Preventative Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) and the Nursing Home Patient

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: General Health Status

In brief

This pilot research study will investigate the possible benefit that elderly nursing home patients may receive from regular Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM) care during the winter months. The study is based on the osteopathic philosophies that structure and function are interrelated and that the body has self-healing mechanisms. The body is expected to have optimized ability to heal itself "when all its parts are in place" (AT Still). This study is looking at subject population for whom their ability to take care of themselves is diminished by their underlying diseases. Based on the osteopathic philosophies, optimization of the nursing home patient's physical structure through osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) should enhance their body's homeostatic mechanisms. This study is assessing the validity of these philosophies by looking at the effect of OMT on the global health of these individuals.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01000142

Run by

A.T. Still University of Health Sciences

People needed

22

Starts

2009-10-01

Expected to finish

2010-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-09-28

Who can join

Age: 65 and older, up to 100. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Resident of Participating Nursing Home
• Life Expectancy of at Least 6 Months

You may not qualify if…

• Diagnosis of Terminal Cancer
• Diagnosis of Active Tuberculosis
• Diagnosis of Metabolic Bone Disease or Condition That Would Place Patient at Risk for Pathological Fracture
• Unable to Cooperate
• Unable to Tolerate OMT
• OMT is Contraindicated

Where it is running

• Kirksville Manor Care Center — Kirksville, Missouri, United States
• Twin Pines Adult Care Center — Kirksville, Missouri, United States

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