Effect of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM) on Pulmonary Function and Speech in Parkinson's Disease

NCT ID: NCT01636011

Last Updated: 2017-10-16

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

50 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-02-28

Study Completion Date

2017-05-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of selected Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM) techniques on the respiratory system of people with Parkinson's Disease (PD) in comparison to light touch. Effectiveness will be measured through pulmonary function tests, chest wall expansion, and voice analysis. Selected subjects will be randomly assigned to one of the two groups: OMM treatment group or light touch group. Although OMM treatment has been used on PD patients, a randomized controlled study has not been done to establish its effect on PD respiratory function. The authors believe that this study will show OMM's effectiveness.

Detailed Description

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Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM) on the thoracic cage and diaphragm is commonly used in clinical practice to address myofascial imbalances, including muscle spasms to improve thoracic cage excursion. Prior research has demonstrated that manual approaches applied to the thoracic cage have positive results with lung function and reducing inflammation.

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common disabling and progressive neuro-degenerative disorder. Morbidity and mortality are frequently associated with pulmonary dysfunction in patients with PD. Pulmonary function tests (PFT) have been utilized to document respiratory impairment in PD patients. Researchers estimate that 89% of people with PD have speech and voice disorders including disorders of laryngeal, respiratory and articulatory function.

These authors hypothesize that performing OMM on the thoracic cage of PD subjects will show improvement in PFT, chest expansion, and speech production. Subjects with PD meeting the criteria for the study will be randomly assigned to either an OMM treatment or light touch control group. Each subject will be involved in one treatment visit. During this visit, the following will be measured before and after OMM or light touch procedures: maximal and minimal chest circumference; sound pressure, duration, and perceptual measures during sustained vowel phonation and Rainbow Reading; Forced Vital Capacity (FVC), Forced Expiratory Volume/1 second (FEV1), Peak Expiratory Flow (PEF), Forced Expiratory Flow 25%-75% (FEF25-75%), and Maximal Voluntary Ventilation (MVV). Data analysis will be performed with SPSS using Analysis of Covariance to measure significance.

Conditions

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Parkinson's Disease

Keywords

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Parkinson's Disease Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Speech Pulmonary Function

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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OMM Treatment

In this group the subjects are given 5 different OMM treatments addressing the thoracic cage.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Treatment

Intervention Type OTHER

Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Treatment

Light Touch sham

In this group the physician uses the dorsum of his hand to the same areas and for the same time that the OMM treatment arm receives.

Group Type SHAM_COMPARATOR

Light Touch sham

Intervention Type OTHER

Light Touch sham

Interventions

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Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Treatment

Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Treatment

Intervention Type OTHER

Light Touch sham

Light Touch sham

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Medically diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease
* on a stable medication dose
* over the age of 18

Exclusion Criteria

* no clinical diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease
* \- medication that might cause pulmonary dysfunction
* inability to perform PFT because of anatomical abnormalities
* clinical signs of dementia
* pacemaker that interferes with pectoral traction
* metastatic cancer
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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New York Institute of Technology

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Sheldon Yao, DO

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

NYIT

Locations

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NYIT NYCOM Academic Health Care Center

Old Westbury, New York, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Other Identifiers

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BHS-808

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id