Affiliation:
1. Eurasian Institute of Osteopathic Medicine; Clinic «Eurasian Institute of Osteopathic Medicine»
2. Ministry of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic
3. «Osteoclinic» LLC
Abstract
Introduction. Currently, there is a trend towards an increase in the number of elderly people all over the world. The increase in life expectancy is caused by medical and scientifi c progress and by the quality of the social security service. However disability, illness, weakening of family and social ties, decreased capacity in almost all areas, make the lives of elderly people bleak. Therefore, the search of new developments for improving the life quality of this people category remains actual. Osteopathic treatment can be one of the non-drug, sanogenic methods.The aim of the study is to investigate the impact of general osteopathic treatment in life quality of elderly people.Materials and methods. The study was conducted at the Clinic of the Eurasian Institute of Osteopathic Medicine from January to May 2021. There were examined 30 people over the age of 60. The studied patients were divided into 2 groups of 15 people. The main group received general osteopathic treatment for 3 weeks with a frequency of once every 7 days. The control group received a complex of physical therapy for 3 weeks, for 30 minutes daily. All patients of both groups underwent an osteopathic examination before and after the study with the formation of an osteopathic conclusion, the life quality indicators were evaluated, and saturation was measured.Results. During the general osteopathic treatment in the elderly patients of the main group, there was detected a decrease in the number of regional and local somatic dysfunctions. Reliably signifi cant changes were found in the life quality indicators according to the SF-36 questionnaire, as well as in the saturation of arterial blood hemoglobin by oxygen (according to the results of pulse oximetry). Among patients of the control group, there were detected signifi cantly less signifi cant changes in these indicators.Conclusion. General osteopathic treatment can improve individual indicators of the life quality of elderly people, reduce the number of somatic dysfunctions, and increase blood oxygenation.
Publisher
The Institute of the Osteopathy and Holistic Medicine
Subject
Complementary and Manual Therapy,Complementary and alternative medicine,Medicine (miscellaneous)
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