Profession-based manual therapy nomenclature: exploring history, limitations, and opportunities.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The International Consortium on Manual Therapies (ICMT) is a grassroots interprofessional association open to any formally trained practitioner of manual therapy (MT) and basic scientists promoting research related to the practice of MT. Currently, MT research is impeded by professions' lack of communication with other MT professions, biases, and vernacular. Current ICMT goals are to minimize these barriers, compare MT techniques, and establish an interprofessional MT glossary.

Methods

Practitioners from all professions with training in manual therapies were encouraged by e-mail and website to participate (www.ICMTConferene.org). Video conferences were conducted at least bimonthly for 2.5 years by profession-specific and interprofessional focus groups (FGs). Member

SUBMITTER: Degenhardt B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10795627 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature