The goal of this systematic literature review was to establish the effects of manual therapy, chiropractic, or osteopathic treatment of the kinetic imbalance due to suboccipital strain (KISS) syndrome in infants with positional preference, plagiocephaly, and colic. We searched PubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane Library for articles on the effects of manual therapy, chiropractic, and osteopathy fo...

A 52-year-old woman presented herself with pain on the medial sides of the proximal tibia after a minimal trauma. Conventional X-rays did not show any pathology. However, the MRI showed a bilateral fracture of the proximal tibia. Since the patient was treated with methotrexate due to rheumatoid arthritis, methotrexate osteopathy was considered. Long term treatment with low doses of methotrexate...

BACKGROUND Spinal pain is common and costly to health services and society. Management guidelines have encouraged primary care referral for spinal manipulation, but the evidence base is weak. More economic evaluations alongside pragmatic trials have been recommended. OBJECTIVE Our aim was to assess the cost-utility of a practice-based osteopathy clinic for subacute spinal pain. METHODS A co...

BACKGROUND Obstructive apnea is a sleep disorder characterized by pauses in breathing during sleep: breathing is interrupted by a physical block to airflow despite effort. The purpose of this study was to test if osteopathy could influence the incidence of obstructive apnea during sleep in infants. METHODS Thirty-four healthy infants (age: 1.5-4.0 months) were recruited and randomized in two ...

OBJECTIVES To estimate the effect of cranial osteopathy on the general health and wellbeing, including physical functioning, of children with cerebral palsy. DESIGN Pragmatic randomised controlled trial. PARTICIPANTS 142 children from Greater London and the South West of England, aged 5-12 years with cerebral palsy. INTERVENTION Participants were randomised to six sessions of cranial oste...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether two adults with stress fractures receiving low weekly doses of methotrexate had methotrexate osteopathy. CASE REPORTS Two adult patients developed features consistent with methotrexate osteopathy while receiving low weekly doses of methotrexate. METHODS Iliac crest biopsy samples were taken and bone histomorphometry carried out. RESULTS Symptoms resolved whe...