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ArticleNeurotrauma reports2022

Osteopathy in the Cranial Field as a Method to Enhance Brain Injury Recovery: A Preliminary Study.

Michelle Dickerson, Susan Murphy, Natalie Hyppolite, Per Gunnar Brolinson, Pamela VandeVord

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Article in Neurotrauma reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Michelle DickersonBiomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
Susan MurphyBiomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
Natalie HyppoliteEdward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
Per Gunnar BrolinsonEdward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
Pamela VandeVordBiomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine · USVirginia Tech · USSalem VA Medical Center · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The clinical burden of traumatic brain injury (TBI) continues to grow worldwide, with patients often developing chronic neurological, behavorial, and cognitive deficits. Treatment and management strategies remain a key challenge, given that they target the symptoms and not the underlying pathological response. To advance pre-clinical research and therapeutic developments, there is a need to study treatment strategies that improve brain injury recovery. Cranial osteopathic manipulative medicine (cOMM) is a non-invasive and non-pharmacological strategy that has been shown to improve quality of life for several medical conditions and injuries, and may be able to treat TBI and reduce subsequent symptoms. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the neurobiological effect of cOMM on the injury response and its potential to alleviate symptoms. We investigated the ability of cOMM to enhance fluid transport by quantifying fluorescent tracer clearance throughout the brain. Further, using an

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anxietyastrocytesblast injurycOMMmicrogliaTBI

Identifiers

PMID36337078
PMCPMC9622209
OpenAlexW4307719809

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