Osteopathic Manual Treatment Parkinson's Disease and Truncal Dystonia

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Parkinson Disease; Dystonia; Autonomic Dysreflexia
• Interventions: Other: osteopathic manual therapy

• Registration Number: NCT03307161
• Lead Sponsor: New York Institute of Technology

Brief Summary

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

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.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-11
• Study First Submitted: 2017-10-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-10-06
• Study First Posted: 2017-10-11
• Status Verified: 2021-09
• Primary Completion: 2021-09-20
• Study Completion: 2021-09-20
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-09-21
• Last Update Posted: 2021-09-23

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 10

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: FACTORIAL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Parkinsons fwd posture manual treatment	osteopathic manual therapy	Subject will receive the intervention, osteopathic manual treatment protocol.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
change in heart rate variability	8 weeks	heart rate changes
change in posture	8 weeks	inches of forward head carriage

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

New York Institute of Technology; 🇺🇸 Old Westbury, New York, United States