A clinical study by Gerdes (2013) – Osteopathie Schule Deutschland – investigated and compared the effectiveness of general osteopathic treatment (AoB), osteopathic visceral treatment (RvB), and a control group without treatment. Participants were female patients with lower back pain (LBP) and recurrent urinary tract infections (>3 times per year). The study demonstrated that pain improved in all groups; the AoB and RvB groups showed a marked to significant increase in the pressure pain threshold at almost all points examined.
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Methods: 44 female patients with physician-diagnosed chronic lumbar back pain and non-acute recurrent lower/upper urinary tract infections (>3 times per year) were randomized into three groups (general osteopathic treatment: AoB = 0, purely visceral treatment RvB = 1, control group KG = 2). The measurement parameters were pain (VAS), the pressure pain threshold (psoas muscle, renal fascia, erector trunci (L1), dorsal and lateral iliac crest point) measured using an algometer, and temperature measured using a pyrometer. In addition, laboratory values for creatinine and urea were determined. The data were presented and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: In all groups, pain improved; the AoB and RvB groups showed a marked to significant increase in the pressure pain threshold at almost all points, except in the control group.
