Publications by authors named "Stevan A Walkowski"
Context: Osteopathic medical students receive an abundance of training in osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) during their first 2 years of medical school and less during the second 2 years. Family Medicine residency programs often include significantly more OMT training during residency, but it is less frequently applied in other residencies.
Objectives: This survey was designed utilizing the theory of planned behavior to see whether specific training in osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) after osteopathic medical school was an influence in changing behavior, attitudes, and knowledge around OMT in osteopathic residents.
Article Synopsis
- Over 18 million adults in the U.S. use manual therapies annually, spending around $3.9 billion out of pocket.
- While there is increasing evidence that these therapies are effective, understanding their biological mechanisms is still limited.
- The authors explore the hypothesis that manual therapies break the pain-spasm-pain cycle, but find that experimental support for this idea is lacking.