Osteopathic Manual Treatment of Postural Abnormality, Pain, and Autonomic Control of Cardiac Function in People With Parkinson's Disease and Truncal Dystonia

New York Institute of Technology1 site in 1 country10 target enrollmentNovember 2016

ConditionsParkinson Disease Dystonia Autonomic Dysreflexia

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Parkinson Disease
Sponsor: New York Institute of Technology
Enrollment: 10
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: change in heart rate variability
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 4 years ago

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Overview

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.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

November 2016

End Date

September 20, 2021

Last Updated

4 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Factorial