NCT05611814

Preliminary Evaluation of an Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) to Prevent Motion Sickness Symptoms

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 12 (actual)
• Sponsor: United States Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory · Federal
• Sex: All
• Age: 19 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Motion sickness directly impacts the readiness of the Army's aviation units. Severe motion sickness results in the dismissal of pilot and air crew candidates during initial training, while minor to moderate symptoms can be distracting during flight. The current medications on the market that target motion sickness symptoms are prohibited for use before flight. Osteopathic Manipulative Techniques are a low to no cost option, which lacks side effects, that allows Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine flight surgeons the opportunity to treat crew members without the use of pharmaceuticals. If effective, these techniques could be used to ensure aircrew readiness. Given the paucity of research on such a technique, a small, pilot study was conducted to demonstrate potential for such an approach.

Conditions

• Motion Sickness

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment	Targeted anatomical structures are Scalene Muscles (Anterior/Middle/Posterior), Sternocleidomastoid Muscles (SCM), Suboccipital region, Cervical Paraspinal Muscles, Levator Scapulae Muscles, Upper Thoracic Paraspinal Muscles, Upper Trapezius Muscles, Atlanto-occipital (OA), Atlanto-axial (AA), C2-C7 vertebrae, T1-T4 vertebrae, Rib 1 bilaterally. Techniques include Suboccipital Myofascial Release, Soft tissue inhibition, kneading stretching, Facilitated Positional Release, and muscle energy technique.
OTHER	Sham treatment	Targeted anatomical structures are Thoracic Paraspinal Muscles, Lumbar Paraspinal Muscles, Lower Trapezius Muscles, Sacrum, Supraspinatus, T5-T12, and Rib 2-12. Techniques include Soft tissue inhibition, Stretching, Kneading, counterstrain, Facilitated Positional Release, and muscle energy technique. L1-L5

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-09-24
• Primary completion: 2022-09-24
• Completion: 2022-09-24
• First posted: 2022-11-10
• Last updated: 2022-11-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States