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Comparative Study
. 2002 Oct;102(10):527-32, 537-40.

Conditions and diagnoses for which osteopathic primary care physicians and specialists use osteopathic manipulative treatment

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Comparative Study

Conditions and diagnoses for which osteopathic primary care physicians and specialists use osteopathic manipulative treatment

Shirley M Johnson et al. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2002 Oct.

Abstract

Data presented in this study were gathered in 1998 through a national mail survey of 3000 randomly selected osteopathic physicians. Of 979 (33.4%) questionnaires returned, 955 (97.5%) were usable for analysis. The use of osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) was determined for primary care physicians and specialists. Osteopathic manipulative treatment specialists and family physicians provided OMT significantly more frequently than other primary care physicians and non-primary care specialists. More than 50% of respondents (513) administered OMT on less than 5% of their patients. Nevertheless, it should be noted that physicians from 40 of 46 specialties and subspecialties represented in the survey (678, 71%) identified an average of 3.3 conditions and diagnoses per physician that were managed with OMT. The conditions and diagnoses for which OMT is used have been enumerated and codified. More than 50% of conditions (1135) for which respondents treated patients with OMT related to the musculoskeletal system, but extensive overlap among other body systems and body regions attests to the continued incorporation of OMT into holistic patient care by a broad range of osteopathic physicians.

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    Bentley EM. Bentley EM. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2003 Mar;103(3):118-9. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2003. PMID: 12665217 No abstract available.

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