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| 10: Adjustive osteopathic manipulative treatment in the elderly hospitalized with pneumonia: a pilot study. |
| Summary: This was a study of twenty-one individuals with acute pneumonia. Eleven of them were given "specific osteopathic manipulative treatment for somatic dysfunction." All twenty-one received medical treatment as well (antibiotics etc.). The study found that those getting the manipulative treatments recovered more quickly from pneumonia. As the authors wrote: "Although the mean duration of leukocytosis, intravenous antibiotic treatment, and length of stay were shorter for the treatment group, these measures did not reach statistical significance. However, the mean duration of antibiotic use did reach statistical significance.3.1 days (versus) 0.8 day." Summary Reference: ICPA Full Article: . Journal of the American Osteopathic Association 1999; 99 (3): 143-146 |