Does Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) have an Effect in the Treatment of Patients Suffering from Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)? : Table 4

Table 4: Subjectively reported effects and a reduction in the number of GERD symptoms during the osteopathic treatment, related to posture.

Variable	Response	Posture				Total
Variable	Response	Normal	Thoracic	Reduced extension	Thoracic & Red. Ext.	Total
Treatment effect	None	0	0	0	1	1
	Slight	0	0	1	3	4
	Moderate	0	1	0	11	12
	Good	1	0	0	4	5
Reduction in no. of GERD symptoms during treatment	0	0	0	0	2	2
	1	1	0	0	2	3
	2	0	1	1	5	7
	3	0	0	0	5	5
	4	0	0	0	5	5
	1	1	1	19	22