LAPUCCI , Caterina

Rational and Objectives In 2015, the Institute of Medicine described the need to study the phenomenon of misdiagnosis as a "moral, professional, and public health imperative". Despite the periodic updates of diagnostic criteria for MS, the risk of diagnosing as having MS patients with other disease involving the Central Nervous System (CNS)...

Context: Research on the effect of osteopathic manipulative therapy (OMTh; manipulative care provided by foreign-trained osteopaths) on chronic symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS) is lacking. Objective: To evaluate the effect of OMTh on chronic symptoms of MS. Methods: Patients with MS who were evaluated at the neurology clinic at Genoa...