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Determination of Forces Used in Palpatory Diagnosis

NCT ID: NCT00781144

Last Updated: 2008-10-28

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

82 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2007-08-31

Study Completion Date

2007-08-31

Brief Summary

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In this study, we are experimentally investigating the assessment of forces used by skilled clinicians and beginning practitioners in palpatory techniques. The study will assess pressure used during palpatory diagnosis of the paraspinal region.

Detailed Description

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The study will assess pressure used during palpatory diagnosis of the paraspinal region. The research hypothesis is that both experience and gender will affect the amount of pressure exerted with diagnostic springing. The data will be valuable in characterizing practice parameters of novice and skilled osteopathic clinicians in palpation and will provide data on skill maturation from novice to experienced clinician. It will also allow far more precise teaching of these skills to students, who can use the transducers to determine how much pressure they are using compared to skilled clinicians. For measuring the palpatory forces, a thin film pressure transducer will be used in the hand of the clinician. Data will be collected on a portable computer via an analog to digital interface.

Conditions

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Healthy Volunteers

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_ONLY

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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1

first year osteopathic students

No interventions assigned to this group

2

fourth and fifth year osteopathic students

No interventions assigned to this group

3

experienced osteopathic clinicians

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* osteopathic student first year or senior or experienced osteopathic clinician

Exclusion Criteria

* none
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Nova Southeastern University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Nova Southeastern University

Principal Investigators

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Yasmin Qureshi, MHS. MPT

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Nova Southeastern University, Victoria University

Locations

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Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States

Site Status

Victoria University

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Site Status

Countries

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United States Australia

Other Identifiers

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HPD-OST06030201X

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id