Effect of cranio-cervical osteopathic manipulative treatment in patients with chronic stress. Pilot Study
Item
- Title
- Effect of cranio-cervical osteopathic manipulative treatment in patients with chronic stress. Pilot Study
- Title
- Efecto del tratamiento manual osteopático cráneo-cervical en pacients con estrés crónico. Estudio Piloto
- Author(s)
- Ahumada Mira, Paulina; Dupont, Eliana; Sallés Simón, Alba
- Abstract
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Introduction: Stress is an annoying emotional experience that is accompanied by predictable biochemical, physiological and behavioral changes that if they are not adapted or if the stressor persists causes chronic stress (CS), which is a frequent reason for query. Osteopathic manual treatment (OMT) acts in the parasympathic nervous system (PNS) causing a decrease in some of the physiological indices related to CS.Objective: Observe if cranial-cervical OMT is a good tool for patients with CS.Methodology: An experimental pilot study was conducted, with simple blinding. Twenty-four subjects of both sexs were recruited in an experimental group and control group, where a cranial-cervical OMT protocol was performed and the rates of: heart rate (HR), blood pressure (BP) and the level of stress perceived where measure during 4 interventions of 20 minutes each one.
Results: A significant decrease in the level of perceived stress was observed in both groups. HR and systolic BP had a significant decrease in the control group and diastolic BP had no significant changes in either of the groups.
Conclusion: Although significant changes were observed, new research is needed to study the direct relationship between OMT and the decrease in these variables of CS. - Abstract
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Introducción: el estrés es una experiencia emocional molesta que viene acompañada de cambios bioquímicos, fisiológicos y conductuales, que pueden convertirse en estrés crónico (EC) si no son adaptados o si el estresor persiste, siendo éste motivo de consulta frecuente. El tratamiento manual osteopático (TMO) actúa sobre el sistema nervioso parasimpático (SNP) provocando disminución de algunos índices fisiológicos relacionados con EC.Objetivo: Observar si TMO cráneo cervical es buena herramienta para pacientes con EC.
Metodología: se realizó estudio piloto experimental con cegado simple. Se reclutaron 24 sujetos de ambos sexos en grupo experimental y control, para realizar un protocolo de TMO cráneo cervical y se midieron índices de: frecuencia cardíaca (FC), presión arterial (PA) y nivel estrés percibido durante 4 intervenciones de 20 minutos cada una.
Resultados: se observó una disminución significativa en el nivel de estrés percibido en ambos grupos. La FC y la PA sistólica tuvieron una disminución significativa en el grupo control y la PA diastólica no tuvo cambios significativos en ninguno de ellos. Conclusión: aunque se observaron cambios significativos, se necesitan nuevas investigaciones para estudiar relación directa entre TMO y disminución índices de EC. - presented at
- Escola de Osteopatia de Barcelona (EOB)
- Date Accepted
- 2019
- Date Submitted
- 6.3.2020 18:32:52
- Type
- osteo_thesis
- Language
- Spanish
- Number of pages
- 57
- Submitted by:
- 62
- Pub-Identifier
- 16606
- Inst-Identifier
- 1049
- Keywords
- osteopathy, osteopathic manual therapy, manual therapy, stress, chronic stress, burnout syndrome
- Recommended
- 0
- Medium
- ahumadal.pdf
- Item sets
- Thesis
- Media
- ahumadal.pdf
Ahumada Mira, Paulina; Dupont, Eliana; Sallés Simón, Alba, “Effect of cranio-cervical osteopathic manipulative treatment in patients with chronic stress. Pilot Study”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed April 22, 2025, https://library.wso.at/s/orw/item/265