Effect of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM) on Pulmonary Function and Speech in Parkinson's Disease

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Parkinson's Disease

In brief

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of selected Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM) techniques on the respiratory system of people with Parkinson's Disease (PD) in comparison to light touch. Effectiveness will be measured through pulmonary function tests, chest wall expansion, and voice analysis. Selected subjects will be randomly assigned to one of the two groups: OMM treatment group or light touch group. Although OMM treatment has been used on PD patients, a randomized controlled study has not been done to establish its effect on PD respiratory function. The authors believe that this study will show OMM's effectiveness.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01636011

Run by

New York Institute of Technology

People needed

50

Starts

2013-02-01

Expected to finish

2017-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-10-16

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Medically diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease
• on a stable medication dose
• over the age of 18

You may not qualify if…

• no clinical diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease
• - medication that might cause pulmonary dysfunction
• inability to perform PFT because of anatomical abnormalities
• clinical signs of dementia
• pacemaker that interferes with pectoral traction
• metastatic cancer

Where it is running

• NYIT NYCOM Academic Health Care Center — Old Westbury, New York, United States

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