An experimental study: Do osteopathic treatment increase the height of the medial longitudinal arch (MLA) of the foot?
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- Title
- An experimental study: Do osteopathic treatment increase the height of the medial longitudinal arch (MLA) of the foot?
- Author(s)
- Bah,T
- Abstract
- Title: Do osteopathic treatments increase the height of the MLA of the foot?Title: Do osteopathic treatments increase the height of the MLA of the foot?Background: Various methods in manual therapy and orthodox medicine (such as taping, insoles, surgery) are used for patients with dropped or reduced arch which is known as flatfeet. Dropped or reduce arch (flatfeet) is well known for it contributing factors in many complaints. Reasons for this study is that current methods of addressing a reduced arch are inadequate. Methodology: 15 healthy subjects, between 21 to 41 years of age were used for this experiment. Subjects were asked to step on a play dough placed on a small hard square board to leave their footprint. A labelled (cm) ruler was used to measure the height of the MLA before and after each treatment Each subject was treated (Articulation and S.T.W of the foot joints and musculature) four time in a period of 20 days. Each subject was advised to perform daily rehabilitative exercises (Strengthening T.A and stretching TP; ATMG) twice per day. Resnlts: Osteopathic treatments combined with rehabilitative exercises increased the MLA height by 93.3% of the subjects used for this experiment at a=0.05, at the end of the 20 days period with 4 treatments in total. The increased height range varied between (0.1 to 1.4 cm). 86.66% of the subjects showed a mean increase in MLA height of > 0.5cm. Conclusion: The results of this experiment suggest that osteopathic treatment (articulation and S.T.W of the foot joints and musculature) and rehabilitative exercises (strengthening T.A and stretching T.P and the ATMG) increase the MLA height of the foot. However subjects should be motivated to do their exercises properly. This procedure is relevant because it is less invasive in comparison to others such as surgery and require patient cooperation and there is no known adverse.
- presented at
- European School of Osteopathy
- Date Accepted
- 2011
- Date Submitted
- 22.1.2013 16:23:35
- Type
- osteo_thesis
- Language
- English
- Submitted by:
- 62
- Pub-Identifier
- 15252
- Inst-Identifier
- 1229
- Keywords
- MLA, Foot
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- 0
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Bah,T, “An experimental study: Do osteopathic treatment increase the height of the medial longitudinal arch (MLA) of the foot?”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed May 2, 2024, https://www.osteopathicresearch.com/s/orw/item/813