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Effects Of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine(OMM) On Lower Extremity Muscle Characteristics In Parkinson's Disease(PD) Patients

NCT05884944 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2024-08-07

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Summary

The purpose of the study is to investigate the effects that Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine has on lower extremity muscle characteristics in PD. Muscle stiffness, range of motion, and gait will be measured.

Participants will be asked to attend one in person session at the NYIT Academic Health Care Center. Participants will be randomly assigned to a control or experimental group. After a visit with the treating physician, both groups will have muscle stiffness tested using a myotonometry meter via a MyotonPRO device, gait measured while walking on a treadmill for 2 minutes before and after treatment, and range of motion tested using a goniometer. One week after the visit, participants will be asked to complete a brief survey over the phone with one of the study investigators.

Conditions

  • Parkinson Disease
  • Osteopathy in Diseases Classified Elsewhere

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Sham- Light touch, not reaching restrictive barrier

Sham- Light touch, not reaching restrictive barrier For the control group, the subjects hip, knee, and ankle joints will be moved bilaterally 3 times into each plane to mimic the OMM muscle energy treatment. The joint will be moved in each plane of motion without reaching the joint barrier. The hip joint will be moved into adduction, extension, and flexion, the knee joint will be moved into extension and flexion, and the ankle will be moved into plantarflexion and dorsiflexion 3 times in each direction without reaching the barrier passively.

PROCEDURE

Experimental: Interventional Group- OMM- Muscle energy

The interventional group will received Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine, specifically Muscle energy treatment. An osteopathic manipulative treatment protocol will be applied to the lower extremity joints bilaterally. Muscle energy technique (MET) will be applied to the hip, knee, and ankle bilaterally based on the protocol from Atlas of Osteopathic Techniques. The adductor, extensor, and flexor muscles of the hip joint will be treated, the extensors and flexors of the knee joint will be treated, and the plantar and dorsiflexion muscles of the ankle will be treated. Muscle energy is a direct active treatment asking the subject to move their joint in a direction against a counterforce by the treatment provider for 3 times for 3 seconds and repeating the procedure 3 times and afterwards a passive stretch to the joint is applied by the provider.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • New York Institute of Technology

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-07-06
Primary Completion
2025-12-31
Completion
2025-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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