Objective Kinematic Correlates of Palpatory Diagnosis

NCT ID: NCT00728247

Last Updated: 2010-09-20

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

10 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2008-07-31

Study Completion Date

2010-06-30

Brief Summary

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Hypothesis: Kinematic parameters can be used to monitor changes in three-dimensional head movements after Manual Therapy treatments.

Subjects who have some level of cervical dysfunction will be examined by an experienced Osteopathic physician. During the clinical assessment of cervical lateral flexion, kinematic data will be recorded. Subjects will be treated using manual therapy techniques and kinematic data will be recorded again at set intervals after the treatment.

Detailed Description

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The physician providing treatment will use, depending on his professional judgment for each subject, one of four treatment modalities: (1) soft-tissue stretch, (2) myofascial release, (3) muscle energy, or (4) functional (indirect) method. These modalities are standard to the care and practice of osteopathic manual medicine, they are taught in the Osteopathic curriculum, and they are practiced each day at the Michigan State University Clinical Center.

After the initial treatment, there will be an immediate follow-up kinematic test to collect the 3-D motion data. Then, subjects will return for subsequent kinematic assessments at: 24 hours post treatment, 48 hours post treatment and seven days post treatment. At the seven day mark, subjects will be evaluated as in the initial assessment and the physician will use his professional judgment to determine if the subject would benefit from a second treatment. If so, then the process of treatment and kinematic assessment would occur a second time, with kinematic assessment 24 hours post treatment, 48 hours post treatment and seven days post treatment. A maximum of two treatment sessions will be performed.

Conditions

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Cervical Spine

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Interventions

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Manual Therapy Techniques

One of the following will be selected(1) soft-tissue stretch, (2) myofascial release, (3) muscle energy, or (4) functional (indirect) method

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Males and Females over the age of 18 and up to 100 years of age

Exclusion Criteria

* Pregnant women and minors
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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American Osteopathic Association

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Michigan State University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Michigan State University

Locations

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Biomechanical Design Research Laboratory

East Lansing, Michigan, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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Bush-headneck

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id