The past decades have seen a significant increase in research on Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT). The body of research on OMT has now reached the point where osteopathic medicine has become an accepted part of the medical literature.
As with other common medical procedures (such as surgery, pain procedures or interventional cardiology and radiology), OMT study design has different challenges with blinding, sample size, controls, and the varying skill of the physician, when compared with pharmaceutical research. Osteopathic manipulation must be evaluated in comparison with research on other procedures in medicine, and it compares favorably in terms of safety, efficacy, and overall study design.
The studies linked below cover the use of OMT for low back pain, the discomforts and complications of pregnancy and surgery, its use and safety with children and other topics. These build on the the work of earlier osteopathic researchers such as Louisa Burns, Wilbur Cole, Irvin Korr, John Denslow, and Viola Frymann, to name a few.
Visit the Osteopathic Research Center located at the University of North Texas Health Science Center home of the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Visit OSTMED.DR which is a digital library of Osteopathic research from the past 100+ years