Jerry Draper-Rodi

Health Sciences University & National Council for Osteopathic Research

Background: Chronic pain management is challenging. Those with chronic pain present to health professionals, including osteopaths. Methods: Secondary analysis of a cross-sectional survey of the Osteopathy Research Connect - New Zealand (ORC-NZ), a practice-based research network (PBRN). Demographic, practice, and treatment characteristics of ost...

Background The increasing prevalence of mental health disorders in the United Kingdom necessitates the exploration of novel treatment modalities. This study aimed to assess the feasibility and acceptability of conducting a randomised controlled trial (RCT) evaluating the efficacy of four osteopathic interventions on psychophysiological and mental h...

Introduction Manual therapy refers to a range of hands-on interventions used by various clinical professionals, such as osteopaths, osteopathic physicians, chiropractors, massage therapists, physiotherapists, and physical therapists, to treat patients experiencing pain. Objectives To present existing evidence of mechanisms and clinical effectivene...

Objectives: To describe the development of the NCOR Research Network, the first osteopathic Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN) in the UK, and provide data on its members' characteristics, clinical practices, and patient demographics. Design: Cross-sectional survey study. Setting: Online survey of osteopaths practising in the United Kingdom. Par...

Objectives: To describe the development of the NCOR Research Network, the first osteopathic Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN) in the UK, and provide data on its members' characteristics, clinical practices, and patient demographics. Design: Cross-sectional survey study. Setting: Online survey of osteopaths practising in the United Kingdom. Par...

Game-based simulation education is becoming an integral component in healthcare programs. It is defined as any educational activity implying simulation procedures to recreate clinical scenarios. Previous studies have shown that simulation can improve patient safety by enhancing healthcare providers' competencies. However, few studies have investiga...

Background: Infantile asymmetries of posture, movement and/or shape are common. Coincidence in the presentation of asymmetrical features can lead to a broad spectrum of descriptors. Evidence-based guidelines on prevention strategies are not currently available. The objective of this systematic review was to find, evaluate, and synthesise the availa...

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Background Individuals from minority groups have historically faced social injustices. Those from underrepresented groups have been less likely to access both healthcare services and higher education. Little is known about the experiences of underrepresented students during their undergraduate studies in osteopathy in the UK. The aim of this projec...

Background The Pain Attitudes and Beliefs Scale for Physiotherapists (PABS‐PT) questionnaire evaluates manual therapists' biomedical and biopsychosocial beliefs regarding the management of chronic low back pain. Its usage in clinical settings is an important step in the implementation of national guidelines and policies to improve patient managemen...

Background: The practice of osteopathy differs around the world. However, the dominant practice is that of manual therapy interventions guided by assessment of the neuromusculoskeletal system. Patient populations treated by osteopaths vary across the lifespan and include groups with more-nuanced care requirements such as those who are pregnant. The...

Si l’ostéopathie n’est assurément pas un mythe, il faut pourtant reconnaître que depuis sa création en 1874 certaines notions baroques sont encore largement diffusées à son sujet. L’ambition de cet ouvrage consiste précisément à appréhender certains de ces mythes afin de hisser la discipline à la hauteur des enjeux contemporains, sans toutefois che...

Background Individuals from minority groups have historically faced social injustices. Those from underrepresented groups have been less likely to access both healthcare services and higher education. Little is known about the experiences of underrepresented students during their undergraduate studies in osteopathy in the UK. The aim of this projec...

Objective: The aim of this systematic review was to update the current level of evidence for spinal manipulation in influencing various biochemical markers in healthy and/or symptomatic population. Methods: This is a systematic review update. Various databases were searched (inception till May 2023) and fifteen trials (737 participants) that met...

Introduction Mental health services are stretched in the UK and are in need of support. One approach that could improve mental health symptoms is osteopathy. Research suggests that osteopathy influences psychophysiological factors, which could lead to improvements in mental health. The first objective of this protocol is to investigate the feasibil...

Control interventions (often called “sham,” “placebo,” or “attention controls”) are essential for studying the efficacy or mechanism of physical, psychological, and self-management interventions in clinical trials. This article presents core recommendations for designing, conducting, and reporting control interventions to establish a quality standa...

Control interventions (often called “sham,” “placebo,” or “attention controls”) are essential for studying the efficacy or mechanism of physical, psychological, and self-management interventions in clinical trials. This article presents core recommendations for designing, conducting, and reporting control interventions to establish a quality standa...

The aim of this scoping review is to assess the extent and appraise the content of the literature regarding prevention of musculoskeletal pain or disability from patient-practitioner interactions in Chiropractic, Osteopathy and Physiotherapy(COP). This may inform clinical practice, education and the focus of future research projects.

The aim of this scoping review is to assess the extent and appraise the content of the literature regarding prevention of musculoskeletal pain or disability from patient-practitioner interactions in Chiropractic, Osteopathy and Physiotherapy(COP). This may inform clinical practice, education and the focus of future research projects.

The aim of this scoping review is to assess the extent and appraise the content of the literature regarding prevention of musculoskeletal pain or disability from patient-practitioner interactions in Chiropractic, Osteopathy and Physiotherapy(COP). This may inform clinical practice, education and the focus of future research projects.

The aim of this scoping review is to assess the extent and appraise the content of the literature regarding prevention of musculoskeletal pain or disability from patient-practitioner interactions in Chiropractic, Osteopathy and Physiotherapy(COP). This may inform clinical practice, education and the focus of future research projects.

Objective The objective of this scoping review is to chart and appraise the available evidence regarding osteopathic education. Introduction The extent and quality of the evidence regarding osteopathic education is not known. The available evidence mostly consists of small trials, qualitative interviews, cross-sectional surveys and conceptual comm...

Background Cervicogenic headache is a secondary headache, and manual therapy is one of the most common treatment choices for this and other types of headache. Nonetheless, recent guidelines on the management of cervicogenic headache underlined the lack of trials comparing manual and exercise therapy to sham or no-treatment controls. The main object...

Introduction While the placebo effect is increasingly recognised as a contributor to treatment effects in clinical practice, the nocebo and other undesirable effects are less well explored and likely underestimated. In the chiropractic, osteopathy and physiotherapy professions, some aspects of historical models of care may arguably increase the ris...

Introduction: Remote consultations through phone or video are gaining in importance for the treatment of musculoskeletal pain across a range of health care providers. However, there is a plethora of technical options for practitioners to choose from, and there are various challenges in the adaptation of clinical processes as well as several specia...

Blinding is challenging in randomised controlled trials of physical, psychological, and self-management therapies for pain, mainly because of their complex and participatory nature. To develop standards for the design, implementation, and reporting of control interventions in efficacy and mechanistic trials, a systematic overview of currently used...

Sham interventions in randomized clinical trials (RCTs) of physical, psychological, and self-management (PPS) therapies for pain are highly variable in design and believed to contribute to poor internal validity. However, it has not been formally tested whether the extent to which sham controls resemble the treatment under investigation consistentl...

Background Osteopathy requires reliable and valid research tools to generate evidence on the different aspects of practice including how practitioners approach the clinical care of patients. Such research will help the osteopathy profession understand its contribution to healthcare provision and communicate this to stakeholders. However, current qu...

Osteopaths are expected to keep up to date with research evidence relevant to their clinical practice and to integrate this knowledge with their own experience and their patients' values and preferences. One of the potential challenges when engaging with research is to make sense of it, to decide if it is trustworthy, and if it is applicable to the...

Background: There is a growing body of literature investigating the use of manual therapy to modulate pain through interoceptive pathways, but studies amongst the dancer population are lacking. Objectives: To investigate self-reported measures of interoceptive sensibility (IAs) in professional dancers living with or without pain, and to explore...

Background Headache disorders are highly prevalent worldwide. Many headache sufferers search for answers outside medical and pharmaceutical models. Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) including osteopathy are widely used by headache patients. Indeed 9% of patients consulting osteopaths do so for headaches. There is no existing assessment o...

The objective of this review was to chart, appraise and synthesise the available evidence regarding the experience of discrimination, bullying or harassment in undergraduate manual therapy (MT) education. We systematically searched 9 databases in accordance with our prospectively registered protocol (PROSPERO CRD42021249305). English language prima...

Contexte : Avec l’émergence de la pratique éclairée, les cliniciens s’engagent à donner du sens à la recherche, de décider si elle est digne de confiance et si elle est appli‐ cable à la nature complexe de leur pratique clinique. Ceci est rendu plus difficile par l’exposition croissante à la désin‐ formation (délibérée ou non) et aux extrapolations...

Background Practitioners’ fear-avoidance beliefs can influence positively or negatively therapeutic outcomes in their patients. This study reports pain knowledge and fear-avoidance beliefs of French osteopathy students and educators towards the management of chronic low back pain (cLBP). Methods An online cross-sectional survey was proposed to edu...

Les critiques légitimes de la communauté scientifique face aux modèles traditionnellement enseignés en ostéopathie ont récemment fait l’objet de nombreux projets de recherche. À travers une ouverture épistémologique, elles accélèrent la transition de la pratique vers une ostéopathie plus intégrative sous tendue par des nouveaux leviers biopsychosoc...

Background The biopsychosocial model is recommended in the management of non-specific low back pain but musculoskeletal practitioners can lack skills in assessing and managing patients using a biopsychosocial framework. Educational interventions have produced equivocal results. There is a need for an alternative educational tool to support practiti...

A current osteopathic tenet inherited from Native American principles involves viewing each person as a dynamic interaction of body-mind-spirit (BMS). Because of its traditional medicine heritage and current evidence-based approach, the osteopathic profession is, arguably, uniquely positioned to promote evidence-informed person-centered approaches...

Chronic back pain has been identified as one of the leading causes of disability in worldwide analysis and has remained one of the two main contributing factors to the global causes of disability for more than two decades. Practitioners’ attitudes and beliefs can trigger whether positive (placebo) or negative (nocebo) therapeutic outcomes in their...

Pragmatic randomised clinical trials aim to directly inform clinical or health policy decision-making. Here, we systematically review methods and design of pragmatic trials of pain therapies to examine methods, identify common challenges, and areas for improvement. Seven databases were searched for pragmatic randomised controlled clinical trials w...

Synopsis: Central sensitization is (i) increasingly interpreted as central nervous system hyperexcitability accounting for a general increase in sensitivity, and (ii) used to explain a variety of pain and non-pain symptoms. In this commentary, we argue that such a broad interpretation might not be clinically useful because it fails to distinguish...

The trusted role and professional standing that osteopaths have with their patients and within their wider communities requires that the information and messages they communicate are informed by and congruent with current evidence, public health guidance and scientific consensus. This expectation is even more critical during the covid-19 pandemic,...

Introduction: Remote consultations through phone or video are gaining in importance for the treatment of musculoskeletal pain across a range of health care providers. However, there is a plethora of technical options for practitioners to choose from, and there are various challenges in the adaptation of clinical processes as well as several specia...

Aim: To investigate for congenital muscular torticollis (CMT) and positional plagiocephaly (PP) the effectiveness and safety of manual therapy, repositioning and helmet therapy (PP only) using a systematic review of systematic reviews and national guidelines. Methods: We searched four major relevant databases: PubMed, Embase, Cochrane and MANTIS...

The value of incorporating research evidence into clinical practice is in part, to help acknowledge, accept and manage uncertainties. The urgency related to the Covid-19 pandemic has changed usual publication process and information sharing. The rapid knowledge exchange between theory, research and clinical recommendation has occurred with the hope...

Zusammenfassung Religion und Spiritualität stehen in Zusammenhang mit Überzeugungen und Verhaltensweisen, die unmittelbar die Lebensqualität und die Gesundheit beeinflussen. Dennoch werden R/S-Dimensionen bei der muskuloskelettalen (MSK) Arbeit nicht beachtet. Grundlegende R/S-Dimensionen in die therapeutische Beziehung zu integrieren, könnte die B...

Background This study aimed to measure the impact of different revision materials developed for osteopathy students, by studying their results, their perceptions and their behaviour when revising for exams. Methods A cohort of 68 s-year osteopathic students was allocated to three groups (pseudo-randomisation), each group being separately taught th...

We were delighted to read Esteves et al.’s editorial and the responses it has sparked regarding the evolution of osteopathy, osteopathic education and research development. Numerous differences exist in osteopathic practice and education all around the world partly due to differing legal recognition and professional statutes. The debate requires th...

Zusammenfassung Religiöse und spirituelle (R/S) Dimensionen anzusprechen, mag für Patienten und Therapeuten unangenehm sein, da es sich um sehr persönliche Überzeugungen in Bezug auf die eigene Existenz handelt. Sie unterscheiden sich je nach Region und Kultur und werden normalerweise in der therapeutischen Situation nicht mitgeteilt. Religion und...

Objective To conduct a systematic review of systematic reviews and national guidelines to assess the effectiveness of four treatment approaches (manual therapy, probiotics, proton pump inhibitors and simethicone) on colic symptoms including infant crying time, sleep distress and adverse events. Methods We searched PubMed, Embase, Cochrane and Mant...

The purpose of the current commentary was to document how Native American healing traditions may have influenced A.T. Still in the development of osteopathic principles and how current neuroscience models describing shamanic healing practices of Native American healers may have applicability for osteopathic manipulative practices. Recent materials...

Addressing religion and spirituality (R/S) dimensions may be uncomfortable for patients and practitioners because they refer to intimate beliefs about existence, vary across the globe and cultures, and are not routinely shared in the modern therapeutic scenario. Often, R/S dimensions are overlooked in musculoskeletal (MSK) practice despite associat...

AIMS: Circus is a physically demanding profession, but injury and help-seeking rates tend to be low. This qualitative interview study explored the perceptions and beliefs about injury and help-seeking of circus artists. METHODS: Ten professional circus artists (5 males, 5 females; mean age 33 yrs, range 27-42) were enrolled. Individual, semi-struct...

Objectives: The aim of this study was to explore University College of Osteopathy (UCO)students' attitudes, beliefs and opinions towards psychosocial (PS) factors when treating patients presenting with non-specific low back pain (NSLBP). Methods: A qualitative research design with elements of grounded theory was used. Nine final year UCO students w...

L'approche ostéopathique de la tête a été fondée, dès son origine, sur un modèle biomécanique qui se re-trouve aujourd'hui largement controversé. La nécessité de concilier la pratique ostéopathique avec les preuves disponibles, ainsi que l'esprit critique que nous attendons de la part de nos étudiants, ne sont plus compatibles avec l'ostéopathie cr...

Guidelines recommend the biopsychosocial (BPS) model for managing non-specific low back pain (NSLBP) but the best method for teaching the BPS model is unclear. Printed material and face-to-face learning have limited effects on practitioners’ attitudes to back pain. An alternative way is needed and e-learning is a promising option. E-learning is bec...

BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT: E-learning is becoming an important part of teaching but no clear guidelines on how to develop and test e-learning programmes are yet available to the osteopathic profession. The aim of this presentation is to provide tools to OEIs to further implement the use of e-learning. Use of printed educational material and face-to-fa...

Background and context: Low back pain (LBP) is the most common symptom encountered by osteopaths in the UK and affects a third of the UK population each year. Guidelines recommend using the biopsychosocial (BPS) model for non-specific LBP but it remains unclear what the BPS model actually is and how it applies in osteopathy. Defining the BPS model...

i: Background: Low back pain (LBP) is the most common symptom encountered by osteopaths in the UK and affects a third of the UK population each year. Guidelines recommend using the biopsychosocial (BPS) model for non-specific LBP but it remains unclear what the BPS model actually is and how it applies in osteopathy. The aim of this study was to def...

INTRODUCTION Non-specific low back pain (NSLBP) affects a third of the UK population each year, and is the most common symptom that osteopaths encounter. Guidelines recommend the use of the biopsychosocial (BPS) model. Face-to-face intervention is unsuccessful for teaching the BPS model to healthcare practitioners creating a need for an alternative...