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Osteopathic Treatment May Improve Exercise Capacity in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
In Brief
A Early Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating Active osteopathic treatment (OMT+PR): Active Comparator and sham osteopathic treatment (SOT+PR) for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Completed, enrolled 20 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
The purpose of this trial is to verify if an osteopathic treatment added to usual pulmonary rehabilitation trial is able to improve the walking ability of COPD patients and if there is any influence on lung functionality.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
The treatment was done once a week for 4 weeks and lasted 30 minutes.The examination was done according to the following scheme: anamnesis; physical examination (evaluation of the posture, palpation, tests for passive and active motion of areas linked to altered respiratory function); cranic-sacral evaluation (by means of a palpation of the cranic-sacral mechanism).
Only soft manipulation was performed