Is Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) Beneficial for Elderly Patients Hospitalized With Pneumonia?

Summary

Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) were used in the 1800s and 1900s to treat pneumonia before the introduction of antibiotics in the mid-1900s. The purpose of this study is to determine if OMT, when used in conjunction with antibiotics and other usual care, will improve the recovery of elderly pneumonia patients.

Conditions

• Pneumonia

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment

In addition to conventional treatment for pneumonia, a 10-minute standardized OMT protocol + 5-minute nonstandardized component was performed twice daily for the duration of hospitalization.

PROCEDURE

Light-touch Treatment

In addition to conventional treatment for pneumonia, a 10-minute standardized light-touch protocol (designed to mimic OMT standardized protocol) + 5-minute auscultation of carotid bruits, heart, and lungs was performed twice daily for the duration of hospitalization.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Brentwood Foundation

  collaborator OTHER

• Colorado Springs Osteopathic Foundation

  collaborator OTHER

• Foundation for Osteopathic Health Services (Maryland)

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Muskegon General Osteopathic Foundation (Michigan)

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Northwest Oklahoma Osteopathic Foundation (Oklahoma)

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Osteopathic Founders Foundation (Oklahoma)

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Osteopathic Institute of the South (Georgia)

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Osteopathic Heritage Foundations

  collaborator OTHER

• Quad City Osteopathic Foundation (Iowa)

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• A.T. Still University of Health Sciences

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Donald R Noll, D.O., FACOI · A.T. Still University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age

50 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2004-03-31

Primary Completion

2007-04-30

Completion

2007-04-30

Countries

• United States

Study Locations