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Filter by:We are conducting a randomized controlled trial the use of rib raising for post-operative ileus. Rib raising is an osteopathic manipulative technique (OMT). We will recruit all patients undergoing major abdominal surgery and once they have been enrolled, we will randomize them to receive daily rib raising or a control technique where we place hands on the back but do not apply any pressure. In preliminary studies, Rib raising has been shown to reduce post-operative ileus and hospital length of stay by up to 50%.
A wide number of osteopathic techniques focusing on diaphragm have been proposed but, although systematically and efficiently used, there is a general lack of evidences able to clarify how and to which extent osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) on diaphragm is effective and determines a modification in muscles contractility and motion as well as an objective determination of the benefit on the patients receiving treatment. This study therefore aims at investigating whether, and how, a single session of selected osteopathic diaphragmatic techniques are able to affect muscle motility and thickness, assessed by ultrasounds, in a sample of healthy subjects and to compare results versus a group receiving a sham therapy and another one of non-treated subjects.