AOA-OMED Research Posters 2024-OMED24-POSTERS

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Jennifer Kackelmeyer and Ryan Witzak, OMS 3 students at Lee Common Elmira, conducted a study to examine the effects of suboccipital release, an osteopathic manipulative treatment, on cardiac control in healthy adults, particularly focusing on the vagus nerve and QT interval variability. They enrolled 21 medical students, conducting a prospective crossover, single-blinded study involving sham and actual treatments. Results showed statistically significant changes, indicating increased QT variability with suboccipital release, suggesting its potential therapeutic implications for arrhythmia through enhanced parasympathetic activity. Future research aims to explore these findings with larger, diverse samples.

Keywords

suboccipital release

osteopathic manipulative treatment

QT interval variability

vagus nerve

cardiac control