The article presents an analysis of the regulating system, an experience of the expert evaluation and control of the quality and safety of the medical care in the Russian Federation and in its constituent units. The paper considers aims, targets, ways and criteria of the expert evaluation and control of the quality and safety of the medical care with regard to the osteopathic medical care. Authors also give recommendations concerning the organization of the internal control system of safety and quality of the medical care provided by the osteopaths.

Osteopathic treatment of motor disturbances in children presenting perinatal affections of central nervous system of hypoxic ischemic genesis during the early rehabilitation period can help to reduce significantly the affections (occurrence and severity level), and to improve recovery time by choosing the best physiologically justified way of self-correction made by the body itself.

Fetoplacental insufficiency is one of the most frequent syndromes in obstetric practice. Osteopathic correction of somatic dysfunctions can help to prevent this pregnancy complication which influences significantly the child’s health.

Introduction. Alteration of higher cerebral functions is one of the most frequent complications of cerebrovascular diseases. Vertebral artery syndrome refers to the early form of this kind of diseases. However, there are no papers which evaluate the possibility of use of osteopathic treatment in patients presenting the vertebral artery syndrome, as well as the influence of osteopathic treatment on their neuropsychological indices. The paper presents results of supervision and continues the series of studies in the sphere of evidence basis of the effectiveness of osteopathic treatment.

Introduction. Patients suffering from cervicalgia present different problems such as headache, vertigo, lability of arterial pressure, heartbeating, sensation of fear, shortness of breath, weakness, meteorolability. Presence of this kind of symptoms can be connected with the irritation of the vegetovascular structures abundantly present in this region. Medication therapy of cervicalgia doesn’t eliminate all the complaints, and local manipulations on the cervical vertebra provoke aggravation of vegetovascular manifestations of the disease. The study of osteopathic dysfunctions in patients presenting cervicalgia and the analysis of the results of osteopathic treatment permit to justify the necessity of osteopathic correction in patients presenting this pathology.

The article presents a holistic view on neuroosteopathy. It demonstrates the connection between the congenital and the acquired alterations with due regard to the epigenetic aspects of morphogenesis in different periods of the organism’s individual development. On the basis of the analysis of scientific literature and of the clinical osteopathic experience the connection between the child’s motor development and the formation of his nervous system is shown. The article presents a plan of osteopathic treatment of the lesions diagnosed which is based on the analysis of the connection between the motor acts, gestures, positions and congenital reflexes.

The article presents a point of view on the development of regional and global dysfunctions caused by compensatory reactions which appeared as a result of the alterations of the respiratory pattern. The paper is written on the basis of literature, results of osteopathic examination and treatment.

Colles’ fracture (fracture of the radius in typical place) makes 15-25 % of all the fractures and is more frequent in elderly patients. Use of osteopathic techniques in rehabilitation of this kind of patients permits to achieve better rehabilitation of the extremity function in a short time.

Extraction of the third molars from the upper jaw can cause somatic dysfunctions and changes in cerebral hemodynamics in patients. Rehabilitation measures aimed to correct somatic dysfunctions and restore cerebral hemodynamics are necessary for these patients.

It is necessary to objectify the state of the postural system during the treatment of patients presenting descending postural dysfunction associated with the dysfunction of the temporomandibular joint. It requires precise quantitative methods.

Changes in adaptation and psychosomatic alterations in the body reflect on the state of the acupunctural channels in patients presenting cervicobrachial syndrome. This fact permits to choose the best algorithm of osteopathic treatment.

The author makes an analysis of literature dedicated to collagen, and describes collagen and its functions in the body. It is emphasized that besides the supporting function collagen also performs informational and regulatory functions, and plays an important role in morphogenesis and cutaneous sensitivity.

The article presents a full analysis of the normative base, which regulates legal matters of the supplementary professional education in the specialty «Osteopathy». Types of responsibility of educational institutions for the infringement of rules of law during the organization of the teaching process are considered.

The article presents a brief overview of the papers by H. V. Hoover, published in the American Academy of Applied Osteopathy in the period from 1945 to 1968. The article considers theoretical statements, which serve as a basis for the functional approach in osteopathy and describes the principles of the performance of the functional techniques. The attention is also paid to the advantages of functional techniques and their difference from the structural ones. Functional approach is a manifestation of fundamental principles of osteopathy, that’s why functional techniques must make an integral part of the osteopath’s arsenal.

Materials presented in this review are dedicated to the role of the lymphatic system in the body processes as well as to the possibilities to treat the lymphatic system with osteopathic methods. Authors describe the development of points of view about the role of the osteopathic treatment for optimization of the lymphatic system functioning. Authors also pay attention to the evidential basis, which involves researches showing the influence of osteopathy on the lymphatic system. These researches cover the period from the beginning of the XX century till the beginning of the XXI century.