Effects of OMT on Premature Physiological Parameters

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Physiological Stress; Premature Infant
• Interventions: Other: Sham; Other: osteopathic manipulative treatment

• Registration Number: NCT03833635
• Lead Sponsor: Come Collaboration

Brief Summary

Osteopathic manipulative treatment has been showed to reduce LOS in premature infants. Despite the clinical effectiveness, lack of data and information on the physiological underpinning effects during the treatment has been revealed. The aim of the study is to explore the immediate physiological effects of osteopathic treatment on premature infants

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2019-02-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-02-06
• Study First Posted: 2019-02-07
• Status Verified: 2019-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-03-21
• Study Start: 2019-03-22
• Last Update Posted: 2019-03-25
• Primary Completion: 2019-06-30
• Study Completion: 2019-09-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• preterm infants

Exclusion Criteria

• congenital/genetic disease
• cardiovascular/neurological disease

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Control	Sham	-
OMT	osteopathic manipulative treatment	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
heart rate	immediate	measure of heart rate

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
oxygen saturation	immediate	measure of oxygen

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

University of Chieti-Pescara; 🇮🇹 Chieti, Italy

Buzzi hospital; 🇮🇹 Milan, Italy