BACK PAIN IN OSTEOPATHIC PRACTICE |
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| Authors: | BURTON A. KIM |
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| Affiliation: | Osteopathic Association of Great Britain Research Unit 30 Queen St., Huddersfield, W. Yorks. HD1 2SP |
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| Abstract: | The case records of 5310 patients attending Registered Osteopathswere examined in this retrospective study. Analysis of the datarevealed that over half presented with low back pain and werecomparable to those normally seen in orthodox medical practice,except that their symptoms were of longer duration. The patientswere generally examined in a conventional manner but it wasnot possible to identify specific diagnostic categories. Themajority received one or more manual therapeutic techniquesbut 6% were rejected as unsuitable for treatment. The implicationsof the results for future research are discussed. |
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