Research
Research is an integral part of the LSO course. All students will complete a proposal in their 4th year, which will form the basis of their final year Dissertation. Students have the opportunity to select something of interest to them to explore in depth. The complexity and quality of the submitted work will reflect the award being taken (so level 3 for the BOst Hons, and Masters level for the MOst).
Links to abstracts of projects submitted in former years are found below. They should help to give you some insight into the ideas developed previously.
Research: some examples from the LSO
Graduate Jamie Dearing, won 1st prize for his presentation: `An examination of pressure-pain thresholds at myofascial trigger points, following muscle energy technique or ischaemic compression treatment’ at the 4th Chiropractic Osteopathy and Physiotherapy Annual Conference: “Moving forward through research and practice” held at the British School of Osteopathy. (This is an Undergraduate Research Conference across these three professions.) The abstract was subsequently published in the journal ‘Manual Therapy’.
One of our final year students obtained funding and underwent a rigorous ethical protocol in having his research accepted by a Primary Care Trust. His study investigated the efficacy of osteopathy in the treatment of HIV. This was a remarkable achievement for an undergraduate and the LSO is proud of his accomplishment.
Two of our staff, Fiona Hamilton and Derrick Edwards, won the Poster Award at the recent event, Advancing Osteopathy 2008, for an exploration of evaluation models used in osteopathy. The prize was presented by the Journal of Osteopathic Medicine, and Elsevier (the publisher of the journal).
A collaborative project between Phyllis Woodfine and Fiona Hamilton was presented by Phyllis at the Advancing Osteopathy 2008 conference. A retrospective cohort analysis of disparate students using Perry's model of intellectual development was undertaken. The LSO is planning to use the project as a basis of ongoing research.