Background Chronic pain conditions impose significant burdens worldwide.
Pharmacological treatments like opioids have limitations. Non-invasive non …

Background Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is a frequent cause of disability and it represents
a medical, social and economic burden globally. Therefore, we assessed effectiveness of …

Osteopathy is a person-centred healthcare discipline that emphasizes the body's structure-
function interrelationship—and its self-regulatory mechanisms—to inform a whole-person …

Objectives Interoception refers to the sensation, interpretation, and integration of internal
somatic signals. Abnormalities in self-reported interoception are prevalent features of major …

Background: Osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) is a patient-centred, whole-body
intervention aimed at enhance the person's self-regulation. OMT interventions are focused …

Importance Osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) is frequently offered to people with
nonspecific low back pain (LBP) but never compared with sham OMT for reducing LBP …

The effects of osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) on functional brain connectivity in
healthy adults is missing in the literature. To make up for this lack, we applied advanced …

Globally, mental and musculoskeletal disorders present with high prevalence, disease
burden, and comorbidity. In order to improve the quality of care for patients with persistent …

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 …

In this study we used a combination of measures including regional cerebral blood flow
(rCBF) and heart rate variability (HRV) to investigate brain–heart correlates of longitudinal …