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Osteopathic Manipulation Makes a Neuropsychological Difference
Sponsor: Midwestern University
Summary
Patients with pain commonly experience cognitive impairment. While symptoms of pain are effectively treated with osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT), the cognitive piece is vastly ignored. Pain-induced cognitive dysfunction can be severe and is particularly apparent in working memory and attention. There is good reason to also expect cognitive responsiveness to OMT. Previous research has already reported related psychiatric outcomes, including relief from stress, self-perception and anxiety, suggesting that OMT may produce more global effects on cortical processing than currently thought.
Official title: Examining Osteopathic Manipulation on Making a Neuropsychological Brain of Difference in Adults With Pain: A BOD Study Protocol and Rationale for a New Approach
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
40 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
100
Start Date
2017-01
Completion Date
2026-09
Last Updated
2025-09-30
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment
Osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) is defined as the therapeutic application of manually guided forces by an osteopathic physician to improve physiologic function and/or support homeostasis that has been altered by somatic dysfunction. Somatic (body framework) dysfunction or altered function of related components is observed in the skeletal, arthrodial and myofascial structures, and their related vascular, lymphatic, and neural elements. Techniques can use a direct method where the restrictive barrier is engaged and a final activating force is applied to correct the somatic dysfunction, or an indirect method where the restrictive barrier is disengaged and the dysfunctional body part is moved away from the restrictive barrier until tissue tension is equal in one or all planes and directions
Control- No Intervention
This group will refrain from getting OMT while in the study.
Locations (1)
Midwestern Multispecialty Clinic
Downers Grove, Illinois, United States