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The Effect of Osteopathic Manual Therapy on Vascular Supply

NCT01020591 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2017-05-04

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if the use of osteopathic manual therapy can influence the vascular supply to the knee, knee range of motion, balance and knee pain, in a group of subjects with knee osteoarthritis. It is also the objective of this study to determine if there is a difference between the osteopathic evaluation and the combination of an osteopathic evaluation and treatment.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Osteopathic evaluation

evaluation of movement and tissue mobility

OTHER

Osteopathic evaluation with treatment

osteopathic evaluation followed by osteopathic manual therapy release of tissues identified as tight or restricted

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Nova Scotia Health Authority

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Wendy M Jardine, MScPT · Nova Scotia Health Authority

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-12-31
Primary Completion
2010-03-31
Completion
2010-03-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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