Effectiveness of Chapman's reflexes on chronic constipation in elderly patients: an experimental study
Item
- Title
- Effectiveness of Chapman's reflexes on chronic constipation in elderly patients: an experimental study
- Title
- Eficacia de la técnica refleja Chapman para el estreñimiento crónico en pacientes ancianos. Estudio experimental
- Author(s)
- Gil Fernández, Maria Ángeles
- Abstract
- Through an experimental study in a senior residence in Paris, we suggest tovalue the usefulness of the Chapman’s therapy.The technique has been used on 8 intestinal points and has been tested on 20patients between 80 and 100 years, who had chronic constipation and laxative dailytreatment.The experience has been realized for one month with a procedure describe asfollow: Three sessions per week for the first two weeks and one session per week forthe last 2 weeks.Through this manual therapy, we expect stimulate the natural intestinalfunction in order to reach a spontaneous defecation to reduce constipation, takingless laxatives and not suffer of all collateral effects. By this way and thoughosteopathy, we expect improve life quality of those senior patients.After getting all reactions regarding this technique to all patients subject tothis experience, we obtain a high positive result as 91,9% of them has been satisfiedthe day we used Chapman’s therapy and 73,5% during inter session day.The effectiveness of Chapman’s techniques on this patient scope isindependent to age, sex, BMI, dementia presence or not, the fact of taking drug or nohelping to not being constipated.
- Abstract
- proponemos valorar la eficacia de la terapia refleja de Chapman.La técnica se aplica en 8 puntos intestinales a 20 pacientes, entre 80 y 100años, con estreñimiento crónico y tratamiento diario con laxantes.El tratamiento se realiza durante un mes y es protocolarizado a razón de tressesiones por semana, las primeras dos semanas, y una sesión por semana, las dossiguientes semanas.A través de esta terapia manual, pretendemos estimular la motilidad naturalintestinal provocando la defecación espontánea, a fin de disminuir el estreñimiento,la toma de laxantes y todos sus efectos secundarios. Y de esta manera colaborar, através de la osteopatía, a mejorar la calidad de vida de los pacientes ancianos.Tras contabilizar las deposiciones fecales medias en los pacientes sometidosel estudio, obtenemos una eficacia del 91’9% los días que realizamos la técnica y del73’5% los días inter-sesión.La eficacia de la técnica refleja de Chapman es independiente de la edad, elsexo, el IMC, la presencia de demencia o la ausencia de la misma y la toma o no demedicamentos que tiendan a estreñir, de los pacientes estudiados
- presented at
- Escola de Osteopatia de Barcelona (EOB)
- Date Accepted
- 2013
- Date Submitted
- 16.6.2014 09:30:57
- Type
- osteo_thesis
- Language
- Spanish
- Number of pages
- 45
- Submitted by:
- 84
- Pub-Identifier
- 15414
- Inst-Identifier
- 1049
- Keywords
- Constipation; Chapman Reflex
- Recommended
- 0
- Medium
- mangeles_gil.pdf.pdf
- Item sets
- Thesis
- Media
- mangeles_gil.pdf.pdf
Gil Fernández, Maria Ángeles, “Effectiveness of Chapman's reflexes on chronic constipation in elderly patients: an experimental study”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed May 23, 2025, https://www.osteopathic-research.com/s/orw/item/2351