Efficacy of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment in Improving Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Orthopedic Diagnoses Admitted to a Hospital-Based Rehabilitation Unit

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dc.contributor.advisorJohn Licciardone
dc.creatorBrittain, Paul D.
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-22T21:15:12Z
dc.date.available2019-08-22T21:15:12Z
dc.date.issued1997-06-01
dc.date.submitted2013-11-25T17:34:14-08:00
dc.description.abstractBrittain, Paul D., Efficacy of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment in Improving Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Orthopedic Diagnoses Admitted to a Hospital-Based Rehabilitation Unit Master of Public Health (Biomedical Sciences), June, 1997, 75 pp., 12 tables, bibliography, 16 titles. The primary purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) in improving clinical outcomes in patients who had undergone a surgical procedure for either a hip fracture or osteoarthritis affecting the hip or knee. OMT treatment subjects were recruited from an inpatient rehabilitation unit housed with an osteopathic hospital. OMT subjects received a standard course of OMT throughout their stay in the rehabilitation unit. Clinical outcomes were assessed principally through the administration of the Functional Independence Measure (FIM), a standard disability measure, to study subjects on admission to and discharge from the rehabilitation unit. Mean FIM score charges were compared between the OMT and a control group of similar patients. Receipt of OMT was associated with shorter length-of-stay, higher total FIM score change, and greater improvement on FIM locomotion items. These findings suggest that OMT is a beneficial therapy for this population of patients.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12503/29191
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dc.subjectMedicine and Health Sciences
dc.subjectOrthopedics
dc.subjectOsteopathic Medicine and Osteopathy
dc.subjectOther Rehabilitation and Therapy
dc.subjectRehabilitation and Therapy
dc.subjectOsteopathic manipulative treatment
dc.subjectorthopedic diagnoses
dc.subjecthospital-based rehabilitation unit
dc.subjectOMT
dc.subjectclinical outcomes
dc.subjectsurgical procedure
dc.subjecthip fracture
dc.subjectosteoarthritis
dc.subjectFunctional Independence Measure
dc.subjectlength of stay
dc.subjecthip
dc.subjectknee
dc.titleEfficacy of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment in Improving Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Orthopedic Diagnoses Admitted to a Hospital-Based Rehabilitation Unit
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thesis.degree.departmentSchool of Public Health
thesis.degree.disciplineBiomedical Sciences
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Public Health

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