According to the reported findings, osteopathic manipulative treatment in patients with Parkinson's Disease was associated with reduced which of the following?

According to the reported findings, osteopathic manipulative treatment in patients with Parkinson's Disease was associated with reduced which of the following?

• A. Drug use
• B. Motor function decline
• C. Sleep disturbances
• D. Swallowing difficulties

Answer: (A)

Osteopathic manipulative treatment can improve musculoskeletal function and daily activity in Parkinson’s disease, which can lessen the overall symptom burden. When patients receive OMT and require fewer medications, it suggests their symptoms are being managed well enough to reduce the amount of pharmacologic therapy needed. This is why reduced drug use is the most fitting finding associated with OMT in this context. The other options—changes in motor decline, sleep disturbances, or swallowing difficulties—were not the outcomes highlighted by the reported findings, so they aren’t the associations emphasized here.

Osteopathic manipulative treatment can improve musculoskeletal function and daily activity in Parkinson’s disease, which can lessen the overall symptom burden. When patients receive OMT and require fewer medications, it suggests their symptoms are being managed well enough to reduce the amount of pharmacologic therapy needed. This is why reduced drug use is the most fitting finding associated with OMT in this context. The other options—changes in motor decline, sleep disturbances, or swallowing difficulties—were not the outcomes highlighted by the reported findings, so they aren’t the associations emphasized here.