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Impact of standardised osteopathic treatment of the frontalis muscles on anxiety disorders

Impact of standardised osteopathic treatment of the frontalis muscles on anxiety disorders

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00017663
Enrollment
30
Registered
2019-07-30
Start date
2018-02-13
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

F40 F41

Interventions

Group 1: Over a period of 1 month, the patients attended 3 sessions in which 3 standardized osteopathic interventions were applied over a period of 30 minutes. At the 1 appointment a 30-minute anamnes

Sponsors

Osteopathie Schule Deutschland
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 65 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: For trial participation the patients had to fulfil the inclusion criteria by 1) been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder by a physician (ICD-10 conform) and 2) currently participating in psychotherapeutic sessions.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Within the exclusion criteria the patients weren´t allowed to be diagnosed with a disorder affecting facial expression 1) reductively like morbus parkinson, apraxia, autism, facial nerve paresis and spasm or 2) increasingly like huntington´s disease, west syndrome, schizophrenia and motor tics.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Quantitative evaluation of the trial procedure, interventions, eligibility criteria, acquisition, harms and statistics took place after the follow-up.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Qualitative evaluation of anxiety using the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) and Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) took place before every treatment session and in the follow-up. The performance of a power analysis for planning of full-scale study took place after the follow-up.

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactLucas Bohlen

Osteopathie Schule Deutschland

lucas.bohlen@osteopathie-schule.de+49-17680460779

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026