Terminology of injuries in osteopathy and other medical disciplines

Abstract

There is presented a review of the literature on the concepts of «osteopathic damage», «somatic dysfunction», «trauma», «damage». The similarities and differences of these terms in osteopathy, traumatology and forensic medicine are shown. In order to achieve an interdisciplinary understanding in osteopathy, along with the original and new terminology, the use of the historically established terminology of classification of external damaging factors is proposed.