title: Stress reduction with osteopathy assessed with GDV electrophotonic imaging: effects of osteopathy treatment.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study is to explore how osteopathy treatments influence certain measurable aspects of the human biofield; namely, various calculated parameters of finger corona discharge patterns produced by high-voltage electrophotography.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Gas Discharge Visualization camera was used to assess subjects before and after osteopathy treatment. Thirty-three (33) apparently healthy adults (20-56 years old) took part in the study. The patterns of light emitted from the subjects' fingertips were digitally recorded and computer analyzed. Parameters including normalized area, brightness, and right- and left-hand integrals were calculated and statistically compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Most of the recipients of these osteopathic treatments experienced increase in fingertip florescence area and average intensity, reduction in stress levels, and improved blood pressure measurements. With all of these parameters simultaneously improving, the patients received a good benefit from these sessions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Virtually all subjects were in a good mood after treatment. Many of them had pain and muscle tension that disappeared. These changes were reflected in all parameters analyzed, in both psychosomatic and somatic states. Thus, osteopathic manipulations as administered in these two studies provide good, lasting relaxation. This study also provides the interesting observation that daily relaxation practices done by Dr. Paoletti enable him to work hard without additional stress.
authors.affiliation: Saint Petersburg Federal Research Institute of Physical Culture, St. Petersburg, Russia. Korotkov2000@gmail.com
authors.forename: Konstantin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Korotkov
authors.forename: Oleg
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Shelkov
authors.forename: Anatoliy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shevtsov
authors.forename: Dmitriy
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mohov
authors.forename: Serge
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Paoletti
authors.forename: Dmitriy
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mirosnichenko
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Labkovskaya
authors.forename: Lucy
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Robertson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D055592:Biophysical Phenomena; D001794:Blood Pressure; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers; D005453:Fluorescence; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D026301:Manipulation, Osteopathic; D008875:Middle Aged; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D010021:Osteopathic Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D010146:Pain; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000628:therapy*; D055815:Young Adult