Does Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) have an Effect in the Treatment of Patients Suffering from Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)? : Table 5

Table 5: Comparison of patients receiving osteopathic treatment only and those who received additional medical treatment with regard to subjectively reported effects and a reduction in the number of GERD symptoms after treatment.

Variable	Response	Treatment groups
Variable	Response	Osteopathic	Osteopathic + pharmaceutical	Total
Treatment effect	None	1	0	1
	Slight	1	3	4
	Moderate	9	3	12
	Good	3	2	5
Reduction in the number of GERD symptoms during treatment	0	1	1	2
	1	3	0	3
	2	4	3	7
	3	2	3	5
	4	4	1	5
Total		14	8	22