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Early Exposure to OMT Prevents Long LOS

NCT01784835 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 113

Last updated 2013-02-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The application of osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) in preterm infants has been demonstrated to be effective in reducing length of stay (LOS). The scope of the present study is to investigate the association between earlier exposure to OMT and reduction of LOS in premature infants

Conditions

  • Prematurity

Interventions

OTHER

osteopathic manipulative treatment

Patients from this group received osteopathic treatments twice a week for the entire length of stay in the unit.

OTHER

Usual care

Patients from control group received standard care plus osteopathic evaluation only, according to the same schedule as the study group.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • European Institute for Evidence Based Osteopathic Medicine

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
32 Weeks
Max Age
37 Weeks
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-10-31
Primary Completion
2012-07-31
Completion
2012-07-31

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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