Objective Kinematic Correlates of Palpatory Diagnosis

Hypothesis: Kinematic parameters can be used to monitor changes in three-dimensional head movements after Manual Therapy treatments.

Subjects who have some level of cervical dysfunction will be examined by an experienced Osteopathic physician. During the clinical assessment of cervical lateral flexion, kinematic data will be recorded. Subjects will be treated using manual therapy techniques and kinematic data will be recorded again at set intervals after the treatment.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Cervical Spine
• Intervention / Treatment: Procedure: Manual Therapy Techniques

Detailed Description

The physician providing treatment will use, depending on his professional judgment for each subject, one of four treatment modalities: (1) soft-tissue stretch, (2) myofascial release, (3) muscle energy, or (4) functional (indirect) method. These modalities are standard to the care and practice of osteopathic manual medicine, they are taught in the Osteopathic curriculum, and they are practiced each day at the Michigan State University Clinical Center.

After the initial treatment, there will be an immediate follow-up kinematic test to collect the 3-D motion data. Then, subjects will return for subsequent kinematic assessments at: 24 hours post treatment, 48 hours post treatment and seven days post treatment. At the seven day mark, subjects will be evaluated as in the initial assessment and the physician will use his professional judgment to determine if the subject would benefit from a second treatment. If so, then the process of treatment and kinematic assessment would occur a second time, with kinematic assessment 24 hours post treatment, 48 hours post treatment and seven days post treatment. A maximum of two treatment sessions will be performed.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 10
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Michigan
    • East Lansing, Michigan, United States, 48824
      • Biomechanical Design Research Laboratory

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Males and Females over the age of 18 and up to 100 years of age

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant women and minors

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Basic Science
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Three-dimensional kinematics	Same day, 24 hours, 48 hours

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Michigan State University
• Collaborators: American Osteopathic Association

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: July 1, 2008
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 1, 2009
• Study Completion (Actual): June 1, 2010

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 31, 2008
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 4, 2008
• First Posted (Estimate): August 5, 2008

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): September 20, 2010
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 17, 2010
• Last Verified: September 1, 2010

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Biomechanics; Kinematics; Manipulation; Cervical Spine
• Other Study ID Numbers: Bush-headneck