Effects of OMT on ANS: a Thermography Study

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Healthy; Autonomic Nervous System Imbalance
• Interventions: Other: osteopathic treatment; Other: sham

• Registration Number: NCT03888456
• Lead Sponsor: Come Collaboration

Brief Summary

the study will investigate the effect of a specific type of touch intervention on the activity of autonomic nervous system measured using thermography

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2019-03-21
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-03-22
• Study First Posted: 2019-03-25
• Study Start: 2019-03-26
• Primary Completion: 2019-06-30
• Status Verified: 2019-07
• Study Completion: 2019-07-23
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-07-23
• Last Update Posted: 2019-07-24

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

• adults above 18y and below 35y
• without any congenital, genetical and chronic disease
• without any symptomatology

Exclusion Criteria

• congenital, genetical and chronic disease
• neurological, cardiovascular, psychiatric disease
• acute pain
• paediatric patients
• adults over 35 years old

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
study	osteopathic treatment	participants will receive a single touch intervention based on osteopathic assessment and treatment
Control	osteopathic treatment	participants will receive a single touch sham intervention mimicking the intervention
study	sham	participants will receive a single touch intervention based on osteopathic assessment and treatment
Control	sham	participants will receive a single touch sham intervention mimicking the intervention

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
temperature	1 week	variability of the autonomic nervous system measured by temperature variability of the face

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
heart rate variability	1 week	pre-post changes of HRV
skin conductance	1 week	pre-post changes of physiological parameter of electrodermal skin response

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Chieti; 🇮🇹 Chieti, Italy