Effects Of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine(OMM) On Lower Extremity Muscle Characteristics In Parkinson's Disease(PD) Patients

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Procedure
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

The purpose of the study is to investigate the effects that Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine has on lower extremity muscle characteristics in PD. Muscle stiffness, range of motion, and gait will be measured. Participants will be asked to attend one in person session at the NYIT Academic Health Care Center. Participants will be randomly assigned to a control or experimental group. After a visit with the treating physician, both groups will have muscle stiffness tested using a myotonometry meter via a MyotonPRO device, gait measured while walking on a treadmill for 2 minutes before and after treatment, and range of motion tested using a goniometer. One week after the visit, participants will be asked to complete a brief survey over the phone with one of the study investigators.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• Clinical diagnosis of Parkinson's disease as per a neurologist, a severity of 2-4 on the Hoehn and Yahr (H-Y) Scale

• Able to receive OMM

• Able to be in a supine and prone position for MyotonPRO measurements

• Able to ambulate for gait measurements

• Have musculoskeletal complaints of leg pain/cramping or gait abnormalities due to their PD

Locations
United States
New York
NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine
RECRUITING
Old Westbury
Contact Information
Primary
Sheldon Yao, DO
syao@nyit.edu
516-686-1300
Time Frame
Start Date: 2023-07-06
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-12
Participants
Target number of participants: 20
Treatments
Experimental: Interventional Group- OMM- Muscle energy
For the OMM treatment group, an osteopathic manipulative treatment protocol will be applied to the lower extremities, specifically muscle energy technique (MET) to the hip, knee, and ankle bilaterally based on the protocol from Atlas of Osteopathic Techniques. The adductor, extensor, and flexor muscles of the hip joint will be treated, the extensors and flexors of the knee joint will be treated, and the plantar and dorsiflexion muscles of the ankle will be treated
Sham_comparator: Control Group- Sham- Light touch, not reaching restrictive barrier
Joint articulation without engaging joint barriers The sham group will serve as the control group and will receive a sham-control procedure as outlined in the paper by Wells, et al in which they will undergo voluntary ROM and then passive movement with the same joint movements without reaching their barrier and no isometric contraction (Wells et al. 1999) The proposed sham procedure will occupy the same amount of time as MET treatment.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: New York Institute of Technology

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