Osteopathy Journal Articles

Record 1481 to 1520

Travell trigger points--molecular and osteopathic perspectives
McPartland, J. M. (2004), J Am Osteopath Assoc 104(6): 244-9.
Abstract: The proposed etiology of Travell trigger points (TrPs) has undergone a fundamental revision in recent years. New research results suggest that TrPs are evoked by the abnormal depolarization of motor end plates. This article expands the proposed etiology to include presynaptic, synaptic, and postsynaptic mechanisms of abnormal depolarization (ie, excessive release of acetycholine ACh, defects of acetylcholinesterase, and upregulation of nicotinic ACh-receptor activity, respectively). This working hypothesis regarding the etiology of TrPs has changed the approach to treating TrPs. As an example, Travell and Simons abandoned the application of ischemic compression to TrPs; instead the authors adopted several techniques associated with osteopathic medicine (ie, muscle-energy, myofascial, counterstrain; high-velocity, low-amplitude). Scientists are now proposing and reporting the results of new approaches using capsaicin, a vanilloid-receptor agonist, and ACh antagonists (eg, dimethisoquin hydrochloride, botulinum toxin, quinidine, linalool). The purpose of this article is to review these new concepts and describe new resulting approaches to the treatment of TrPs.

Treatment of carcinoma of the breast at the Osteopathic Hospital of Maine, 1946-1956
Jealous, S. (1959), J Am Osteopath Assoc 58(8): 505-12.

Treatment of hypertension. Part I. The osteopathic internist's viewpoint on present-day management of hypertensive vascular disease
De, N. R. (1951), J Am Osteopath Assoc 50(5): 269-71.

Trends in osteopathic education
Mills, L. W. (1955), J Am Osteopath Assoc 54(5): 320-1.

Trends in osteopathic principles and practices
Ward, R. C. (1983), Oh 27(10): 18-9.

Two cases of osteopathy of probably nutritional origin in growing and fattening bulls
Massip, A. and A. Pondant (1975), Zentralbl Veterinarmed A 22(4): 267-75.

Undergraduate osteopathic medical education
Kowert, C. (1998), J Am Osteopath Assoc 98(11): 589-94.

Undergraduate osteopathic medical education
Rayman, C. (1996), J Am Osteopath Assoc 96(11): 655-60.

Undergraduate osteopathic medical education
Rayman, C. (1997), J Am Osteopath Assoc 97(11): 638-43.

Undergraduate osteopathic medical education
Reich, M. (1988), J Am Osteopath Assoc 88(11): 1377-80.

Undergraduate osteopathic medical education
Reich, M. (1989), J Am Osteopath Assoc 89(11): 1435-40.

Undergraduate osteopathic medical education
Reich, M. (1990), J Am Osteopath Assoc 90(11): 996-1001.

Undergraduate osteopathic medical education
Reich, M. (1991), J Am Osteopath Assoc 91(11): 1115-20.

Undergraduate osteopathic medical education
Reich, M. (1992), J Am Osteopath Assoc 92(11): 1367-70, 1375-6.

Undergraduate osteopathic medical education
Reich, M. M. (1993), J Am Osteopath Assoc 93(11): 1141-6.

Undergraduate osteopathic medical education
Reich, M. M. (1994), J Am Osteopath Assoc 94(11): 923-8.

Undergraduate osteopathic medical education
Singer, A. (2001), J Am Osteopath Assoc 101(11): 646-52.

Undergraduate osteopathic medical education
Sweet, S. (2000), J Am Osteopath Assoc 100(11): 671-4, 677-9.

Undergraduate osteopathic medical education
Sweet, S. (2002), J Am Osteopath Assoc 102(11): 576-81.

Undergraduate osteopathic medical education
Sweet, S. (2003), J Am Osteopath Assoc 103(11): 507-12.

Undergraduate osteopathic medical education
Sweet, S. (2004), J Am Osteopath Assoc 104(11): 460-7.

Understanding osteopathy
Bowden, R. (1983), Australas Nurses J 11(12): 24-5.

Unfunded liability: an osteopathic solution
Engler, F. (1988), Osteopath Hosp Leadersh 32(3): 6-7.

United States osteopathic medical school finances
Reich, M. (1989), J Am Osteopath Assoc 89(11): 1443-6.

Unity between osteopathic and allopathic medicine only answer to preserving osteopathic uniqueness
Wagner, E. E. (2002), J Am Osteopath Assoc 102(4): 204.

Unity may preserve osteopathic ideals
Adair, A. D. (2000), J Am Osteopath Assoc 100(3): 138, 140.

Unorthodox cancer medicine of early osteopathic medicine
Schnier, M. S. (1989), CA Cancer J Clin 39(1): 63-4.

Unusual osteopathy in a newborn
Jequier, S., M. B. Nogrady, et al. (1983), Skeletal Radiol 10(1): 20-5.
Abstract: A newborn baby presented with hyaline membrane disease, interstitial pneumonia, jaundice, hepatosplenomegaly, and unusual bone manifestations with lytic and sclerotic bone lesions and virtually absent periosteal reaction. He subsequently developed intracranial calcifications and mental retardation. The pneumonia and hepatosplenomegaly resolved. At the time of the delivery, a sibling was suffering from a severe undetermined viral infection. The clinical evolution of the disease and the radiologic findings led us to believe that this patient had a prenatal viral infection. The laboratory tests and the histologic picture of the bone biopsy supported the diagnosis.

Update on osteopathic medical concepts and the lymphatic system
Degenhardt, B. F. and M. L. Kuchera (1996), J Am Osteopath Assoc 96(2): 97-100.
Abstract: The osteopathic medical profession has long recognized the importance of the lymphatic system in maintaining health. A review of scientific studies shows much information on the mechanisms and importance of lymph circulation. Many osteopathic manipulative techniques designed to treat patients with tissue congestion are based on early research recognizing that lymph flow is influenced by myofascial compression. Osteopathic manipulative treatment of the diaphragm was substantiated when pressure differentials created by the thoracic diaphragm were shown to influence lymph flow. Current research demonstrates that autonomically mediated, intrinsic lymphatic contractility plays a significant role in lymph propulsion, supporting the use of osteopathic manipulative techniques directed at influencing the autonomic nervous system to improve lymphatic circulation. Although research provides an explanation of how osteopathic manipulative techniques influence the lymphatic system, experimentation to test the direct influence of manipulation on lymph circulation is needed. Clinical outcomes studies are also necessary to substantiate the clinical efficacy of osteopathic manipulative techniques.

Uraemic osteopathy. The relationship between disturbances in intestinal calcium absorption and renal function
Schaefer, K., P. Schaefer, et al. (1968), Ger Med Mon 13(12): 575-81.

Uremic osteopathy
Katic, V., D. Dojcinov, et al. (1975), Acta Med Iugosl 29(3): 271-80.

US osteopathic medical school finances
Reich, M. (1988), J Am Osteopath Assoc 88(11): 1383-4, 1388.

US osteopathic medical school finances
Reich, M. (1990), J Am Osteopath Assoc 90(11): 1002, 1007-9.

US osteopathic medical school finances
Reich, M. (1991), J Am Osteopath Assoc 91(11): 1121-2, 1125-7.

Use of a computer-assisted clinical case (CACC) SOAP note exercise to assess students' application of osteopathic principles and practice
Chamberlain, N. R. and H. A. Yates (2000), J Am Osteopath Assoc 100(7): 437-40.
Abstract: Osteopathic medical students are future osteopathic physicians, and how they view the manipulative aspect of patient care will have an effect on the distinctiveness of osteopathic medicine. To encourage students' application of osteopathic principles and practice, a Web-based computer-assisted clinical case (CACC) was designed, for which students were required to submit a SOAP (Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan) note. Results from the CACC-SOAP note exercise indicate that the experience engages medical students and can determine the students' abilities to recognize osteopathic principles in patient care.

Use of cisplatin for control of metastatic malignant mesenchymoma and hypertrophic osteopathy in a dog
Hahn, K. A. and R. C. Richardson (1989), J Am Vet Med Assoc 195(3): 351-3.
Abstract: Cisplatin (cis-diammine-dichloroplatinum) treatment induced partial remission of pulmonary metastatic malignant mesenchymoma and nearly complete radiographic remission of hypertrophic osteopathy in a 14-year-old Beagle. Cisplatin was given once every 3 weeks. Clinical signs of hypertrophic osteopathy resolved one week after initiation of treatment. Partial remission of pulmonary metastases and partial radiographic remission of hypertrophic osteopathy was seen 6 weeks after initiation of treatment. Previous treatment of neoplasia-related hypertrophic osteopathy has consisted of removal of the initiating mass or vagotomy. In this case, appropriate chemotherapy was used to control clinical signs and progression of hypertrophic osteopathy.

Use of osteopathic manipulative treatment by Ohio osteopathic physicians in various specialties
Spaeth, D. G. and A. M. Pheley (2003), J Am Osteopath Assoc 103(1): 16-26.
Abstract: The authors mailed a survey designed to determine the use of osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) to the 2,318 active osteopathic physicians registered with the Ohio Osteopathic Association; 871 responses were received, for a response rate of 38%. Approximately 75% of the respondents had not or had rarely used OMT: 44% of these respondents did not use any OMT and 31% reported treating fewer than 10 patients with OMT during the week before the survey. Approximately 25% of the surveyed osteopathic physicians treated more than 10 patients with OMT, and about 6% of these treated more than 30 patients with OMT. Respondents represented 40 specialty disciplines. All of the osteopathic physicians in 17 specialties reported no OMT use, osteopathic physicians in 9 specialties reported using OMT for fewer than 10 patients during the previous week, and osteopathic physicians in 9 specialties reported using OMT for more than 10 patients during the previous week. Of the somatic dysfunctions listed in the survey, low back disorders were treated with OMT most often. Few osteopathic specialists used OMT for patients with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The data suggest that a great opportunity exists to increase the use of OMT by osteopathic physicians, especially those who are specialists.

Use of the internet as a resource for consumer health information: results of the second osteopathic survey of health care in America (OSTEOSURV-II)
Licciardone, J. C., P. Smith-Barbaro, et al. (2001), J Med Internet Res 3(4): E31.
Abstract: BACKGROUND: The Internet offers consumers unparalleled opportunities to acquire health information. The emergence of the Internet, rather than more-traditional sources, for obtaining health information is worthy of ongoing surveillance, including identification of the factors associated with using the Internet for this purpose. OBJECTIVES: To measure the prevalence of Internet use as a mechanism for obtaining health information in the United States; to compare such Internet use with newspapers or magazines, radio, and television; and to identify sociodemographic factors associated with using the Internet for acquiring health information. METHODS: Data were acquired from the Second Osteopathic Survey of Health Care in America (OSTEOSURV-II), a national telephone survey using random-digit dialing within the United States during 2000. The target population consisted of adult, noninstitutionalized, household members. As part of the survey, data were collected on: facility with the Internet, sources of health information, and sociodemographic characteristics. Multivariate analysis was used to identify factors associated with acquiring health information on the Internet. RESULTS: A total of 499 (64% response rate) respondents participated in the survey. With the exception of an overrepresentation of women (66%), respondents were generally similar to national referents. Fifty percent of respondents either strongly agreed or agreed that they felt comfortable using the Internet as a health information resource. The prevalence rates of using the health information sources were: newspapers or magazines, 69%; radio, 30%; television, 56%; and the Internet, 32%. After adjusting for potential confounders, older respondents were more likely than younger respondents to use newspapers or magazines and television to acquire health information, but less likely to use the Internet. Higher education was associated with greater use of newspapers or magazines and the Internet as health information sources. Internet use was lower in rural than urban or suburban areas. CONCLUSIONS: The Internet has already surpassed radio as a source of health information but still lags substantially behind print media and television. Significant barriers to acquiring health information on the Internet remain among persons 60 years of age or older, those with 12 or fewer years of education, and those residing in rural areas. Stronger efforts are needed to ensure access to and facility with the Internet among all segments of the population. This includes user-friendly access for older persons with visual or other functional impairments, providing low-literacy Web sites, and expanding Internet infrastructure to reach all areas of the United States.

Use of thermograms to support assessment of somatic dysfunction or effects of osteopathic manipulative treatment: preliminary report
Kelso, A. F., R. G. Grant, et al. (1982), J Am Osteopath Assoc 82(3): 182-8.

Ushering in the Institute for Excellence in Osteopathic Medical Education
Heun, L. R. (2002), J Am Osteopath Assoc 102(5): 253-4.

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