An investigation into the development of the concept of viscero-somatic referred pain and division between osteopathic and orthodox practitioners in regards to accepted views
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- Title
- An investigation into the development of the concept of viscero-somatic referred pain and division between osteopathic and orthodox practitioners in regards to accepted views
- Author(s)
- Taylor, H
- Abstract
- This dissertation investigates the development of the concept of viscero-somatic referred pain and how views may differ between osteopathic and orthodox medical practitioners in regard to this matter. Accepted views and contemporary definitions in relation to the experience of pain are considered, as is the context of the origination and delivery of the sensation of pain within the human body, gender differences in relation to pain, and the absence of pain for some humans. The paper then details the chronological development of the concept of viscero-somatic referred pain though both the orthodox (medical) school and the burgeoning osteopathic profession. Research has been undertaken by way of a literature review, using historic, published works, (including text books and published articles), use of the intemet and reference to contemporary published work. By way of critical analysis of the reviewed, published, work emanating from both the orthodox (medical) and osteopathic medical disciplines the paper contrasts and criticallyanalyses the development of the concept of viscero-somatic referred pain. The sources for the literature review included text books and reference from the library of the European School of Osteopathy, The University of Greenwich student portal and wider research via publicly available material on the intemet as well as more specialist electronic databases such as: Google, Google Scholar, Google Books ALICE, Pubmed and Medline. The key words used for these databases and intemet websites included viscero-somatic pain', _viscero-somatic and referred pain,' reflex arcs, Heads Zones, osteopathic lesion etc. (see full list in methodology). The review included published material dating from the early 1906, although some of the authors of refer to work dating from 1800's ( eg: John Cruvihier). It has been recognised, by both schools of thought, that musculo-skeletal-like symptoms within the body may be linked to viscero-somatic referred pain due to overlapping and inefficient frequency modulation in the spinal cord. Sensitisation and facilitation plays a major role in the misinterpretation of location of dysfunction within the body, therefore giving rise to the concept of viscero-somatic referred pain. It has been debated, within the two schools of thought, that the concept of _osteopathic centres' has validity in the context of there appearing to be potential correlation between the _osteopathic centres' and the _sympathetic nervous system', (as defined by orthodox medics). The paper concludes that the concept of viscero-somatic referred pain is valid from the perspective of both orthodox and osteopathic medical practitioners. However the research has indicated that accepted definitions of common diagnosis may differ between the schools of thought and that neither has concluded effective experimentation to provide absolutely, and definitively, the physiology behind viscero-somatic referred pain. The paper concludes with the recommendation that this definitive comprehension of the physiology be sought for the benefit of both professions, and the healing of patients.
- presented at
- European School of Osteopathy
- Date Accepted
- 2012
- Date Submitted
- 22.1.2013 16:23:35
- Type
- osteo_thesis
- Language
- English
- Submitted by:
- 62
- Pub-Identifier
- 15243
- Inst-Identifier
- 1229
- Keywords
- Viscero-somatic pain. Referred pain, osteopathic and orthodox practitioners pain concept
- Recommended
- 0
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- Thesis
Taylor, H, “An investigation into the development of the concept of viscero-somatic referred pain and division between osteopathic and orthodox practitioners in regards to accepted views”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed May 2, 2024, https://www.osteopathicresearch.com/s/orw/item/822