NCT01714791

Effects of Osteopathic Treatment on Pulmonary Function After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

Effect of Osteopathy on Pulmonary Function in Patients After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: a Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 112 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hartcentrum Hasselt · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the short and long term effects of osteopathic treatment on pulmonary function, pain and quality of life in patients after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. The study is a randomized controlled trial.

Detailed description

Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is performed worldwide. Several studies have found that there is a decrease in pulmonary function, loss of thoracic mobility and a high prevalence of chronic poststernotomy pain (CPSP) after CABG. So far there is no effective treatment for these conditions. The OstinCare study aims to investigate whether osteopathic treatment has an added value in the treatment of these patients.

Conditions

• Mechanical Complication of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
• Respiratory Depression
• Pain
• Quality of Life

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Usual care	Patients exercise at a heart rate corresponding to 65% of baseline Vo2peak. Each exercise training session takes 40-60 minutes. Exercise time is apportioned as follows: 42% on the treadmill, 33% on the circle ergometer and 25% on the arm cranking device. All patients exercise under close supervision 3 days per week for a total duration of 12 weeks.
OTHER	Osteopathic treatment	Patients receive 4 osteopathic treatments (OT). OT is performed in week 4, 5, 8 and 12 postoperative. Depending on what is found in the patient, treatments consist mostly of one or more of the following approaches: * Structural High Velocity Low Amplitude-techniques. * Muscle Energy Techniques. * General osteopathic mobilisations. * Functional techniques (Sutherland-, Jones-techniques,…) including inhibition techniques. * Fascia techniques. * Soft tissue- and connective tissue techniques. * Neurovisceral and neurolymphatic reflex techniques. * Fluidal techniques (lymphatic manipulative techniques,...). * Visceral manipulations. * Neurocranial and viscerocranial techniques.

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-01-01
• Primary completion: 2017-12-01
• Completion: 2017-12-01
• First posted: 2012-10-26
• Last updated: 2018-03-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Belgium