Regards ‘What is wrong with osteopathy’ Oliver P Thomson, Andrew MacMillan, IJOM, 13th March 2023

I am in agreement with Oliver P Thomson, the co-author of “What's wrong with osteopathy?“, in his ‘low confidence’ in the findings of his own systematic review [1], upon which the article's premiss ‘that osteopaths are working within a biomedical model’ is based. The reasons we both have ‘low confidence’ in the review's findings are, as giv en in the review itself: because two pieces of research included in it were undertaken by one of the authors of the review; out of the six pieces of research chosen (out of a pool of 549 possible articles) one did not include registered osteopaths but rather non-registered undergraduates; all the qu alitative research included in the review was undertaken in one academic institution; there were only two pieces of quantitative research used.
Source: International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine - Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Source Type: research