Effect of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment for Patients With Chronic Headache

Completed · Phase 4 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Headache, Cephalgia, Migraine

In brief

Participants with chronic or recurrent headache, unrelated to any known pathology or disease, will be randomly assigned to one of four interventions: Osteopathic manipulation of the body other than the head, osteopathic manipulation of the head, osteopathic manipulation of the head and rest of the body, or light touch on the head only but no manipulation. Measurements of heart rate and blood pressure variability, peripheral blood flow, and behavioral changes, such as mood, pain duration, intensity and frequency will be assessed.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01332864

Run by

Western University of Health Sciences

People needed

60

Starts

2011-03-01

Expected to finish

2012-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-02-13

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• chronic or recurrent headaches at least as often as one time per week

You may not qualify if…

• recent head trauma
• brain disease or pathology
• seizure disorder
• using beta or alpha blocker medications
• allergy to sticky tape used to affix leads to skin

Where it is running

• Western University of Health Sciences — Pomona, California, United States

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