CORPP wants to create within Europe an osteopathic movement for the benefit of scientific research within osteopathic medicine and for the benefit of osteopathic practice, with special emphasis on the mutual relationship between research and practice.

Selected fascial aspects of osteopathic practice
Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies
Fascia is a connective tissue organized as a three-dimensional network that surrounds, supports, suspends, protects, connects and divides muscular, skeletal and visceral components of the body. Studies suggest that fascia reorganizes itself along the lines of tension imposed or expressed in the body, and in ways that may cause repercussions to fascial restriction that are body-wide. This may potentially create stress on any structures enveloped by fascia itself, with consequent mechanical and physiological effects. From an osteopathic perspective, fascial techniques aim to release such tensions, decrease pain and restore function ... ABSTRACT

Manual therapy for chronic obstructive airways disease: A systematic review of current evidence
Manual Therapy Journal
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a growing global problem. Despite mounting evidence of significant co morbidity including musculoskeletal changes, evidenced based non pharmacological management approaches are limited to smoking cessation and pulmonary rehabilitation. Existing evidence suggests manual therapy may be beneficial in the management of COPD ... ABSTRACT  

Combined manual therapy techniques for the treatment of women with infertility
The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association
Current management options for infertility, including hormone therapy, intrauterine insemination and in vitro fertilization, tend to be expensive, are not necessarily covered by insurance, and carry different levels of short-term and long-term health risks. Many of the issues that contribute to infertility can be traced to scar tissue, fascial restriction, and lymphatic congestion in the pelvic region. Manual therapy techniques exist to release fascial restrictions, to mobilize tight ligaments, and to drain congested lymphatics, all of which can be applied to the reproductive system ... ABSTRACT

The basis for spinal manipulation: Chiropractic perspective of indications and theory
Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology
It is reasonable to think that patients responding to spinal manipulation (SM), a mechanically based therapy, would have mechanical derangement of the spine as a critical causal component in the mechanism of their condition. Consequently, SM practitioners routinely assess intervertebral motion, and treat patients on the basis of those assessments. In chiropractic practice, the vertebral subluxation has been the historical raison d'etre for SM. Vertebral subluxation is a biomechanical spine derangement thought to produce clinically significant effects by disturbing neurological function. This paper reviews the putative mechanical features of the subluxation and three theories that form the foundation for much of chiropractic practice ... ABSTRACT

Mechanistic basis of manual therapy in myofascial injuries. Sonoelastographic evolution control
Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies
The term myofascia is referred to the skeleton of muscle fibers organized as an interconnected 3-D network that surrounds and connects the musculoskeletal system. In this article, the authors highlight the action of "non-contractile" structures, in particular the myofascial system or muscle fascia, which can be responsible for the pathophysiology and healing process of muscular injuries. Manual therapy plays a predominant role in the treatment of these types of injuries and is key in the process of obtaining a scar capable of transmitting mechanical information ... ABSTRACT

Die Identität der Osteopathie in Europa
Osteopathische Medizin
In the USA an identity crisis of the osteopaths D.O. is self-evident and has been sociologically studied. Currently several authors argue an identity crisis of osteopathy also in Europe. The following article is based on a systematic, historical and comparative literature analysis. Different factors of the identity crisis are considered, such as the non-existence of licensing regulations, resulting in a fractionalization of osteopathy and its scope of practice. Finally, the central role of osteopathic education in the development of the identity crisis of osteopathy is being discussed.

From distinct to indistinct, the life cycle of a medical heresy. Is osteopathic distinctiveness an anachronism?
The International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine
Osteopathy began life as a medical heresy. In the USA, osteopathy embraced medicine and surgery, with an inevitable diminution of distinctiveness. Osteopaths elsewhere practice in much the same way as a century ago. Limited to manual intervention, categorised as ‘allied’, ‘complementary’ or ‘alternative’, distinctiveness is now diminished by similarity with other professional groups .. To manifest both distinctiveness and professional visibility, determined engagement with science (the evidence), and with other communities whether in clinical practice or in the basic sciences is now imperative. Marginalisation through progressive irrelevance is a poor alternative ... ABSTRACT

Osteopathy in Cardiac Rehabilitation (OSTinCARE)
Effect of Osteopathy on Pulmonary Function in Patients After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is performed worldwide. Several studies have found that there is a decrease in pulmonary function, loss of thoracic mobility and a high prevalence of chronic poststernotomy pain (CPSP) after CABG. So far there is no effective treatment for these conditions. The OstinCare study aims to investigate whether osteopathy has an added value in the treatment of these patients ... MORE

Osteopathy in the Benelux: state of the art
This survey about the state of the art of osteopathy will be carried out next month in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxemburg .. MORE