Clinical trial NCT04945798: Effects of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment of Fascial Restrictions on Body Awareness, Mood, and Proprioception
Official title: Effects of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment of Fascial Restrictions on Body Awareness, Mood, and Proprioception
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Segmental and Somatic Dysfunction of Other Regions (M99.09)
Lead sponsor: New York Institute of Technology
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2021-06-30
Enrollment: 29
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: The purpose of this research is to assess the effects osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) of fascial strain patterns on body awareness, proprioception, and mood.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Functionally healthy adults that can move all four limbs within normal range of motion.

Exclusion Criteria:

* People with the following conditions may not participate in the study: known bony injuries or fractures, open wounds, abscesses, infections of the soft tissue or bones, malignancies, auto-immune disorders affecting the musculoskeletal system (ex. lupus, rheumatoid arthritis), severe osteoporosis, aortic aneurysm, deep venous thrombosis, history of pulmonary embolism, bleeding disorders, neurovascular compromise, anticoagulation therapy, recent surgery, recent herniated discs, unstable heart conditions, and musculoskeletal strains or sprains, enlarged spleen or liver, mononucleosis, pregnancy, untreated hyperthyroidism.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Proprioception: Active Hip Flexion Position Detection.
timeFrame: 4 weeks
measure: Proprioception: Active Shoulder Joint Position Detection.
timeFrame: 4 weeks
measure: Proprioception: Active Thoracolumbar Position Detection.
timeFrame: 4 weeks
measure: Body Awareness: Scale of Body Connection
timeFrame: 4 weeks
measure: Mood: Depression Anxiety Stress Scale.
timeFrame: 4 weeks
measure: Mood: State Trait Anxiety Inventory Form Y-2.
timeFrame: 4 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Jonesboro
country: United States
facility: New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University
state: Arkansas
Study officials:
affiliation: New York Institute of Technology
name: Amy Suessle, DO
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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