To clarify the involvement of cervical muscle lesions as well as the parasympathetic nervous system in patients with depression
Conditions
Sponsors
There is no outside sponsor associated with this study.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Patients with depression over the age of 10, who visited our institutions from May 2006 through December 2019. 2) Resistant to outpatient care 3) Patients who were hospitalized for 5 to 120 days were enrolled.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Diagnosed to have specific diseases in other organs after admission 2) Underwent surgeries of the cervical spine 3) Received other pharmacological or non-pharmacological treatments in addition to the physical therapies at their insistence 4) Quit the physical therapies due to adverse events that were judged to be therapy-related by the physicians 5) Dischaged themselves from the hospital based on their own judgement with unknown reasons.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1) Number of patients complaining depression in the self-rated records on the medical interview sheets before and after the physical treatments 2) Pupil light reflex parameters (the initial pupil diameter before the stimulus and the percentage of constriction rate) before and after the physical treatments | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactHiroki Fujii
Tokyo Neurological Center Office
Outcome results
None listed