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Osteopathic Sympathetic Harmonization and Depression

NCT04840043 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 39

Last updated 2021-04-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Depression appears to be resistant to the available pharmacological treatments. Autonomic responses accompanied by any psychological stress are sympathetic nervous system (SNS) and neuroendocrine responses are formed by hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. The purpose of this study is; assessment of effectiveness of osteopathic approach on sympathetic nervous system and HPA axis in adolescents with depression.

Conditions

  • Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment

Interventions

OTHER

Osteopathic sympathic harmonization

Treatments that harmonize at the sympathetic nerves or plexus, e.g., sympathetic trunk stimulation by means of the rib-raise technique or stimulation of the prevertebral ganglia.

OTHER

Sham intervention

Different location, size and time of the rib-raise technique or stimulation of the prevertebral ganglia.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cumhuriyet University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Omer Osman PALA, PhD · Cumhuriyet University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

  • Seyit CITAKER, Prof · Gazi University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

  • Esra GUNEY, Assoc. Prof · Gazi University, Faculty of Medicine, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

  • Aylin SEPICI DINCEL, Prof · Gazi University, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Biochemistry

  • Güner Melike GUVELI, MD · Gazi University, Faculty of Medicine, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

  • Burak ARSLAN, MD · Gazi University, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Biochemistry

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Max Age
21 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-10-11
Primary Completion
2018-03-23
Completion
2018-06-05

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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