NCT04955392

Effects of an Osteopathic Treatment Protocol on Sleep Quality

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 72 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Ramón Mateos Alpuente · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

SIngle-centre interventional single-blinded randomized controlled trial, with random assignment of the subjects in two groups (intervention and control, 1: 1 ratio) and to be carried out with volunteers that present alterations in the quality of sleep. Eligible and accepting subjects participating in the study will be assigned to receive an osteopathic treatment protocol or a placebo technique

Detailed description

Intervention protocol in the intervention group: The intervention protocol consists of 4 techniques that will be performed according to the following order: 1. Inhibition of the suboccipital muscles. 2. Parietal Lift. 3. Sutherland Technique of Sphenobasilar Synchondrosis. 4. Compression technique of the fourth ventricle (CV4). Intervention protocol in the control group: Placebo technique that consists of placing the hands on top of the skull without any therapeutic intention for five minutes.

Conditions

• Sleep Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Osteopathic treatment protocol	The intervention protocol consists of 4 techniques that will be performed according to the following order: 1. Inhibition of the suboccipital muscles. 2. Parietal Lift. 3. Sutherland Technique of Sphenobasilar Synchondrosis. 4. Compression technique of the fourth ventricle (CV4).
OTHER	Sham technique	Sham technique that consists of placing the hands on top of the skull without any therapeutic intention for five minutes.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-07-01
• Primary completion: 2021-11-30
• Completion: 2021-11-30
• First posted: 2021-07-08
• Last updated: 2021-07-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain