The effect of total body adjustment on chronic constipation
Item
- Title
- The effect of total body adjustment on chronic constipation
- Title
- Efecto del tratamiento con total body adjustment sobre el estreñimiento crónico
- Author(s)
- Rodríguez León, Ainara
- Abstract
- The objective of this study is to demonstrate the effectiveness of Total Body Adjustment in patients with chronic constipation, verifying the chances of the gastrointestinal function and experimentally demonstrating the effectiveness of the osteopathic treatment. MATERIAL AND METHOD We used and experimental study in which 26 women took part, aged between 30 and 65 years. The subjects were divided randomly in two groups: The treatment group received TBA treatment and the control group received placebo treatment. Previously, both groups used a calendar (writing down the number of bowel movements during 7 consecutive days) and a questionnaire, then the experimental group had TBA treatment during 4 weeks. Finally, both groups wrote down the number of bowel movements again and they answered the questionnaire. RESULTS In the treatment group we can see a significant improvement in the frequency of bowel movements (a median increasing of 7 bowel movements comparing the pre-treatment and post-treatment period, 7 days each), the control group on the other hand have kept stable, having improved but not so significantly. The results of this study suggest that the osteopathic method is a possibility of treatment for chronic constipation, considering that provides significant improvement in the symptoms and in the frequency of bowel movements.
- Abstract
- El objetivo de este estudio es demostrar la efectividad del Total Body Adjustment en pacientes con estreñimiento crónico, comprobando los cambios en la función gastrointestinal y demostrando experimentalmente la eficacia del tratamiento osteopático. MATERIAL Y MÉTODO Estudio experimental en el que participaron 26 mujeres de edades comprendidas entre 30 y 65 años, que aleatoriamente se dividieron en dos grupos: El grupo intervención recibió tratamiento con TBA y el grupo control recibió tratamiento placebo. Previamente, ambos grupos utilizaron un calendario (durante 7 días consecutivos anotando el número de deposiciones) y un cuestionario, después durante 4 semanas el grupo intervención recibió tratamiento. Finalmente, ambos grupos anotaron de nuevo el número de deposiciones y respondieron el cuestionario. RESULTADOS Se puede observar una mejora significativa de la frecuencia de evacuación en el grupo tratado (presentan un aumento de mediana de 7 deposiciones al comparar el periodo de pre-tratamiento con el post-tratamiento, de 7 días cada uno), en cambio los del grupo control se han mantenido estables, habiendo mejorado pero no tan significativamente. Los resultados de este estudio sugieren que el método osteopático es una posibilidad de tratamiento del estreñimiento crónico, ya que aporta mejoras significativas en los síntomas y en la frecuencia de evacuación.
- presented at
- Escola de Osteopatia de Barcelona (EOB)
- Date Accepted
- 2014
- Date Submitted
- 3.7.2015 16:34:01
- Type
- osteo_thesis
- Language
- Spanish
- Number of pages
- 48
- Submitted by:
- 84
- Pub-Identifier
- 15589
- Inst-Identifier
- 1049
- Keywords
- constipation; intestines; body adjustment
- Recommended
- 0
- Medium
- ainara_rodriguez.pdf.pdf
- Item sets
- Thesis
- Media
- ainara_rodriguez.pdf.pdf
Rodríguez León, Ainara, “The effect of total body adjustment on chronic constipation”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed September 21, 2024, https://www.osteopathicresearch.com/s/orw/item/2323