Osteopathic Manual Treatment of Postural Abnormality, Pain, and Autonomic Control of Cardiac Function in People With Parkinson's Disease and Truncal Dystonia
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 10
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- change in heart rate variability
研究概览
简要总结
This study will determine if posture and heart rate variability will significantly improve in Parkinsons disease with camptocormia after osteopathic manual treatments dystonia.
详细描述
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.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Factorial
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Parkinson's disease; able to stand for three minutes or more
排除标准
- •severe dementia, moderate or severe hallucinations and psychosis; unable to stand for three minutes
研究组 & 干预措施
Parkinsons fwd posture manual treatment
Subject will receive the intervention, osteopathic manual treatment protocol.
干预措施: osteopathic manual therapy (Other)
Parkinsons forward posture
Subjects will receive counseling.
Parkinsons without forward posture
Subjects will receive counseling.
结局指标
主要结局
change in heart rate variability
时间窗: 8 weeks
heart rate changes
change in posture
时间窗: 8 weeks
inches of forward head carriage
次要结局
未报告次要终点