The mechanism of action for laryngeal manual therapies: the need for an update.

Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg

Foundations in Manual Therapy Seminars.

Published: June 2024

Purpose Of Review: To propose a pathway for expanding the understanding of potential mechanisms of action with laryngeal-based manual therapy (LMT) for muscle tension dysphonia (MTD). This review may help determine if current LMT literature has kept up with advances in the more general manual therapy (MT) findings.

Recent Findings: Studies over the past thirty years, including recently published articles, have confirmed the efficacy of various manual therapy interventions in treating MTD. However, gaps exist between current LMT literature and that being presented in the more general MT field. Instead of viewing peripheral manipulation's influences as a local cause/effect process, the MT literature paints a richer tapestry of centrally mediated impacts.

Summary: Evidence from outside the LMT field has introduced a broad tapestry of factors that may contribute to the efficacy of MT, extending beyond the local effects reported in LMT literature. To better understand the effect and mechanism of action touch-based interventions have on a patient's voice and to potentially improve outcomes, it is necessary to broaden investigations to include a broader range of perspectives.

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