Investigating the Effects of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment on Stress Management in Medical Students
NCT ID: NCT06125574
Last Updated: 2023-11-14
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
10 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2023-06-15
2023-09-30
Brief Summary
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Does regular osteopathic manipulative treatment affect stress in medical students? Does regular osteopathic manipulative treatment affect cognitive function in medical students?
Participants will be split into two groups, control and treatment, and undergo a designated protocol for six weeks. The treatment protocol will include weekly sessions of three OMT techniques: paraspinal inhibition, rib raising, and condylar decompression. Concurrently, participants' salivary cortisol levels will be collected weekly and analyzed using an Invitrogen ELISA Immunoassay Kit. Additionally, cognitive function will be assessed weekly via Lumosity, while stress levels are gauged using the College Student Stress Scale (CSSS) survey.
Researchers will compare one cohort of medical students who receive weekly OMT and another cohort of medical students who have weekly check-ins without OMT to see if OMT can affect changes in stress biomarkers, subjective stress scales, and cognitive function.
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Treatment
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
Individuals in the experimental cohort will undergo a systematic osteopathic manipulative treatment protocol encompassing paraspinal inhibition, rib raising, and condylar decompression techniques.
Control
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
Individuals in the experimental cohort will undergo a systematic osteopathic manipulative treatment protocol encompassing paraspinal inhibition, rib raising, and condylar decompression techniques.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Not currently receiving osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT)
Exclusion Criteria
* History of spinal surgery
18 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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The Touro College and University System
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Mikhail Volokitin, MD, DO.
Assistant Professor
Locations
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Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine - Harlem
New York, New York, United States
Countries
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References
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Bath M, Owens J. Physiology, Viscerosomatic Reflexes. 2023 May 1. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2025 Jan-. Available from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK559218/
Degenhardt BF, Darmani NA, Johnson JC, Towns LC, Rhodes DC, Trinh C, McClanahan B, DiMarzo V. Role of osteopathic manipulative treatment in altering pain biomarkers: a pilot study. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2007 Sep;107(9):387-400.
Feldt RC. Development of a brief measure of college stress: the college student stress scale. Psychol Rep. 2008 Jun;102(3):855-60. doi: 10.2466/pr0.102.3.855-860.
Licciardone JC, Kearns CM, Hodge LM, Bergamini MV. Associations of cytokine concentrations with key osteopathic lesions and clinical outcomes in patients with nonspecific chronic low back pain: results from the OSTEOPATHIC Trial. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2012 Sep;112(9):596-605. doi: 10.7556/jaoa.2012.112.9.596.
Licciardone JC, Schultz MJ, Amen B. Osteopathic Manipulation in the Management of Chronic Pain: Current Perspectives. J Pain Res. 2020 Jul 20;13:1839-1847. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S183170. eCollection 2020.
Lee BK, Glass TA, McAtee MJ, Wand GS, Bandeen-Roche K, Bolla KI, Schwartz BS. Associations of salivary cortisol with cognitive function in the Baltimore memory study. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2007 Jul;64(7):810-8. doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.64.7.810.
Saeed SMU, Anwar SM, Khalid H, Majid M, Bagci AU. EEG based Classification of Long-term Stress Using Psychological Labeling. Sensors (Basel). 2020 Mar 29;20(7):1886. doi: 10.3390/s20071886.
Schoorlemmer RM, Peeters GM, van Schoor NM, Lips P. Relationships between cortisol level, mortality and chronic diseases in older persons. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2009 Dec;71(6):779-86. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2009.03552.x. Epub 2009 Feb 18.
Shute, V. J., Ventura, M., & Ke, F. (2015). The power of play: The effects of portal 2 and lumosity on cognitive and noncognitive skills. Computers & Education, 80, 58-67.
Other Identifiers
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18777
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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