NCT03833635

Effects of OMT on Premature Physiological Parameters

Effects of OMT on Premature Physiological Parameters: a RCT

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Come Collaboration · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 2 Months
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Osteopathic manipulative treatment has been showed to reduce LOS in premature infants. Despite the clinical effectiveness, lack of data and information on the physiological underpinning effects during the treatment has been revealed. The aim of the study is to explore the immediate physiological effects of osteopathic treatment on premature infants

Conditions

• Premature Infant
• Physiological Stress

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	osteopathic manipulative treatment	OMT will be used to treat premature infants after having performed a manual osteopathic assessment. Techniques used are indirect
OTHER	Sham	the sham intervention consists in a stable skin-to-skin contact with the participant

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-03-22
• Primary completion: 2019-06-30
• Completion: 2019-09-30
• First posted: 2019-02-07
• Last updated: 2019-03-25

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Italy