The sustained effects of Osteopathic Treatment on Primary Dysmennorhoea

In patients with primary dysmennorhoea, is sustained osteopathic treatment more beneficial than medication in reducing pain and medication usage?

Status

Not yet recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12610000265077

Enrollment

Registered

2010-03-31

Start date

2010-04-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

A randomised controlled intervention study investigating the effect of sustained osteopathic treatment on the pain levels and medication usage in primary dysmennorrhoea

Interventions

Osteopathic treatment. The osteopathic treatments are conducted at the Victoria University Teaching Clinic with consultations approximately 45 minutes in duration. Treatment will be administered twice per week during the fortnight before menstruation. Treatment will continue over two months (four treatment consultations in total) with the last two months being used to determine if there is a long term effect of osteopathic treatment.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Open (masking not used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 40 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients suffering from primary dysmennorhoea with no pathological cause

Exclusion criteria

Participants suffering from secondary dysmennorhoea, outside age range, or pregnant

Outcome results