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Effect of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM) on Pulmonary Function and Speech in Parkinson's Disease

NCT01636011 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2017-10-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of selected Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM) techniques on the respiratory system of people with Parkinson's Disease (PD) in comparison to light touch. Effectiveness will be measured through pulmonary function tests, chest wall expansion, and voice analysis. Selected subjects will be randomly assigned to one of the two groups: OMM treatment group or light touch group. Although OMM treatment has been used on PD patients, a randomized controlled study has not been done to establish its effect on PD respiratory function. The authors believe that this study will show OMM's effectiveness.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Treatment

Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Treatment

OTHER

Light Touch sham

Light Touch sham

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • New York Institute of Technology

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sheldon Yao, DO · NYIT

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-02-28
Primary Completion
2015-11-30
Completion
2017-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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