Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine in Pregnancy: Physiologic and Clinical Effects

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Low Back Pain, Pregnancy

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine to what extent and by what physiological mechanisms Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM) affects selected conditions related to pregnancy, labor and delivery.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00426244

Run by

University of North Texas Health Science Center

People needed

400

Starts

2006-04-01

Expected to finish

2011-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-08-21

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 35. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• The woman must have medical clearance from her obstetrician at each study visit
• Must be less than or at 30 weeks gestation at the start of the study

You may not qualify if…

• Deemed high risk by the obstetrician (including but not limited to: abruptio placenta, placenta previa, severe pre-eclampsia/eclampsia, vaginal bleeding, gestational diabetes)
• Age 17 years or younger. Females 17 years of age and younger are considered pediatric high risk pregnancies and therefore ineligible for inclusion
• If a patient receives any other manual therapies such as massage, physical therapy, or chiropractic therapy, during the trial, she will be dropped from the study
• Subjects with a history of syncope either before or during this pregnancy will be excluded from participation in the substudy

Where it is running

• University of North Texas Health Science Center — Fort Worth, Texas, United States

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