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Fulvio Dal Farra, Andrea Bergna, Irene Bruini, Matteo Galli, Christian Lunghi, Luca Vismara, Marco Tramontano. Background: Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) is a therapeutic whole-body approach mainly focused on correcting the somatic dysfunctions. Nevertheless, it has not yet been understood how OMT can effectively work and moreover, through which mechanisms of action. primary aims of this scoping review are to systemically map and summarize the literature to provide an overview of the documented biological effects following OMT. Inclusion criteria: subjects of any age, affected (or not) by any condition (healthy people/suffering from any type of disease), male or female (or other declared gender). Methods: This scoping review will be performed following the “2020 version of the Joanna Briggs Institute Reviewers’ Manual”. We'll search for original articles published on Medline (via Pubmed), Embase and Scopus. Gray literature will be searched through “Osteopathic Web Research” and via the Google search toolbar. No restrictions of time, country, setting and language will be applied. Will be described any type of measured biological effect after an osteopathic manipulative treatment, reported in the included studies. All the osteopathic manipulative approaches will be considered. Considerations: OMT biological plausibility is still poorly understood. The definition of a biologically plausible mechanism of action could widely aid the clinicians in suggesting (or less) osteopathic manipulation, choosing the proper technical approach, selecting an adequate dosage for each patient, or even encouraging persistence in case of disappointing results. Keywords: Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment, Biologic Effect, Review, Protocol |
