Adjunctive osteopathic therapy for hospitalized COVID-19 patients: A feasibility-oriented chart review study with matched controls.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) may improve outcomes during COVID-related respiratory distress - the most common cause of death from novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). Outcomes from OMT treatments of respiratory distress during the COVID-19 pandemic have not been reported.

Objective

Assess adjunctive OMT in hospitalized patients with SARS-CoV-2 and respiratory distress.

Design

Feasibility oriented retrospective observational cohort study.

Setting

COVID-19 (non-ICU) ward in a tertiary academic medical center.

Methods

Inpatients received daily OMT treatments of rib raising, abdominal diaphragm doming, thoracic pump and pedal pump. Primary outcomes were procedural acceptance, satisfaction, side effects, and adverse events. Secondary outcome

SUBMITTER: Lennon RP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9151461 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature