NCT03307161

Osteopathic Manual Treatment Parkinson's Disease and Truncal Dystonia

Osteopathic Manual Treatment of Postural Abnormality, Pain, and Autonomic Control of Cardiac Function in People With Parkinson's Disease and Truncal Dystonia

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 10 (actual)
• Sponsor: New York Institute of Technology · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study will determine if posture and heart rate variability will significantly improve in Parkinsons disease with camptocormia after osteopathic manual treatments dystonia.

Detailed description

This study will determine if posture and heart rate variability will significantly improve in Parkinsons disease with camptocormia after receiving 8-weekly sessions of the osteopathic manual treatments for truncal flexion dystonia as measured by the distance of the external acoustic meatus from a plumb-line to lateral malleolus, spinal X ray, and heart rate variability.

Conditions

• Parkinson Disease
• Dystonia
• Autonomic Dysreflexia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	osteopathic manual therapy	Investigators board certified in osteopathic manual therapy will use their hands in a non-invasive manner to improve dystonia symptoms

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-11-01
• Primary completion: 2021-09-20
• Completion: 2021-09-20
• First posted: 2017-10-11
• Last updated: 2021-09-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States