An interventional study of osteopathic manual therapy in Parkinson Disease, Dystonia and Autonomic Dysreflexia, sponsored by New York Institute of Technology. Completed at 1 site in United States. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-09-23.
Sponsored by New York Institute of Technology · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
Among 13 studies in Parkinson Disease by New York Institute of Technology — 4 open to participants now, 4 under way, none of them phase 3. Parkinson Disease · New York Institute of Technology.
Among the 13 studies in Parkinson Disease by New York Institute of Technology, this one is the 11th largest by enrollment, is the only one that started in 2016, is one of 12 with no phase, and was the 7th registered.
4,573 studies on the registry are indexed under Parkinson Disease; 1,086 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 10 is below the median of 40 across 3,353 interventional studies indexed under Parkinson Disease.
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Of the 748 Parkinson Disease studies recruiting now, 311 (42%) set no upper age limit and 127 (17%) stop at 75 or younger; 63 take children under 18; 189 take healthy volunteers.
This study: all sexes · no healthy volunteers.
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First in 2008; this study’s year is marked. 1 started in 2016.
Median enrollment 20 across the 13 interventional studies. Of the 8 that completed or were terminated, 0 (0%) have results posted.
New York Institute of Technology is the lead sponsor of 59 studies on the registry; 15 are open to participants now.
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This study will determine if posture and heart rate variability will significantly improve in Parkinsons disease with camptocormia after osteopathic manual treatments dystonia.
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.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Subject will receive the intervention, osteopathic manual treatment protocol.
Other: osteopathic manual therapy
Subjects will receive counseling.
Subjects will receive counseling.
Investigators board certified in osteopathic manual therapy will use their hands in a non-invasive manner to improve dystonia symptoms
change in posture
inches of forward head carriage
Time frame: 8 weeks
change in heart rate variability
heart rate changes
Time frame: 8 weeks
Plan to share: No
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The record gives a start of Nov 2016, a primary completion of Sep 2021 and a completion of Sep 2021. It does not say whether these dates are actual or estimated.
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