September 2010
3 posts
Before starting to review specific pieces of research here are a few thoughts about evidence in relation to osteopathic practice.
Evidence based practice has been defined as “the process of systematically finding, appraising and using contemporaneous research findings as the basis for clinical decisions” (Rosenberg & Donald 1995, p.1122). There are, however, difficulties inherent in basing...
The idea of Osteopod is to provide a space to slowly yet steadily critique and review studies which relate in some way to osteopathy.
Evidence production and gathering by osteopaths seems to be a slow process. Many osteopaths arent trained in reviewing evidence, quite a few arent really bothered either way and there’s very little funding for studies specifically into osteopathy.
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