Abstract
I am in agreement with Oliver P Thomson, the co-author of “What's wrong with osteopathy?“, in his ‘low confidence’ in the findings of his own systematic review [ [1] Sampath K.K. et al. Barriers and facilitators experienced by osteopaths in implementing a biopsychosocial (BPS) framework of care when managing people with musculoskeletal pain - a mixed methods systematic review. BMC Health Serv Res. 2021; 21: 695 Crossref PubMed Scopus (4) Google Scholar ], upon which the article's premiss ‘that osteopaths are working within a biomedical model’ is based. The reasons we both have ‘low confidence’ in the review's findings are, as given in the review itself: because two pieces of research included in it were undertaken by one of the authors of the review; out of the six pieces of research chosen (out of a pool of 549 possible articles) one did not include registered osteopaths but rather non-registered undergraduates; all the qualitative research included in the review was undertaken in one academic institution; there were only two pieces of quantitative research used.
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