NCT01020591

The Effect of Osteopathic Manual Therapy on Vascular Supply

The Effect of Osteopathic Manual Therapy on the Vascular Supply to the Lower Extremity in Individuals With Knee Osteoarthritis, a Randomized Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: Nova Scotia Health Authority · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 50 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if the use of osteopathic manual therapy can influence the vascular supply to the knee, knee range of motion, balance and knee pain, in a group of subjects with knee osteoarthritis. It is also the objective of this study to determine if there is a difference between the osteopathic evaluation and the combination of an osteopathic evaluation and treatment.

Conditions

• Knee Osteoarthritis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Osteopathic evaluation	evaluation of movement and tissue mobility
OTHER	Osteopathic evaluation with treatment	osteopathic evaluation followed by osteopathic manual therapy release of tissues identified as tight or restricted

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-12-01
• Primary completion: 2010-03-01
• Completion: 2010-03-01
• First posted: 2009-11-25
• Last updated: 2017-05-04
• Results posted: 2017-05-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada