Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment and Its Relationship to Autonomic Nervous System Activity
Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group
Conditions studied: Healthy
In brief
The relationship between Osteopathic Manipulative Therapy (OMT) and the autonomic nervous system is poorly understood. This study quantifies that relationship and demonstrates a cause and effect. It is hypothesized that cervical myofascial release increases vagal tone.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00516984
- Run by
- University of Oklahoma
- People needed
- 30
- Starts
- 2005-01-01
- Expected to finish
- 2007-10-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2008-08-22
Who can join
Age: 19 and older, up to 50. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Twenty-eight (28) study subjects then were selected by their response to a general questionnaire, which indicated suitability for the study, and assessed by the following inclusion criteria:
- written informed consent
- normal healthy adults older than 19 years and younger than 50 years
- normal ECG
- normal blood pressure based on criteria published in the Seventh Report of the U.S. Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC-7).
You may not qualify if…
- Exclusion criteria included chronic cardiovascular disease (heart failure, myocardial infarction, or hypertension)
- diabetes
- asthma
- pregnancy
- smoking
- premature ventricular contractions exceeding 20% of total heart beats
- resting supine heart rate greater than 75 bpm or less than 45 bpm, systolic blood pressure greater than 140 mmHg or less than 90 mmHg
- failure of heart rate to increase with passive tilt (50-degrees head-up)
- Long-distance runners and other conditioned athletes also were excluded
Where it is running
- OSU — Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
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