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The Immediate Influence of Osteopathic Treatment on the Parametres of Bodyplethysmography in Patients Suffering From Cystic Fibrosis

Journal: Unpublished MSc thesis Wiener Schule für Osteopathie, Date: 2007/03, Pages: 52, type of study: controlled clinical trial

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Keywords:

cystic fibrosis [11]
osteopathic manipulative treatment [2973]
OMT [2951]
controlled clinical trial [283]
WSO [433]

Abstract:

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common severe autosomal recessive hereditary disease among the Caucasian population60. It is a disease which affects many organ systems, especially the endocrine glands. At the moment the life expectancy ranges around 40-45 years. Among patients suffering from cystic fibrosis osteopathy is relatively unknown. But the subjective perception of improvements of the general wellbeing of the few osteopathically treated CF patients motivated me to carry out this study. The research question was whether osteopathy as a form of complementary treatment could provide benefits for CF patients. The objective of this study was to find out whether an osteopathic treatment had an immediate effect on the parameters of pulmonary function measured in bodypletysmography. The study was carried out according to the following methodology: Due to the small number of test persons the patients of the treatment group (group A) also served as the control group (group B) two to five weeks later. The pulmonary function of the patients of group A was measured, then the patients received a 30-45 minute osteopathic treatment, after which the pulmonary function was measured again. Also in group B the pulmonary function was measures. Then the patients had to rest for 30 minutes, afterwards the function was measured again. For ethical reasons all patients of group B also received a treatment after the second measurement. The parameters of the bodyplethysmography which were measured and used in this study were: VC max, FEV1, PEF, MEF50 and MEF25. Since the number of test persons was so small no significant statement can be made concerning the measured parameters. But in all patients of group A and also of group B a tendency of deterioration of the pulmonary function due to obstruction which was probably caused by loosened sputum before it was coughed up. A comparison of the values of group A and group B shows a difference in favour of the osteopathic treatment. In addition the patients described an improved general wellbeing and said it was easier to cough up sputum after the treatment. A minor improvement of the pulmonary function in group B might indicate a possible long-term effect. For a truly significant study a much larger patient sample would be necessary. But since such studies involve additional stress for the patients, one would have to think twice about carrying out such a project.


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