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The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association August 2016 | Vol 116 | No. 8536
Richard J. Snow, DO, MPH,
served as chair of the
Task Force on the Low
Back Pain Clinical Practice
Guidelines. Additional
Task Force members were
Michael A. Seffinger, DO;
Kendi L. Hensel, DO, PhD;
and Rodney Wiseman, DO.
Disclaimer:
Drs Seffinger and Hensel,
JAOA associate editors,
were not involved in the
editorial review or decision to
publish these guidelines.
Financial Disclosures:
None reported.
Support: American
Osteopathic Association.
Address correspondence to
the AOA Department
of Research,
142 E Ontario St,
Chicago, IL 60613-2864.
E-mail:
research@osteopathic.org
Submitted
May 19, 2016;
accepted
May 20, 2016.
American Osteopathic Association Guidelines
for Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment
(OMT) for Patients With Low Back Pain
Task Force on the Low Back Pain Clinical Practice Guidelines
Background: Osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) is a distinctive modality
commonly used by osteopathic physicians to complement conventional management
of musculoskeletal disorders, including those that cause low back pain (LBP). Osteo-
pathic manipulative treatment is defined in the Glossary of Osteopathic Terminology
as “The therapeutic application of manually guided forces by an osteopathic physician
(U.S. Usage) to improve physiologic function and/or support homeostasis that has
been altered by somatic dysfunction. OMT employs a variety of techniques” (eAp-
pendix). Somatic dysfunction is defined as “Impaired or altered function of related
components of the somatic (body framework) system: skeletal, arthrodial and myo-
fascial structures, and their related vascular, lymphatic, and neural elements. Somatic
dysfunction is treatable using osteopathic manipulative treatment.”
These guidelines update the AOA guidelines for osteopathic physicians to utilize OMT
for patients with nonspecific acute or chronic LBP p
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