Dear Colleague:
The SOT Quarterly Research Update is
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sacro occipital technique (SOT) aware of the latest research related
events, papers, and concepts affecting our practices. Please contact me
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Diabetes breakthrough: Toronto scientists cure disease
in mice
Tom Blackwell: National Post • Friday, December 15, 2006
In a discovery that has stunned even those behind it,
scientists at a Toronto hospital say they have proof the body's nervous
system helps trigger diabetes, opening the door to a potential
near-cure of the disease that affects millions of Canadians.
Diabetic mice became healthy virtually overnight after
researchers injected a substance to counteract the effect of
malfunctioning pain neurons in the pancreas.
The researchers caution they have yet to confirm their
findings in people, but say they expect results from human studies
within a year or so. Any treatment that may emerge to help at least
some patients would likely be years away from hitting the market.
Their conclusions upset conventional wisdom that Type 1
diabetes, the most serious form of the illness that typically first
appears in childhood, was solely caused by auto-immune responses -- the
body's immune system turning on itself.
They also conclude that there are far more similarities than
previously thought between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, and that nerves
likely play a role in other chronic inflammatory conditions, such as
asthma and Crohn's disease.
The "paradigm-changing" study opens "a novel, exciting door
to address one of the diseases with large societal impact," said Dr.
Christian Stohler, a leading U.S. pain specialist and dean of dentistry
at the University of Maryland, who has reviewed the work. "The
treatment and diagnosis of neuropathic diseases is poised to take a
dramatic leap forward because of the impressive research."
Is
Diabetes Caused by Painful Neurons in the Pancreas? • For
Full Article Click Here
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The organisation of the stress response, and its
relevance to chiropractors
Hardy K, Pollard H
The stress response is a natural reaction by the body,
against potentially harmful stimuli to enhance the chance for survival.
Persistent activation of the stress response can cause changes to
homeostatic mechanisms.
The study of stress neurophysiology, in the evaluation of
the manifestation of disease in the body, suggests that these chronic
changes have detrimental effects on sub cortical structures.
Furthermore, there is much scientific support for the notion that
chronic activation of supraspinal systems will lead to maladaptation of
homeostatic mechanisms, causing the impairment of processes within the
body, and ultimately leading to visceral disorders.
The chiropractic profession for many years has alluded to
chronic change of neurophysiological pathways as a potential
explanation of visceral disorders, but the profession has typically
described these in terms of somatovisceral or viscerosomatic reflex
activity. Change in supraspinal neurophysiological efferent activity is
increasingly being used to explain "stress" related disease.
The chiropractic profession should consider investigating
such stress responses by conducting spinal manipulative therapy trials
that evaluate supraspinal effects of manipulation. Such research may
help elucidate key mechanisms associated with the change of visceral
disorders noted by some chiropractors following manipulative therapy.
Chiropractic
& Osteopathy 2006, 14:25. • For Full Text Article Click Here
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Interexaminer Reliability of Three Methods of Combining Test
Results to Determine Side of Sacral Restriction, Sacral Base Position,
and Innominate Bone Position
Tong HC, Heyman OG, Lado DA, Isser MM
Context: Sacroiliac joint dysfunction is diagnosed based on
the combined results of several palpatory examinations. Previous
studies have compared the interexaminer reliability of only one of
these methods of diagnosis.
Objective: To compare the interexaminer reliability of three
methods of combining palpatory examinations to determine the side of
sacroiliac joint dysfunction, sacral base position, and innominate bone
position.
Design: Blinded single-cohort reliability study.
Methods: Patients with low back pain underwent two identical
sets of palpatory examinations given by two physicians, separately, at
a university spine center. The results of each set were compiled and
interpreted by three methods: using the test result with the highest
interexaminer reliability (method 1), requiring at least one test
result to be abnormal for the variable to be abnormal (method 2), and
requiring all test results to be abnormal for the variable to be
abnormal (method 3). The was calculated for each method.
Results: There were 24 subjects (mean age, 68.3 years), of
which 15 (62%) were women. The was consistently higher with method 1,
at 0.47, 0.08, and 0.32 for the sacral position, innominate bone
position, and side of sacroiliac joint dysfunction, respectively.
Corresponding values for method 2 were 0.09, 0.4, and 0.16, and for
method 3 were 0.16, 0.1, and -0.33.
Conclusion: Using the results of the most reliable
examination consistently has the best interexaminer reliability.
Journal
of American Osteopathic Association, Aug 2006; 106(8): 464-468. •
For Full Text Article Click Here
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Sacro Occipital Technique
Organization - USA is a non-profit, professional organization formed to
promote the awareness, understanding and utilization of the Sacro
Occipital Technique method of chiropractic as founded and developed by
Dr. Major Bertrand DeJarnette. Future research updates will include
information regarding research conference highlights, recent SOT
related articles published in our peer review literature, and any other
pertinent information for those interested in SOT and patient
healthcare.
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