Hello everyone and welcome to our twelfth episode of the OMM Research Podcast!

Our panelists for this episode are Dr. Stephen Stacey and Dr. Alfred Amendolara.

In this episode, we are an article titled “Osteopathic manipulative treatment vs. standard therapy in the management of acute neck and low back pain in the emergency department” by Hochman et al. published in the Journal of Osteopathic Medicine. The article can be viewed at this link: https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/jom-2024-0183/html

We are also looking at an article titled “Gatekeepers in primary care – a qualitative study on manual therapists’ role in triaging patients with back and neck pain” by Axén et al. published in BMC Health Services Research. The article can be viewed at this link: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12560454/

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