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Marin T, Maxel X, Robin A, et al. Evidence-based assessment of potential therapeutic effects of adjunct osteopathic medicine for multidisciplinary care of acute and convalescent COVID-19 patients. Explore (NY). 2020;17(2):141-147doi: 10.1016/j.explore.2020.09.006.
Marin, T., Maxel, X., Robin, A., & Stubbe, L. (2021). Evidence-based assessment of potential therapeutic effects of adjunct osteopathic medicine for multidisciplinary care of acute and convalescent COVID-19 patients. Explore (New York, N.Y.), 17(2), 141-147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.explore.2020.09.006
Marin, Thibault, et al. "Evidence-based assessment of potential therapeutic effects of adjunct osteopathic medicine for multidisciplinary care of acute and convalescent COVID-19 patients." Explore (New York, N.Y.) vol. 17,2 (2021): 141-147. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.explore.2020.09.006
Marin T, Maxel X, Robin A, Stubbe L. Evidence-based assessment of potential therapeutic effects of adjunct osteopathic medicine for multidisciplinary care of acute and convalescent COVID-19 patients. Explore (NY). 2021 Mar-Apr;17(2):141-147. doi: 10.1016/j.explore.2020.09.006. Epub 2020 Sep 25. PMID: 33158784; PMCID: PMC7516474.
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Explore (NY). 2021 Mar-Apr;17(2):141-147. doi: 10.1016/j.explore.2020.09.006. Epub 2020 Sep 25.

Evidence-based assessment of potential therapeutic effects of adjunct osteopathic medicine for multidisciplinary care of acute and convalescent COVID-19 patients.

Explore (New York, N.Y.)

Thibault Marin, Xuan Maxel, Alexandra Robin, Laurent Stubbe

Affiliations

  1. ESO Paris Recherche, Ecole Supérieure d'Ostéopathie, Cité Descartes, 77420 Champs sur Marne, France; Laboratoire Performance, Santé, Métrologie, Société (PSMS, EA 7507), UFR STAPS, Campus Moulin de la Housse, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Chemin des Rouliers, 51100 Reims, France.
  2. ESO Paris Recherche, Ecole Supérieure d'Ostéopathie, Cité Descartes, 77420 Champs sur Marne, France. Electronic address: [email protected].
  3. ESO Paris Recherche, Ecole Supérieure d'Ostéopathie, Cité Descartes, 77420 Champs sur Marne, France.

PMID: 33158784 PMCID: PMC7516474 DOI: 10.1016/j.explore.2020.09.006

Abstract

Although the COVID-19 pandemic affects predominantly the respiratory function, epidemiological studies show that multiple systems can be affected. The severe complications of SARS-CoV-2 infection seem to be induced by an inflammatory dysregulation ("cytokine storm"), which can also induce an immunodepression. Several studies highlight beneficial effects of osteopathic medicine on inflammation and immune regulation. A careful review of evidence-based literature brings to the fore significant improvements of osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) in adjunction to conventional care. OMT can improve the condition of infected patients by decreasing symptoms and boosting the efficiency of conventional care. OMT might also benefit surviving patients by reducing the long-lasting consequences of the infection as well as improving their quality of life during convalescence. This review should constitute an argument in favor of multidisciplinary care, although further biological and clinical research is essential to better assess the potential beneficial contributions of adjunct osteopathic medicine to conventional care in the fight against pandemics such as COVID-19.

Copyright © 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Keywords: ARDS; COVID-19; Immunity; Inflammation; Manual therapies; Musculoskeletal manipulations; Osteopathic medicine; SARS-CoV-2

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