The endogenous oxytocin after manipulative osteopathic treatment in full-term pregnant women

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to assess whether the touch of osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) can affect the endogenous production of oxytocin in full-term pregnant women and the assessment of well-being following the treatment.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: In this study have been enrolled 57 pregnant women at full-term pregnancy (37th-41st week) for evaluation of the concentration of salivary oxytocin 2 minutes before and 2 minutes after a single session of OMT by an osteopath lasting for 30 minutes. Pre-OMT and post-OMT saliva samples were collected with the use of Salivette® salivary swabs. 7 salivary swabs were excluded from the analysis. 50 samples were analyzed with an appropriate ELISA kit.

RESULTS: The mean OT salivary concentration pre-OMT was 89.98±16.39, and post-OMT was 100.60±19.13 tends to increase with p=0.0000051. In multivariate analysis, two subgroups show interesting data in the mean difference in OT salivary concentration post-OMT: women with painful contractions (p=0.06) and women under 35 years (p=0.09).

CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study demonstrate that the effectiveness of OMT-increasing endogenous oxytocin is statistically significant in full-term pregnant women. The sensation of well-being found in most women indicates that there has been a predominantly central rather than peripheral oxytocin release after OMT.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:28

Enthalten in:

European review for medical and pharmacological sciences - 28(2024), 3 vom: 20. Feb., Seite 1155-1162

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ragusa, A [VerfasserIn]
Svelato, A [VerfasserIn]
Fogolari, M [VerfasserIn]
Ficarola, F [VerfasserIn]
Plotti, F [VerfasserIn]
De Luca, C [VerfasserIn]
D'Avino, S [VerfasserIn]
Davini, F [VerfasserIn]
De Cesaris, M [VerfasserIn]
Messina, G [VerfasserIn]
Bertolini, A [VerfasserIn]
Marci, R [VerfasserIn]
Angeletti, S [VerfasserIn]
Angioli, R [VerfasserIn]
Terranova, C [VerfasserIn]

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50-56-6
Journal Article
Oxytocin

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Date Completed 21.02.2024

Date Revised 27.03.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.26355/eurrev_202402_35354

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM36865785X