An experiment to investigate whether an osteopathic direct myofascial technique working on the posterior structures of the diaphragm can affect pelvic torsion (innominate rotation).
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- Title
- An experiment to investigate whether an osteopathic direct myofascial technique working on the posterior structures of the diaphragm can affect pelvic torsion (innominate rotation).
- Author(s)
- Millington, S
- Abstract
- Title: An experiment to investigate whether an osteopathic, direct, myofascial technique working on the posterior structures of the diaphragm can affect pelvic torsion (innominate rotation).Objective: The author’s aim was to inhibit myofascial structures and consequently effect musculoskeletal dynamics and posture, particularly in relation to the pelvic innominate positions.Method: A quantitative, prospective, single blind, cohort study using asymptomatic matched groups for intervention and control. Random allocation to intervention or control reduced bias between groups. A direct myofascial technique was applied to the right posterior structures of the diaphragm for 3 minutes as opposed to 3 minutes of rest for the control. Both were followed with 10 minutes sitting. Photogrammetric methods were used to collect data and measurements calculated using Tracker v4.80 software. Parametric statistics were used to analyse data. Results: No significant effect on innominate rotation was produced using this direct myofascial technique (p=0.34). No significant difference was found between genders with regards to the efficacy of this technique (p=0.32). Conclusion: The results indicated that although there was a small change elicited it was not statistically significant and a potential trend for the innominate bones to regress back to their starting positions after only 10 minutes post treatment was identified. Despite male and females both showing no statistically significant torsion change and both demonstrating almost equal reversion, a greater response to the technique was identified in female subjects as opposed to male
- presented at
- European School of Osteopathy
- Date Accepted
- 2014
- Date Submitted
- 20.1.2015 16:43:40
- Type
- osteo_thesis
- Language
- English
- Submitted by:
- 62
- Pub-Identifier
- 15513
- Inst-Identifier
- 1229
- Keywords
- Tracker, Myofascial, Pelvis.
- Recommended
- 0
- Item sets
- Thesis
Millington, S, “An experiment to investigate whether an osteopathic direct myofascial technique working on the posterior structures of the diaphragm can affect pelvic torsion (innominate rotation).”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed May 17, 2024, https://www.osteopathicresearch.com/s/orw/item/651