NCT07465068

The Effect of Visceral Osteopathic Manual Therapy in Lumbar Disc Herniation

The Effect of Visceral Osteopathic Manual Therapy in Chronic Lumbar Disc Herniation

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: Istanbul Rumeli University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study aims to investigate the impact of adding visceral osteopathic manual therapy techniques to conservative physical therapy on the lives of individuals with lumbar disc herniation.

Detailed description

Chronic lumbar disc herniation is a very common problem. The aim of our study is to evaluate the effectiveness of visceral manual therapy in addition to classical physical therapy applications used in the treatment of chronic lumbar disc herniation problems. For this purpose, 40 patients diagnosed with chronic lumbar disc herniation who applied to the clinic will be divided into 2 groups, with 20 participants in each group. Participants will be randomly assigned to two groups using a randomization method: Classical Treatment Group (n=20) and Classical Treatment + Visceral Osteopathic Manual Therapy (VOMT) Group (n=20). Sessions will be administered by the same physiotherapist, with a session duration of 30 minutes, every other day, for a total of 5 sessions.

Conditions

• Disk Hernisi
• Visseral Manuel Terapi

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	osteopathic manual therapy	Group 1 will receive conservative physical therapy including TENS current, heat agent, and additionally, VOMT techniques such as CV4 Technique, Segmental Release, Hormonal Axis (Pituitary-Thyroid-Diaphragm), Liver, Stomach, Pyloris Sphincter, Ligamentum Hepato-gastricus, Sphincter Odi, Sphincter Ilio-jejunum, Ilio-cecal Valve, Bowel and Colon Mobilization.
OTHER	FTR	Group 2 will only receive conservative physical therapy including TENS current and heat agents; none of the VOMT techniques will be applied.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-04-10
• Primary completion: 2025-06-28
• Completion: 2025-07-03
• First posted: 2026-03-11
• Last updated: 2026-03-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)