehabilitation field.

Indexed as

complementary treatmentneurological disordersneurorehabilitationOsteopathic manipulative treatment

Identifiers

PMID37817819
PMCPMC10561987
OpenAlexW4387515978

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.