FYI
A literature search (PubMed) for 'cranial therapy osteopathic medicine' and 'craniosacral therapy' came up thus. I hope the combatants in this debate find this list useful.
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Rivera-Martinez S, Wells MR, Capobianco JD. ' A retrospective study of cranial strain patterns in patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease.' J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2002 Aug;102(8):417-22.
King HH. ' Osteopathy in the cranial field: uncovering challenges and potential applications.' J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2002 Jul;102(7):367-9.
Nelson KE, Sergueef N, Lipinski CM, Chapman AR, Glonek T. 'Cranial rhythmic impulse related to the Traube-Hering-Mayer oscillation: comparing laser-Doppler flowmetry and palpation.'
J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2001 Mar;101(3):163-73.
Kimberly PE. 'Osteopathic cranial lesions.' 1948. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2000 Sep;100(9):575-8.
Rogers JS, Witt PL. 'The controversy of cranial bone motion.'
J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 1997 Aug;26(2):95-103. Review.
Ferre JC, Chevalier C, Lumineau JP, Barbin JY. 'Cranial osteopathy, delusion or reality?' Actual Odontostomatol (Paris). 1990 Sep;44(171):481-94. French.
Jecmen JM. Related Articles, 'A cranial osteopathic approach to correcting malocclusions employing Kernott and fixed labial appliance therapy.' J Am Acad Gnathol Orthop. 1988 Mar;5(1):10-5, 17.
Bowden R. 'Cranial osteopathy.' Australas Nurses J. 1983 Mar;12(1):3-5.
Hehir B. 'Head cases: an examination of craniosacral therapy.' Midwives (Lond). 2003 Jan;6(1):38-40. Review.
Hartman SE, Norton JM. 'Craniosacral therapy is not medicine.' Phys Ther. 2002 Nov;82(11):1146-7.
Moran RW, Gibbons P. 'Intraexaminer and interexaminer reliability for palpation of the cranial rhythmic impulse at the head and sacrum.' J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2001 Mar-Apr;24(3):183-90.
Green C, Martin CW, Bassett K, Kazanjian A. 'A systematic review of craniosacral therapy: biological plausibility, assessment reliability and clinical effectiveness.' Complement Ther Med. 1999 Dec;7(4):201-7. Review.
Rogers JS, Witt PL, Gross MT, Hacke JD, Genova PA. 'Simultaneous palpation of the craniosacral rate at the head and feet: intrarater and interrater reliability and rate comparisons.' Phys Ther. 1998 Nov;78(11):1175-85.
Hanten WP, Dawson DD, Iwata M, Seiden M, Whitten FG, Zink T. 'Craniosacral rhythm: reliability and relationships with cardiac and respiratory rates.' J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 1998 Mar;27(3):213-8.
McPartland JM, Mein EA. 'Entrainment and the cranial rhythmic impulse.' Altern Ther Health Med. 1997 Jan;3(1):40-5. Review.
Elsdale B. 'Craniosacral therapy.' Nurs Times. 1996 Jul 10-16;92(28):173.
Phillips CJ, Meyer JJ. 'Chiropractic care, including craniosacral therapy, during pregnancy: a static-group comparison of obstetric interventions during labor and delivery.' J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 1995 Oct;18(8):525-9.
Upledger JE. 'Craniosacral therapy.' Phys Ther. 1995 Apr;75(4):328-30.
Quaid A. 'Craniosacral controversy.' Phys Ther. 1995 Mar;75(3):240.
Greenman PE, McPartland JM. 'Cranial findings and iatrogenesis from craniosacral manipulation in patients with traumatic brain syndrome.' J Am Osteopath Assoc. 1995 Mar;95(3):182-8; 191-2.
Wirth-Pattullo V, Hayes KW. 'Interrater reliability of craniosacral rate measurements and their relationship with subjects' and examiners' heart and respiratory rate measurements.' Phys Ther. 1994 Oct;74(10):908-16; discussion 917-20.
Sucher BM, Heath DM. 'Thoracic outlet syndrome--a myofascial variant: Part 3. Structural and postural considerations.' J Am Osteopath Assoc. 1993 Mar;93(3):334, 340-5. Review. Erratum in: J Am Osteopath Assoc 1993 Jun;93(6):649.
Kostopoulos DC, Keramidas G. 'Changes in elongation of falx cerebri during craniosacral therapy techniques applied on the skull of an embalmed cadaver.' Cranio. 1992 Jan;10(1):9-12.
Heinrich S. 'The role of physical therapy in craniofacial pain disorders: an adjunct to dental pain management.' Cranio. 1991 Jan;9(1):71-5. Review.
Ehrett SL. 'Craniosacral therapy and myofascial release in entry-level physical therapy curricula.' Phys Ther. 1988 Apr;68(4):534-40.
Weiner LB, Grant LA, Grant AH. 'Monitoring ocular changes that may accompany use of dental appliances and/or osteopathic craniosacral manipulations in the treatment of TMJ and related problems.' Cranio. 1987 Jul;5(3):278-85.
Gillespie BR. 'Dental considerations of the craniosacral mechanism.' Cranio. 1985 Sep-Dec;3(4):380-4.