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Permalink Reply by Hume O'Rous on January 25, 2012 at 10:54pm

Have you checked out the discussion The Facilitated Segment–Fact or Fiction?......

that has been running since last August? It covers just this very material. Why don't you give your own opinion, and tell us if you reckon the FS is just a physiological mirage or something more tangible and clinically valid?

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Permalink Reply by Michael Kuchera_DO on January 26, 2012 at 10:07am

The most recent exploration in an international forum was recently published in a quality textbook based on on work by the top basic science researchers and clinical researchers in the area of Manual Therapy and Manual Medicine (MT/MM).  It was based upon the international, interdiscipinary research symposium presented in Texas March 31-Apr 1, 2008 entitled, "Delineating the Evidence Base for Somato-Visceral Interactions and Autonomic Mechanisms of Manual Therapy." (Part of the Osteopathic Collaborative Clinical Trials Initiatives Conference (OCCTIC) series).

The text is: King HH, Wilfrid Janig W, Patterson MM (eds).  The Science and Clinical Application of Manual Therapy. Edinburgh ; New York : Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier, 2011.   (http://bookshop.blackwell.co.uk/jsp/id/The_Science_and_Clinical_App... )

Also, still-relevant texts/articles of interest from the research perspective are: 

Patterson MM, Howell JN (eds). The Central Connection: Somatovisceral/ Viscerosomatic Interaction. Indianapolis, IN: American Academy of Osteopathic Medicine, 1992.

Gwirtz PA, Dickey J, Vick D, Williams MA, Foresman B: Viscerosomatic interaction induced by myocardial ischemia in conscious dogs.  J Appl Physiol 2007, 103(2):511-517

Beal MC: Viscerosomatic reflexes: a review. J Am Osteopath Assoc 1985, 85(12):786-801

A S Nicholas, D A DeBias, W Ehrenfeuchter, K M England, R W England, C H Greene, D Heilig, and M Kirschbaum. A somatic component to myocardial infarction. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed). 1985 July 6; 291(6487): 13–17. 

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Permalink Reply by Ronan O'Brien on January 26, 2012 at 5:35pm

Thanks Dr Mike! Those are some very useful resources you have shared. Another muser, Hume O'Rous reviewed The Science and Clinical Application of Manual Therapy and concluded " If you only purchase one textbook this year, it would probably have to be this one." High praise.

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Permalink Reply by Petra on January 26, 2012 at 6:09pm

Thanks for the suggestions and great list :) Only one I haven't as yet encountered. I will check it out.

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