Correlation of Somatic Dysfunction With Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Findings

Completed

Conditions studied: Segmental and Somatic Dysfunction, Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms, Ectopic Intestinal Mucosa

In brief

The purpose of this study is to correlate the link between palpatory findings of somatic dysfunction and gastrointestinal endoscopic evidence of changes in mucosa. The investigators' hypothesis is that there is a direct connection between somatic palpatory changes and intestinal mucosal changes via a somatovisceral/viscerosomatic mechanism.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01394198

Run by

A.T. Still University of Health Sciences

People needed

70

Starts

2011-03-01

Expected to finish

2013-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-09-27

Who can join

Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients already scheduled for upper or lower endoscopy at Kirksville Family Medicine Clinic
• Must be 21 years of age or older
• Subjects must be able to lie in the prone position for 30 minutes

You may not qualify if…

• Subjects cannot have history of spinal fractures or surgical intervention of the spine that could alter the palpatory findings of the spinal and paraspinal regions
• Subjects who are wards of the state or are unable to sign the consent form on their own behalf will be excluded
• Subjects will be excluded if they are unable to lie prone for 30 minutes
• Subjects will be excluded if they are not already scheduled for an endoscopy

Where it is running

• Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine Family Practice Clinic — Kirksville, Missouri, United States

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