Clinical trials: Osteopathic
Stress, Job, Student Burnout
Investigating the Effects of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment on Stress Management in Medical Students
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate stress biomarkers, subjective stress levels, and cognitive function in medical students.
- Conditions
- Stress, Job, Student Burnout, Stress, Physiological, Stress, Psychological
- Trial name
- NCT06125574
- Testing
- Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Touro College and University System
Healthy Young Adults
Determine the Effect of the Fourth Ventricle Compression Technique on Physiological Variables
This study aims to analyze the influence of the fourth ventricle compression technique in heart rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure, conductivity and thermal variability of the skin in healthy young adults.
- Trial name
- NCT04391777
- Testing
- Fourth ventricle compression technique (CV-4)
- Where
- Portugal
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto
Shoulder
Effects of Spencer's Technique on Shoulder Function
The purpose of this study is to see the impact of a modified Spencer's technique on tissue stiffness, mobility, and blood flow of the shoulder joint.
- Trial name
- NCT06447493
- Testing
- Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment-Spencer's Technique (Modified), Rest
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Anandamide, Endocannabinoids
Effect of OMM on Anandamide Levels in Saliva
The Investigators will be studying the effects of Osteopathic Manipulative Lymphatic Pump Treatment on levels of anandamide in Saliva.
- Trial name
- NCT02727023
- Testing
- Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New York Institute of Technology
Extreme Prematurity, Neurodevelopmental Abnormality
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine to Reduce Developmental Delays
This randomized clinical trial seeks to determine if osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) increases the likelihood of improved neurodevelopmental outcomes as estimated by the Test of Infant Motor Performance (TIMP).
- Trial name
- NCT04652063
- Testing
- Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Healthy Young Adults
Physiological Responses to Osteopathic Manipulative Techniques in Healthy Young Adults
This study was designed to investigate the effect of selected osteopathic manipulative techniques (OMT) on cardiovascular functions in healthy young men and women.
- Trial name
- NCT05515926
- Testing
- Cranial manipulation group, or cranial osteopathic techniques (OMM)
- Volunteers
- 51 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Touro University Nevada
Head Injury Trauma
Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment RCT and Computational Modeling for Head Injuries in Mixed Martial Artists
The purpose is to test how osteopathic medicine (OMM) improves recovery after a hit to the head during Mixed Martials Arts (MMA).
- Trial name
- NCT06851234
- Testing
- osteopathic manipulative medicine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New York Institute of Technology
Healthy
Combination of Two Osteopathic Techniques for the Hamstring's Stretching Capacity in Basketball Female Players
It is known that there are studies that prove the effectiveness of muscle energy techniques and the fourth ventricle technique separately, however, information is scarce regarding the combination of the two and their…
- Trial name
- NCT06357611
- Testing
- Simulated technique, Muscle energy technique, 4th ventricle technique and muscular energy technique
- Where
- Portugal
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Natália Maria Oliveira Campelo
Healthy
Effects of Osteopathy in Autonomic Nervous System
The most important regulatory system in the body is the autonomic nervous system. There are several studies that evaluate the effect of techniques applied at the base of the skull on the autonomic nervous system.
- Trial name
- NCT05895149
- Testing
- Flying buttress technique
- Where
- Portugal
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto
Medical School Syndrome, Mind Body Awareness
Evolution of the Mind-body Connection While Learning About Common Osteopathic Dysfunctions
Anecdotally, as first-year medical students learn about common osteopathic dysfunctions, they seem to become more aware of possible dysfunctions in their own bodies.
- Trial name
- NCT05466032
- Testing
- Osteopathic Manual Manipulation (OMM) Curriculum
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mikhail Volokitin, MD, DO.
Intraocular Pressure, Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment
Effect of Osteopathic Techiniques on Intraocular Pressure
The purpose of this study is to assess the effects osteopathic techniques at the upper cervical vertebrae or at the sphenopalatine ganglia on the intraocular pressure.
- Trial name
- NCT04863209
- Testing
- Upper cervical manipulation, Sphenopalatine ganglion manipulation
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 7 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Federal University of São Paulo
Healthy
Impact of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment on Pursuit Eye Movements in Healthy Human Adults
The idea that osteopathic manipulative treatments (OMTs) should have an impact on the human visual system is not new. Nevertheless, there is a lack of scientific, objective, and experimental evidence.
- Trial name
- NCT05018390
- Testing
- Osteopathic manipulative treatment
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 201 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ecole d'ostéopathie de Paris
Breastfeeding
Efficacy of an Osteopathic Treatment for Mechanical Sucking Dysfunctions in Newborn
Breastfeeding is the physiological and recommended way of feeding newborns as indicated by the World Health Organization, Health Canada and the politics of perinatality 2008-2018 in Quebec.
- Trial name
- NCT02407860
- Testing
- osteopathic treatment, usual breastfeeding counselling
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 98 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Université de Sherbrooke
Low Back Pain, Pregnancy
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine in Pregnancy: Physiologic and Clinical Effects
The purpose of this study is to determine to what extent and by what physiological mechanisms Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM) affects selected conditions related to pregnancy, labor and delivery.
- Trial name
- NCT00426244
- Testing
- Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Texas Health Science Center
Cervical Spine
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine and Kinetics
Back pain affects the majority of the population at some time. Currently there are no published and scientifically accepted objective measures to support manual medicine diagnostic and treatment techniques for back pain.
- Trial name
- NCT01376687
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Michigan State University
Pitch, Baseball Pitcher
OMT for Overhead Throwing Performance: A Study on Shoulder and Hip Interventions
To investigate the impact of manual medicine on key aspects of the kinetic chain on measures of performance in collegiate baseball players.
- Conditions
- Pitch, Baseball Pitcher, Throwing Performance
- Trial name
- NCT07878650
- Testing
- Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- William Carey University
Shoulder Pain
Effects of Inhibition Techniques Applied on Trigger Points of Supraspinatus Muscle on Echogenicity and Patients' Pain
Trigger points (TP) are described as "hard, palpable nodules located within the taut bands of skeletal muscle". The aim of this study is to evaluate the reproductibility of palpation of TP between osteopaths and to compare this…
- Trial name
- NCT05951218
- Testing
- inhibition technique
- Volunteers
- 61 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut des Hautes Etudes Osteopathiques de Nantes
Primary Headaches (Migraines, Tension, Cluster Headaches)
Osteopathic Manual Therapy (OMT) and Brain Structure and Function in Primary Headache Patients: A Pilot Study
Chronic headaches are associated with changes in brain structure and function that may be associated with increased suffering and disability.
- Trial name
- NCT06841627
- Testing
- Osteopathic Manipulative Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Myofascial Dysfunction, Myofascial Release
Tissue Changes Following Thoracic Myofascial Release
Brief Summary: The goal of this clinical trial is to determine the efficacy of myofascial release in altering the parameters of muscle tone, stiffness, and viscoelasticity in young adults.
- Trial name
- NCT06651671
- Testing
- Myofascial release
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rowan University
Shoulder Pain
Trigger Points of Supraspinatus Muscle: Osteopaths' Palpation Reproductibility and Ultrasound Translation
Trigger points (TP) are described as "hard, palpable nodules located within the taut bands of skeletal muscle" (Bardoni, 2022). The aim of this study is to evaluate the reproductibility of palpation of TP between osteopaths and…
- Trial name
- NCT05785650
- Testing
- osteopathic palpation
- Volunteers
- 61 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut des Hautes Etudes Osteopathiques de Nantes