The Use of Osteopathic Palpatory Findings in Screening for Nephropathy in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Pilot Study
Date
Authors
ORCID
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Abstract
Curlee, Laura D., The Use of Osteopathic Palpatory Findings in Screening for Neuropathy in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Pilot Study. Master of Science, May, 2008, 100 pp., 6 tables, 9 illustrations, bibliography, 40 titles. Viscerosomatic reflexes result in somatic dysfunction, which manifests as palpatory TART changes. There are two hypotheses of this study: palpatory findings will be associated with diabetes and will be associated with renal disease. An osteopathic predoctoral fellow conducted a palpatory exam on each subject at the level of T10-L2, to feel for TART changes. The results from the palpatory exam were recorded in SPSS for statistical analysis. Descriptive statistics, chi square and risk assessment were conducted. There were no statistically significant findings. Results demonstrated possible associations between type 2 diabetes mellitus and race, and tissue texture changes with control groups. Restriction of motion was found to have no difference amongst control and disease groups.
Description
Keywords
Developmental Biology
Diseases
Laboratory and Basic Science Research
Life Sciences
Medical Neurobiology
Medicine and Health Sciences
Other Kinesiology
Physiology
Systems and Integrative Physiology
Osteopathic palpatory findings
neuropathy
screening
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
viscerosomatic reflexes
palpatory TART changes
renal disease
race
tissue texture