Applied Clinical Neuroscience Care for Self-reported Symptoms of Depression and Cerebellar Function in Adults (DEP)

Life University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Depression

Treatments: Procedure: Chiropractic Applied Clinical Neuroscience

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03997240

l-0012

Details and patient eligibility

About

Pilot study design that operationalizes the multimodal manner of care while evaluating changes in depression symptoms, dysmetria, and balance for medication non-responders.

Full description

Pilot study design that operationalizes the multimodal manner of care while evaluating changes in depression symptoms, dysmetria, and balance for medication non-responders. This research will provide an initial first step towards answering the following three research questions:

1. Does a multimodal chiropractic applied clinical neuroscience approach to care affect self-reported symptoms of depression?
2. Does a multimodal chiropractic applied clinical neuroscience approach to care affect dysmetria and balance control in a clinically depressed population?
3. Are changes in dysmetria and balance control correlated with a change in depressive symptoms.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• You are over the age of 18.
• You have been diagnosed with depression.
• You are currently taking medication for depression or have previously taken medication.
• You have been or were on your depression medication for at least 3 months.
• You feel/felt that the medication is/was not helping.

Exclusion criteria

• Had a lifetime history of severe neurologic or mental illness (e.g. schizophrenia or substance abuse)
• Are pregnant
• Have pending litigation or a recent history of spinal fracture, metastatic cancer, chiropractic care within the past month
• Present with contraindications to chiropractic care

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

Wait-list control

Other group

Description:

Six-week wait list control

Treatment:

Procedure: Chiropractic Applied Clinical Neuroscience

Immediate intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Immediate treatment group

Treatment:

Procedure: Chiropractic Applied Clinical Neuroscience