Effect of Cranial Osteopathy on Visual Function

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Visual Function

In brief

It is the purpose of this study to attempt to determine if there is an immediate, measurable change in visual function as a direct result following a session of cranial osteopathic manipulation.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00510562

Run by

Nova Southeastern University

People needed

29

Starts

2001-10-01

Expected to finish

2002-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-04-04

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Free of active ocular or systemic disease
• Refractive error between six diopters of myopia and five diopters of hyperopia with regular astigmatism of any amount
• Normal best-corrected visual acuity at 20/40 or better
• Normal amplitude of accommodation
• Willing to undergo cranial osteopathic manipulation

You may not qualify if…

• Pregnancy
• History of previous closed head trauma or brain injury
• Students from the Nova Southeastern University Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine and Optometry
• Prior cranial manipulative treatment/craniosacral therapy

Where it is running

• Nova Southeastern University Davie Health Center — Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States

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