Assessment of Osteopathic Medicine as Treatment Option for Musculoskeletal Problems and Overall Health

Debated in Parliament on 1 Aug 2022.

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Osteopathic medicine is currently considered a complementary medicine in Singapore, with its efficacy and safety not yet fully affirmed due to insufficient high-quality clinical trials.
The government has no plans to register or regulate osteopaths as allied health professionals at this time.
More robust, multi-centre, randomised control trials are needed to better establish the evidence base for osteopathic treatment of musculoskeletal issues.

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Sylvia Lim

Ms Sylvia Lim asked the Minister for Health (a) what is the Government’s assessment of osteopathic medicine as a treatment option for musculoskeletal problems and overall health; and (b) whether there are any plans to register and regulate osteopaths as allied health professionals in Singapore.

Ong Ye Kung

Osteopathic medicine is considered a form of complementary medicine in Singapore. Although there are some small studies done in other countries on its use in pain management related to musculoskeletal disorders, better designed, higher quality, multi-centre, randomised control clinical trials are needed to affirm the efficacy and safety of osteopathic medicine.

There are currently no plans to register and regulate osteopaths as allied health professionals.

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Osteopathic medicine is currently considered a complementary medicine in Singapore, with its efficacy and safety not yet fully affirmed due to insufficient high-quality clinical trials.
The government has no plans to register or regulate osteopaths as allied health professionals at this time.
More robust, multi-centre, randomised control trials are needed to better establish the evidence base for osteopathic treatment of musculoskeletal issues.

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Assessment of Osteopathic Medicine as Treatment Option for Musculoskeletal Problems and Overall Health

Debated in Parliament on 1 Aug 2022.

Summary written by AI (learn more)

Osteopathic medicine is currently considered a complementary medicine in Singapore, with its efficacy and safety not yet fully affirmed due to insufficient high-quality clinical trials.
The government has no plans to register or regulate osteopaths as allied health professionals at this time.
More robust, multi-centre, randomised control trials are needed to better establish the evidence base for osteopathic treatment of musculoskeletal issues.

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Sylvia Lim

Ong Ye Kung

There are currently no plans to register and regulate osteopaths as allied health professionals.

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Osteopathic medicine is currently considered a complementary medicine in Singapore, with its efficacy and safety not yet fully affirmed due to insufficient high-quality clinical trials.
The government has no plans to register or regulate osteopaths as allied health professionals at this time.
More robust, multi-centre, randomised control trials are needed to better establish the evidence base for osteopathic treatment of musculoskeletal issues.

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Assessment of Osteopathic Medicine as Treatment Option for Musculoskeletal Problems and Overall Health

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Sylvia Lim

Ong Ye Kung

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