NCT03225599

Cranial Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine as an Adjunct Treatment for Concussion

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 9 (actual)
• Sponsor: Northwell Health · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 14 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Patients who have concussions exhibit an array of symptoms, also known as post-concussive symptoms, including headaches, feeling slowed down or foggy and difficulty with concentration. This study aims to determine if cranial osteopathy can provide additional or expedited symptom relief when accompanying current conventional treatments. The patients will be identified through routine clinical contact. If patients are found to be eligible and agree to participate, they receive a single session of cranial osteopathy in addition to their usual care through the concussion program.

Conditions

• Concussion Injury of Cerebrum
• Cranial Osteopathic Medicine

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Cranial Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine	The hands will be placed on the head using the "vault hold" (bilateral thumbs are off the head, index fingers on the temporal bones, middle fingers on the sphenoid bones, ring fingers on the mastoid and the 5th fingers on the occipital bone). Diagnosis and treatment of restrictions palpated on the scalp will be made using this hand position

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-02-09
• Primary completion: 2010-06-30
• Completion: 2013-01-26
• First posted: 2017-07-21
• Last updated: 2019-06-25
• Results posted: 2019-06-06