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Comparing cranial suture interdigitation in humans and non-human primates: unearthing links to osteopathic cranial concept

By JOM Staff

02.09.25

Since William Garner Sutherland’s inception of osteopathic cranial manipulative medicine (OCMM), osteopathic physicians have practiced with the knowledge that cranial sutures exhibit motion. We hypothesize that the complexity of suture interdigitation in humans may provide clues to elucidate the concept of OCMM.