Osteopathy with Enuresis
Item
- Title
- Osteopathy with Enuresis
- Author(s)
- Kargl Doris
- Abstract
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Background
Enuresis is a socially disruptive and stressful condition which affects around 15 to 20% of five year olds, and up to 1 - 2% of young adults. Bed-wetting is associated with a lot of pressure for both parents and, especially, for children.
Objectives
The study investigates whether osteopathic treatments have a positive influence on the recovery of children with enuresis, and then compares this to children who only receive medical treatment for the condition.
Selection criteria
All children between the ages of five to thirteen were included in the study, apart from those who suffered from underlying organic diseases, like epilepsy, diabetes, neurological incontinence, psychological disabilities and enuresia with a large psychological component (e.g. with sexual abuse).
Method
Ten children, roughly divided into those who were incontinent during the day, and those who were incontinent during the night received osteopathic treatment, and were then compared to a control group of children of a similar age.
Main results
Medical treatment turned out to be less sustainable than osteopathic treatment of incontinence during the night.
Medical therapy failed both in patients from the control group, and in the study group, but osteopathic treatment did not fail in any of the three patients with incontinence during the day.
Conclusion
Osteopathic treatment results in similar improvements of enuresis compared to medical therapy. The main advantage of osteopathic therapy is its higher sustainability. - presented at
- Wiener Schule für Osteopathie
- Date Accepted
- 2008
- Date Submitted
- 1.9.2008 00:00:00
- Type
- osteo_thesis
- Language
- English
- Number of pages
- 45
- Submitted by:
- 62
- Pub-Identifier
- 13853
- Inst-Identifier
- 781
- Keywords
- Enuresis
- Recommended
- 1
- Medium
- KarglDoris.pdf
- Item sets
- Thesis
- Media
- KarglDoris.pdf
Kargl Doris, “Osteopathy with Enuresis”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed May 4, 2025, https://www.osteopathicresearch.com/s/orw/item/2961