{"id":13837,"date":"2024-09-16T18:10:34","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T16:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/osteopathie-liem.de\/geriatric-osteopathy-treat-the-ankle\/"},"modified":"2024-09-16T18:10:34","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T16:10:34","slug":"geriatric-osteopathy-treat-the-ankle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/osteopathie-liem.de\/en\/geriatric-osteopathy-treat-the-ankle\/","title":{"rendered":"Geriatric Osteopathy: Treat the ankle!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Geriatric Osteopathy: Treat the ankle!<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A systematic review and meta-analysis from 2024 shows that Manual therapy is an effective approach to increase ankle range of motion and improve balance in older adults (focus were on participants over 60 years old).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The study found that manual therapy effectively increased ankle range of motion by 11.3 degrees and improved stability measures such as monopodal stability and static balance.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Further research is needed to understand the impact of dosage parameters.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The study faced limitations such as heterogeneity in intervention designs, limited quantitative synthesis for static balance, and potential biases in outcome measurements.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Clinical Practice Insights for Osteopaths<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OMT can effectively increase ankle range of motion in older adults, enhancing stability.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Greater treatment frequency may lead to better balance and ankle range of motion improvements.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Improvements are more pronounced in stability measures rather than dynamic balance.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consider individualizing treatment parameters.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hern\u00e1ndez-Guill\u00e9n, D., Garc\u00eda-Gomariz, C., Roig-Casas\u00fas, S., D\u00edaz-D\u00edaz, B., Dom\u00ednguez-Navarro, F., P\u00e9rez-Maletzki, J., &amp; Blasco, J.-M. (n.d.). Efficacy of ankle mobilization on postural control in older people: A systematic review with meta-analysis.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This systematic review and meta-analysis highlights the effectiveness of manual therapy in improving ankle range of motion and stability among older adults.<br \/>\nAn average increase of 11.3 degrees in ankle mobility and enhancements in monopodal and static balance were observed.<br \/>\nWhile the study supports the use of manual therapy, it emphasizes the need for further research on dosage parameters and calls for individualized treatment approaches in clinical practice to optimize outcomes for older patients.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13838,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"iawp_total_views":42,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-osteopathy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/osteopathie-liem.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/osteopathie-liem.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/osteopathie-liem.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osteopathie-liem.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osteopathie-liem.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/osteopathie-liem.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osteopathie-liem.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/osteopathie-liem.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osteopathie-liem.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osteopathie-liem.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}