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Assessment of the Efficacy of An Osteopathic Treatment in Infants with Biomechanical Impairments to Suckling
Published on: February 5, 2019
Manual medicine - osteopathy in France organization - education - fields of expertise
P Vautravers1, M E Isner, C Blaes
1Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University Hospital, CHU Hautepierre, Strasbourg, France. Philippe.vautravers@chru-strasbourg.fr
Abstract:
Manual medicine-osteopathy (MMO) is of keen interest among young doctors, generalists and specialists alike. Through a discerning semiological approach, MMO allows non-pharmaceutical physical treatments to be proposed for many musculoskeletal pathologies. In March 2007, some manual therapies (e.g., osteopathy), until then the exclusive preserve of physicians, were recognized in France as a part of the field of professional expertise of non-physicians. This new opening of the manual medicine profession must make non-physicians and physicians aware of their responsibilities.
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