The approach of cranial osteopathy in infantile scoliosis
Item
- Title
- The approach of cranial osteopathy in infantile scoliosis
- Title
- Enfocament de l'osteopatia cranial en l'escoliosi infantil
- Author(s)
- Fernández Soler, Meritxell
- Abstract
- INTRODUCTION. The objective of this project is to discover whether the developmentof scoliosis could have a cranial cause. If so, it is necessary to asset the effectiveness oftreatment through cranial osteopathy.METHODOLOGY. The research is carried trough databases such as “PubMed”, “BiomedCentral”, “Dr.Ostmed” and “Osteopathic Research Web”. Initially the research mightbe difficult because of the scarcity of resources from the osteopathic perspective.RESULTS. Scoliosis is a 3D deformity with a multifactorial aetiology. Scoliosis in childrenis frequently associated with plagiocephaly. At same time, head moulding is a riskfactor for developing plagiocephaly. The early osteopathy treatment improvesplagiocephaly and the baby positional preference. Therefore, osteopathy is apreventive factor for the development of scoliosis.DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS. In spite of the positive results shown, it isrecommended to continue the study and extend the time of experimentalinvestigations. In this way, it would be possible to discover whether the incidence ofscoliosis during life decreases in infants treated with preventive and early osteopathy.
- Abstract
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Introducció
L’objectiu d’aquest projecte era conèixer si el desenvolupament del’escoliosi podia tenir una causa cranial. En tal cas, calia descobrir l’efectivitat deltractament mitjançant l’osteopatia cranial.
Metodologia
La recerca es va fer a través de les bases de dades del “Pubmed”,“Biomed Central”, “Ostmed Dr.” i “Osteopathic Research Web”. L’inici de la cerca vaser complicada per la dificultat d’obtenir resultats en la vessant de l’osteopatia.
Resultats
L’escoliosi és una deformitat tridimensional amb etiologiamultifactorial, que afecta l’estructura i la funció. El modelatge intrauterí és un factorambiental detonant, que alhora és factor de risc per a desenvolupar plagiocefàlia.L’escoliosi infantil està acompanyada molt freqüentment de plagiocefàlia. Eltractament precoç amb osteopatia millora la plagiocefàlia i les preferènciesposicionals del nadó, sent un factor preventiu per al desenvolupament d’escoliosi.
Discussió i conclusions
Caldria aprofundir i allargar en el temps les investigacions experimentals, per a descobrir si la incidència d’escoliosi durant la vida, disminueix en els nadons tractats preventiva i prematurament amb osteopatia. - presented at
- Escola de Osteopatia de Barcelona (EOB)
- Date Accepted
- 2010
- Date Submitted
- 4.7.2011 16:47:14
- Type
- osteo_thesis
- Language
- Catalan
- Number of pages
- 128
- Submitted by:
- 84
- Pub-Identifier
- 14962
- Inst-Identifier
- 1049
- Keywords
- cranial osteopathy, children, scoliosis
- Recommended
- 0
- Medium
- meritxell_fernandez.pdf.pdf
- Item sets
- Thesis
Fernández Soler, Meritxell, “The approach of cranial osteopathy in infantile scoliosis”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed May 5, 2024, https://www.osteopathicresearch.com/s/orw/item/2422