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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"Osteopathic medicine"”.
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The public's attitudes, knowledge and perceptions towards osteopathic medicine in Melbourne
… has been published about the patients who visit osteopathic physicians, their attitudes, perceptions, understanding and satisfaction with these health care providers. This study was developed to analyse the perceptions of a randomly selected sample of the general public of Melbourne, regarding …
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Diagnostic Palpation in Osteopathic Medicine: A Putative Neurocognitive Model of Expertise
… of expertise in diagnostic palpation in osteopathic medicine is associated with changes in cognitive processing. Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 review, respectively, the literature on the role of analytical and non-analytical processing in osteopathic and medical clinical decision making; and …
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Patient compliance to exercise prescription at the Victoria University osteopathic medicine clinic
… and methods of prescription used in the osteopathic medicine setting. As exercise has shown to augment treatment efficacy and speed of recovery, it is important that osteopaths are informed of the current likely adherence rate to PRA and all factors that may cause non-compliance to their …
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Compliance to verbal and diagrammatic Patient Rehabilitation Advice (PRA) at the Victoria University Osteopathic Medicine Clinic (VUOMC)
… fields, but as yet has not been undertaken in an osteopathic setting. This study attempted to compare verbal and diagrammatic PRA prescription in the Victoria University Osteopathic Medicine Clinic (VUOMC) to new patients at this clinic. This study demonstrated that diagrammatic PRA prescription …
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The study of demography and co-pathologies of patients attending two private osteopathic medicine clinics: a pilot study
… may influence the type and effectiveness of osteopathic treatment. The current study aims to investigate the types and frequency of previously- diagnosed and co-existing conditions seen by two private osteopathic clinics, to relate those to known national averages. The researchers' hope this …
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A sociodemographic study of the patients attending the Victoria University student osteopathic clinic
… attending the Victoria University Student Osteopathic Medicine Clinic. Data was collected from the files held at the Victoria University Student Clinic, specifically the patient's age, sex, occupation and postcode. Postcodes are given an index of socio-economic status, which was compiled by …
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The effect of osteopathic treatment on the irritable bowel syndrome: a case series
… aim of this study was to explore the effects of osteopathic treatment on IBS. Two IBS patients were recruited and received osteopathic treatment over four consecutive weeks at Victoria University Osteopathic Medicine Clinic. The patients were assessed by the Bowel Symptom Scale (BSS) at the pre, …
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The perceived effect that part-time work has on undergraduate and postgraduate osteopathic students
… focuses on students from all year levels of the Osteopathic medicine course at Victoria University, both undergraduates and postgraduates, asking for their perceptions on what effect employment has on their study. It also explores whether any differences existed between the responses of …
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The effect of osteopathic treatment on people with chronic and sub-chronic neck pain
… cohort study was to investigate the effect of osteopathic management of sub-chronic and chronic neck pain on perceived pain and disability. Seventeen participants (7 male, 10 female) who had experienced intermittent or constant neck pain for a duration of longer than one month were included in …
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An Analysis of Learning Styles in Podiatric Medical Students, Residents, and Practitioners
… in the first three years of the University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences, College of Podiatric Medicine. Kolb feels that major learning styles are a combination of feeling versus abstract concepts and observation versus experimentation. A numerical score for each category can be …
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Quantifying Structural Changes with the Application of Osteopathic Manual Medicine (OMM) in Tegucigalpa, Honduras
… forceplate in order to introduce principles of osteopathic medicine to a Latin America culture. Osteopathic manual medicine (OMM) was used to correct structural dysfunction found in the study participants at the Baxter Institute in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Study participants were students and …
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The Effects of Problem-based Learning on National Board Scores, Clinical Evaluations and Residency Selection of Medical Students
… Based Curriculum) of the University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences, College of Podiatric Medicine. Those Parameters compared for statistical significance by ANOVA included six sections of the National Boards, Clinical Skills, Knowledge, Interpersonal Qualities and …
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An international study of osteopathic practice
… practice. I completed an international study of osteopathic practice, surveyed practitioners in five geographical regions, and compared their pre-professional training with their actual practice. Information was also collected from colleges of osteopathic medicine regarding pre-professional …
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Latino success stories in higher education: A qualitative study of recent graduates from a health science center.
… philosophy, doctor of public health or doctor of osteopathic medicine degree. Four research subjects agreed to participate in this study from a possible 11 students from the graduating class of 2004-2005 at this health science center. Data were gathered through multiple in-depth interviews of the …
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Quantitative Texture Analysis and Automated Segmentation of Patellar Tendon Sonographic Images on Collegiate Athletes
… imaging were performed by Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) on 33 Division I collegiate basketball athletes (16 males and 17 females; mean age 19.9 ± 1.4 years). Four imaging sessions were collected over from 2017 to 2019, both pre- and post-season. B-Mode + SWU Images were …
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Relationship of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment During Labor and Delivery on Selected Maternal Morbidity Outcomes: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) has been used for more than 100 years to enhance the physiologic process of labor and delivery by normalizing pelvic structures and providing adequate blood supply to the uterus. Since maternal morbidity and mortality is a major health concern for developing …
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The Influence of Emotion on the Risk Perception and Situation Awareness of Clinicians
… students from the Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) to investigate their emotional response, risk perception, and situation awareness using the MicroSim InHospital under the influence of the validated film-based Mood Induction Procedures (MIPs). In Phase II, 32 new medical …
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Distinguishing characteristics of thoracic medial paraspinal structures determined as abnormal by palpation
… to be an important diagnostic finding in osteopathic medicine. The pathophysiology of tissues at sites detected as abnormal by palpation and reported as tender by the subject (AbPT) is speculative, because evidence of objective characteristics that distinguish abnormal sites from …
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The Veron Community Scabies Education and Eradication Program
… of target populations. The Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine sponsors a public health clinic in Veron, Dominican Republic that reports a high prevalence of scabies infections among its general patient population. The lack of any means of direct measurement, proper intervention, or control …
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A single systems research design to examine the effectiveness of osteopathic treatment for people with osteoarthritis of the hip
… have been conducted to study the effect of osteopathic treatment for hip osteoarthritis. The aim of this study was to quantitatively examine any functional effect osteopathic treatment might have on individuals with hip osteoarthritis. Participants (n=6) with previously diagnosed hip OA were …
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