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Ultrasound Evaluation of Changes in Diaphragm Induced by Osteopathic Manipulative Techniques

NCT02801058 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 66

Last updated 2016-06-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

A wide number of osteopathic techniques focusing on diaphragm have been proposed but, although systematically and efficiently used, there is a general lack of evidences able to clarify how and to which extent osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) on diaphragm is effective and determines a modification in muscles contractility and motion as well as an objective determination of the benefit on the patients receiving treatment.

This study therefore aims at investigating whether, and how, a single session of selected osteopathic diaphragmatic techniques are able to affect muscle motility and thickness, assessed by ultrasounds, in a sample of healthy subjects and to compare results versus a group receiving a sham therapy and another one of non-treated subjects.

Conditions

  • Diaphragm
  • Respiratory Muscles
  • Osteopathic Medicine
  • Ultrasonography

Interventions

OTHER

Osteopathic manipulative treatment

Osteopathic manipulative techniques on thoracic diaphragm

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Scarlata, Simone, M.D.

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-09-30
Primary Completion
2015-12-31
Completion
2016-03-31

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