Can Vital Capacity be Improved by Osteopathic Treatment of the Mediastinum?
Item
- Title
- Can Vital Capacity be Improved by Osteopathic Treatment of the Mediastinum?
- Author(s)
- Wieser Renate
- Abstract
-
Currently only few researchers have investigated the influence of osteopathic
treatment on lung function. For optimal perspiration free mobility of the thorax is
essential. Since it is assumed that the mobility of the thorax is limited by the
tension of fascia and ligaments, the relaxation of the pericardial ligaments might
improve lung function. To investigate whether the treatment of the mediastinum
can improve vital capacity of persons with palpable restrictions of fascia 60 adult
persons were randomly divided into Test (n=30) and Control (n=30) groups. The
osteopathic treatment consisted of a recoil technique to the sternopericardial
ligaments and a stretch technique to the vertebropericardial ligaments. Lung
function was assessed before and after the treatment using a forced expiration
test. The treatment did not result in a significantly increased vital capacity (t-test
confirmed zero hypothesis - no difference between both groups).
Key-words: vital capacity; lung function, ligamentum sternopericardium superior;
ligamentum sterno-pericardium inferior; ligamentum vertebropericardium, sternum,
recoil technique, stretch technique - presented at
- Wiener Schule für Osteopathie
- Date Accepted
- 2007
- Date Submitted
- 1.1.2007 00:00:00
- Type
- osteo_thesis
- Language
- English
- Submitted by:
- 62
- Pub-Identifier
- 13334
- Inst-Identifier
- 781
- Keywords
- Vital Capacity,Mediastinum
- Recommended
- 1
- Medium
- RenateWieserMasterthesis.pdf
- Item sets
- Thesis
Wieser Renate, “Can Vital Capacity be Improved by Osteopathic Treatment of the Mediastinum?”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed May 8, 2024, https://www.osteopathic-research.com/s/orw/item/3016