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Osteopathic Manipulative Techniques in Collegiate Dancers

NCT06858592 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 15

Last updated 2025-03-05

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Summary

The goal of this study is to determine how these techniques affect pain levels, movement quality, and balance. Osteopathic Manipulative Techniques, or OMT, is a type of treatment used to treat problems in the bones, muscles, tissues, and joints. The investigators would like to ask the participants to fill out a few questionnaires about their personal history, dance background, pain levels, and movement quality. All participant responses will be completely anonymous, and participants are allowed to refuse to answer any part of the survey. The investigators would also ask participants to complete a balance assessment, which will involve standing on a force plate with their eyes open and closed for 30 seconds each. The initial survey and questionnaires, balance assessment, OMT, and post-practice survey are expected to take about 60 minutes. Each additional survey given after 24-hours and one week will take about 20 minutes each. The follow-up balance test after one week is expected to take less than 5 minutes. Participation in this study would be immensely valuable for us to learn more about the benefits of treating dancers with osteopathic manipulative medicine.

Conditions

  • Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT)
  • Dance Therapy

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT)

Dancers will then individually be screened for somatic dysfunctions (SD) by a physician and VCOM OMS-III student doctor under their direct supervision. OMS-III student investigators will receive training and be assessed on their abilities before performing OMT on subjects. This will take place at the dancers' place of practice in a private area equipped with an OMM table. The areas to be screened include the lumbar spine, hips, knees, ankles, and feet. All diagnoses in these areas will be documented with specific notation for the area of greatest restriction on paper. After making a diagnosis or multiple diagnoses, the dancer will be treated utilizing OMT for 15 minutes starting with the area of greatest restriction in the lower body by the OMS-III student doctor under direct supervision of a physician, should an adverse event take place. The type of treatment(s) used will be at the discretion of the supervising physician and the VCOM student doctor. They may use any OMT technique, exc

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Louisiana Monroe

    collaborator OTHER

  • Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Stephanie N Aldret, DO, CAQSM, FAOASM · Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-02-01
Primary Completion
2025-02-22
Completion
2025-02-22

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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