Abstract
While osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) is thought to be beneficial for patients with pneumonia, there have been few clinical trials - especially in the elderly. The authors' pilot study suggested that duration of intravenous antibiotic use and length of hospital stay were promising measures of outcome. Therefore, a larger randomized controlled study was conducted. Elderly patients hospitalized with acute pneumonia were recruited and randomly placed into two groups: 28 in the treatment group and 30 in the control group. The treatment group received a standardized OMT protocol, while the control group received a light touch protocol. There was no statistical difference between groups for age, sex, or simplified acute physiology scores. The treatment group had a significantly shorter duration of intravenous antibiotic treatment and a shorter hospital stay.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 776-782 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Journal of the American Osteopathic Association |
| Volume | 100 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| State | Published - Dec 2000 |
| Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Complementary and alternative medicine