Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine and Kinetics

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01376687

Enrollment

Registered

2011-06-20

Start date

2010-09-30

Completion date

2011-11-30

Last updated

2011-12-01

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

Conditions

Cervical Spine

Keywords

Osteopathic Medicine, Cervical Spine, Kinetics

Brief summary

Back pain affects the majority of the population at some time. Currently there are no published and scientifically accepted objective measures to support manual medicine diagnostic and treatment techniques for back pain. The purpose of this project is to collect and evaluate objective (pressure and motion) data from standard clinical diagnostic tests.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* HEalthy and no pain in cervical spine * Pain of 3 or greater in cervical spine

Exclusion criteria

* pain of less than 3 in the cervical spine region * pregnant

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Feasibility of obtaining force data during clinical assessment	1 year	Assessment of force sensing equipment while conducting clinical diagnoses

Countries

United States

Outcome results