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Effect of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment for Patients With Chronic Headache

NCT01332864 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2013-02-13

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Participants with chronic or recurrent headache, unrelated to any known pathology or disease, will be randomly assigned to one of four interventions: Osteopathic manipulation of the body other than the head, osteopathic manipulation of the head, osteopathic manipulation of the head and rest of the body, or light touch on the head only but no manipulation. Measurements of heart rate and blood pressure variability, peripheral blood flow, and behavioral changes, such as mood, pain duration, intensity and frequency will be assessed.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT)

O OMT applied to areas of somatic dysfunction other than the head region.

PROCEDURE

Light touch

Light touch applied to head region for 10 minutes with patient supine at rest.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Western University of Health Sciences

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Michael A. Seffinger, D.O. · Western University of Health Sciences

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-03-31
Primary Completion
2012-12-31
Completion
2012-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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