Effect of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment for Patients With Chronic Headache
CompletedPhase 4NCT01332864
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
Participants with chronic or recurrent headache, unrelated to any known pathology or disease, will be randomly assigned to one of four interventions: Osteopathic manipulation of the body other than the head, osteopathic manipulation of the head, osteopathic manipulation of the head and rest of the body, or light touch on the head only but no manipulation. Measurements of heart rate and blood pressure variability, peripheral blood flow, and behavioral changes, such as mood, pain duration, intensity and frequency will be assessed.
Study details
- Official title
- Physiological and Behavioral Effects of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment on Patients With Chronic Headache: A Randomized Clinical Trial
- Interventions
- Procedure: Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT)
- Procedure: Light touch
- Sponsor
- Western University of Health Sciences
- Start date
- 2011-03
- Primary completion
- 2012-12
- Sex
- All
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * chronic or recurrent headaches at least as often as one time per week Exclusion Criteria: * recent head trauma * brain disease or pathology * seizure disorder * using beta or alpha blocker medications * allergy to sticky tape used to affix leads to skin
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01332864