A Missing Voice: The Lingual Complex and Osteopathic Manual Medicine in the Context of Five Osteopathic Models
| Autor: | Bruno Bordoni, Allan R Escher |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Body system
medicine.medical_specialty Medical education business.industry osteopathic General Engineering Context (language use) Scientific literature Osteopathic medicine in the United States manual therapy medicine.anatomical_structure osteopathy Medical Education Osteopathy Tongue diaphragm tongue medicine cancer Manual therapy Anatomy business Osteopathic Medicine fascia Manual medicine |
| Zdroj: | Cureus |
| ISSN: | 2168-8184 |
| Popis: | The five osteopathic models recognized by the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine guide clinicians in the evaluation and therapeutic choice which must be the most appropriate concerning the patient's needs. Skeletal muscles represent an important interpretation, such as screening and treatment, on which these models are based. A muscle district that is not considered by the usual osteopathic practice is the tongue. The lingual complex has numerous functions, both local and systemic; it can adapt negatively in the presence of pathology, just as it can influence the body system in a non-physiological manner if it is a source of dysfunctions. This paper, the first of its kind in the panorama of scientific literature, briefly reviews the anatomy and neurophysiology of the tongue, trying to highlight the logic and the need to insert this muscle in the context of the five osteopathic models. The clinician's goal is to restore the patient's homeostasis, and we believe that this task is more concrete if the patient is approached after understanding all the contractile districts, including the tongue. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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