The role of touch in osteopathic practice: A narrative review and integrative hypothesis.
Abstrak
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 search was conducted using MEDLINE, EMBASE, PEDro and Google Scholar. Peer-reviewed papers without specifying limits on dates and design were included. RESULTS 47 articles met the inclusion criteria and were used to elucidate two main themes: Biological and psychological effects of touch; Touch in the context of osteopathic clinical reasoning. DISCUSSION Touch is one of the tools to achieve a collaborative interaction with the patient, to substantiate clinical information, and to detect somatic dysfunctions: neuro-myofascial active areas that might act as an osteopath-patient interface to transmit the biological and physiological effects of touch. CONCLUSION The findings of the review support a shared decision-making process, in which touch is one of the osteopath-patient dyad 's leading communication tools to develop a tailor-made osteopathic approach.
Topik & Kata Kunci
Penulis (5)
Francesca Baroni
Nuria Ruffini
Giandomenico D’Alessandro
Giacomo Consorti
C. Lunghi
Akses Cepat
- Tahun Terbit
- 2020
- Bahasa
- en
- Total Sitasi
- 46×
- Sumber Database
- Semantic Scholar
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.ctcp.2020.101277
- Akses
- Open Access ✓