CONTEXT Several studies have investigated the use of osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) operations; however, there is little information regarding the effect of OMT in the postoperative recovery of patients undergoing CABG operations. METHODS Patients scheduled to undergo a CABG operation were voluntarily enrolled and randomly assigned to receiv...

CONTEXT Osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) has long been advocated for patients with respiratory disorders, but little definitive evidence exists to support its use in this population. OBJECTIVE To investigate the immediate effect of OMT on pulmonary function parameters in elderly subjects with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. METHODS Subjects aged 65 years or older with a force...

background: bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (bmscs) are the key to regenerative wound healing. mscs have spatial memory and respond to local environment. the goal of this study was to evaluate the use of systemic and intralesional transplantation of bmscs for regeneration of oral mucosa in an in vivo dog model. materials and methods: transplantation of undifferentiated green fluorescent prot...

BACKGROUND Opioid maintenance treatment (OMT) is the most widely used treatment for opioid dependence. The opioid maintenance treatment (OMT) programme represents an opportunity for people who are opioid users to minimize the many negative health and societal outcomes associated with opioid use through meeting the physiological need of their bodies for opioids. The purpose of this study is to s...

Recent studies of spinal cord axon regeneration have reported good long-term results using various types of tissue scaffolds. Olfactory tissue allows autologous transplantation and can easily be obtained by a simple biopsy that is performed through the external nares. We performed a clinical pilot study of olfactory mucosa autograft (OMA) for chronic complete spinal cord injury in eight patient...

CONTEXT The American Osteopathic Association requires the integration of osteo-pathic principles and practice in all specialty residency training programs that it accredits, but the 4 residencies with the most integration of osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) have differences in training and emphasis on OMM as a primary treatment modality. OBJECTIVE To study differences in OMM use for sp...