Pilot Clinical Trial of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) in Pregnancy
试验速览
- 阶段
- 2 期
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 146
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Visual analogue scale for pain, Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire, and SF-12 Health Status Survey during third trimester of pregnancy and continuing six weeks post-partum
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study is to determine whether osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT):
- decreases pain and improves physical functioning in women during the third trimester of pregnancy
- decreases complications during obstetrical delivery
- improves quality of life in the post-partum period
详细描述
Women experience multiple changes in their anatomy and physiology during pregnancy that may cause pain and adversely affect quality of life. Additionally, about ten percent of women will experience signs and symptoms of pre-eclampsia or pre-term labor during their first pregnancy.
Preliminary studies of osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) have demonstrated a decrease in pain during pregnancy, although the mechanisms responsible for this effect are unclear.
Another theory is that osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) may help normalize sympathetic outflow, thereby minimizing pregnancy complications. A recently published retrospective study also suggests that pregnant women receiving osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) may be at lower risk for pre-term delivery and the presence of meconium during delivery.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Double
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Third trimester pregnancy
排除标准
- •High risk pregnancy
- •Previous use of chiropractic manipulation, osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT), physical therapy, or therapeutic ultrasound during the current pregnancy
结局指标
主要结局
Visual analogue scale for pain, Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire, and SF-12 Health Status Survey during third trimester of pregnancy and continuing six weeks post-partum
次要结局
- Occurrence of premature labor and delivery as well as obstetrical complications during delivery