RT journal article
T1 Effects of Osteopathic T9-T10 Vertebral Manipulation in Tonsillitis: A Randomized Clinical Trial
A1 Luceño-Mardones, Agustín
A1 Luceño-Rodríguez, Irene
A1 Rodríguez-López, Elena Sonsoles
A1 Oliva-Pascual-Vaca, Jesús
A1 Rosety Rodríguez, Ignacio
A1 Oliva-Pascual-Vaca, Ángel
A2 Anatomía y Embriología Humana
K1 tonsillitis
K1 osteopathy
K1 manual therapy
K1 physical therapy
K1 spinal manipulation
K1 OMT
K1 otorhinolaryngology
K1 otolaryngology
K1 tonsillectomy
AB This study aimed to determine whether osteopathic manipulation of the T9-T10 vertebrae improves the evolution of tonsillitis. A randomized, stratified, controlled clinical trial with blinded patients, evaluator and data analyst was performed. The patients in the control group (CG) underwent a "sham" manipulation. A high-speed, low-amplitude technique was applied to the T9-T10 vertebrae in the osteopathic manipulative group (OMG) patients. The number of days needed to resolve the tonsillitis was significantly lower (p = 0.025) in the OMG (2.03 +/- 0.95 days) than the CG (2.39 +/- 0.82 days). Additionally, the number of episodes of tonsillitis after the treatment decreased significantly more in the OMG (0.8 +/- 1.88 episodes/year in total) than the CG (2 +/- 2.12) (p = 0.005). In the OMG, 60.8% had no recurrences of tonsillitis, compared to 22.5% of the CG, in the following year (chi(2) (1) = 15.57, p < 0.001). No patients reported adverse effects. It has been concluded that during an episode of tonsillitis, the number of days to resolution was significantly lower after the application of an osteopathic manipulation of the T9-T10 vertebrae, compared to a sham manipulation. The number of subsequent year tonsillitis episodes was greatly reduced in both groups, significantly more in the OMG than in the CG patients.
PB MDPI
SN 2227-9032
YR 2021
FD 2021-04
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/24942
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/24942
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 08-nov-2026