Osteopathic Manual Treatment Parkinson's Disease and Truncal Dystonia

NCT ID: NCT03307161

Last Updated: 2021-09-23

Study Results

Results pending

The study team has not published outcome measurements, participant flow, or safety data for this trial yet. Check back later for updates.

Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

10 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-11-30

Study Completion Date

2021-09-20

Brief Summary

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This study will determine if posture and heart rate variability will significantly improve in Parkinsons disease with camptocormia after osteopathic manual treatments dystonia.

Detailed Description

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This study will determine if posture and heart rate variability will significantly improve in Parkinsons disease with camptocormia after receiving 8-weekly sessions of the osteopathic manual treatments for truncal flexion dystonia as measured by the distance of the external acoustic meatus from a plumb-line to lateral malleolus, spinal X ray, and heart rate variability.

Conditions

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Parkinson Disease Dystonia Autonomic Dysreflexia

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

FACTORIAL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Parkinsons fwd posture manual treatment

Subject will receive the intervention, osteopathic manual treatment protocol.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

osteopathic manual therapy

Intervention Type OTHER

Investigators board certified in osteopathic manual therapy will use their hands in a non-invasive manner to improve dystonia symptoms

Parkinsons forward posture

Subjects will receive counseling.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Parkinsons without forward posture

Subjects will receive counseling.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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osteopathic manual therapy

Investigators board certified in osteopathic manual therapy will use their hands in a non-invasive manner to improve dystonia symptoms

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Parkinson's disease; able to stand for three minutes or more

Exclusion Criteria

* severe dementia, moderate or severe hallucinations and psychosis; unable to stand for three minutes
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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Jayme Mancini, PhD DO

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

NYIT col osteopathic medicine

Locations

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New York Institute of Technology

Old Westbury, New York, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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1130

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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