The majority of individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2 have mild-to-moderate COVID-19
disease. Convalescence from mild-to-moderate (MtoM) COVID-19 disease may be …

Introduction Osteopathy relies on a touch-based approach to promote health. This narrative
review aims to analyze the role of touch in clinical osteopathic practice. Methods A database …

Out of all the human senses, touch is the one that is most often unappreciated, and
undervalued. Yet, the surface of the human body, the skin, is actually one huge sheet of …

A comprehensive portrait of the osteopathic medical profession. Overcoming suspicion,
ridicule, and outright opposition from the American Medical Association, the osteopathic …

Context: Osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) is a promising adjunctive treatment for
older adults hospitalized for pneumonia. Objective: To report subgroup analyses from the …

Context: Rib raising is an osteopathic manipulative treatment technique used to address
restricted excursion of the rib cage and modulate sympathetic nervous system (SNS) activity …

Context Although adverse events in various types of manual therapy have been previously
investigated, little is known about the incidence and types of adverse events that occur after …

Pneumonia, the inflammatory state of lung tissue primarily due to microbial infection,
claimed 52,306 lives in the United States in 20071 and resulted in the hospitalization of 1.1 …

Lymph stasis can result in edema and the accumulation of particulate matter, exudates,
toxins and bacteria in tissue interstitial fluid, leading to inflammation, impaired immune cell …

Background: Osteopathic practitioners utilize manual therapies called lymphatic pump
techniques (LPT) to treat edema and infectious diseases. While previous studies examined …