Investigating the Effects of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment on Stress Management in Medical Students

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Stress, Physiological; Stress, Psychological; Stress, Job; Student Burnout
• Interventions: Other: Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine

• Registration Number: NCT06125574
• Lead Sponsor: The Touro College and University System

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate stress biomarkers, subjective stress levels, and cognitive function in medical students. The main question\[s\] it aims to answer are:

Does regular osteopathic manipulative treatment affect stress in medical students? Does regular osteopathic manipulative treatment affect cognitive function in medical students?

Participants will be split into two groups, control and treatment, and undergo a designated protocol for six weeks. The treatment protocol will include weekly sessions of three OMT techniques: paraspinal inhibition, rib raising, and condylar decompression. Concurrently, participants' salivary cortisol levels will be collected weekly and analyzed using an Invitrogen ELISA Immunoassay Kit. Additionally, cognitive function will be assessed weekly via Lumosity, while stress levels are gauged using the College Student Stress Scale (CSSS) survey.

Researchers will compare one cohort of medical students who receive weekly OMT and another cohort of medical students who have weekly check-ins without OMT to see if OMT can affect changes in stress biomarkers, subjective stress scales, and cognitive function.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-06-15
• Primary Completion: 2023-09-15
• Study Completion: 2023-09-30
• Status Verified: 2023-11
• Study First Submitted: 2023-11-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-11-04
• Study First Posted: 2023-11-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-11-10
• Last Update Posted: 2023-11-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

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

Inclusion Criteria

• First-year medical students
• Not currently receiving osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT)

Exclusion Criteria

• Pregnant
• History of spinal surgery

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Treatment	Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
LPI	Weekly, over the course of 8 week study	Learning Performance Index Metric from Lumosity
Weekly Cortisol Level	Weekly, over the course of 8 week study	Salivary Cortisol as measured in an ELISA Immunoassay
College Student Subjective Stress Survey (CSSS) Numerical Score	Weekly, over the course of 8 week study	Numerical Score collected from the College Student Subjective Stress Survey, a 10-item survey investigating occurrence of stressors over the course of a week, with each item being rated from 1 (Never) to 5 (Very Often). A lower score reflects lower perceived stress while a higher score reflects higher perceived stress.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine - Harlem; 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States