The Effectiveness of Osteopathic Treatment in Perimenopause
Item
- Title
- The Effectiveness of Osteopathic Treatment in Perimenopause
- Author(s)
- Zanon Barbara
- Abstract
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Background: Many women aged between 45 and 55 experience a series of symptoms and
complaints associated with menopause, particularly during perimenopause. In the case of many
women, these conditions affect personal wellbeing and the general quality of life.
Key phrases: perimenopause, climacteric syndrome, change of life, menopause symptoms,
quality of life, osteopathic treatment.
Research Question: The objective of this study is to clarify whether specific osteopathic
treatment can alleviate symptoms and ailments associated with menopause and produce
significant or measurable improvements in the patient’s quality of life.
Relevance for the osteopathic approach: The osteopathic treatment of menopause symptoms is
of growing interest as it could represent a promising alternative (or complementary) treatment to
hormone replacement therapy.
Hypothesis: Targeted osteopathic treatment of typical symptoms occurring during
perimenopause can significantly or measurably alleviated these symptoms and improve the
patient’s general wellbeing (quality of life).
Methodology: Evaluating a study group and a control group that consist of 10 women each.
Inclusion criteria: women in perimenopause with typical symptoms. Exclusion criteria: hormone
therapies, therapies with hormone substitutes, surgery, illnesses.
Procedure: Recruitment of test persons with/through a gynaecologist. Procedure: Diagnosis and
evaluation of symptoms, followed by three sessions of osteopathic treatment in intervals of two
weeks. Second evaluation of symptoms and quality of life four weeks after final treatment.
Menopause symptoms and quality of life were evaluated through standardized questionnaires.
The results of the treatment group were compared to those of the control group.
Results: The symptoms of the treatment group clearly improved. A correlation to the quality of
life was not confirmed. Three out of four partial hypotheses derived from the working
hypothesis above were confirmed. Osteopathic treatment effectively alleviated complaints
associated with perimenopause while women without osteopathic treatment did not show
improved symptoms. - presented at
- Wiener Schule für Osteopathie
- Date Accepted
- 2007
- Date Submitted
- 1.3.2007 00:00:00
- Type
- osteo_thesis
- Language
- English
- Number of pages
- 91
- Submitted by:
- 62
- Pub-Identifier
- 13696
- Inst-Identifier
- 781
- Keywords
- Perimenopause
- Recommended
- 0
- Medium
- ZanonBarbara.pdf
- Item sets
- Thesis
- Media
- ZanonBarbara.pdf
Zanon Barbara, “The Effectiveness of Osteopathic Treatment in Perimenopause”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed October 31, 2025, https://www.osteopathicresearch.org/s/orw/item/2981