Feasibility of RCT on the Efficacy of the Osteopathic Consultation in Computer Users

Universidade do Porto

Status: Completed

Conditions: Trapezius Muscle Strain

Treatments: Other: Osteopathic Consultation; Other: Sham Osteopathic Consultation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04501575

UPorto_DemSSO_RS

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study investigates the feasibility of conducting a large scale Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) to analyze the efficacy of the osteopathic consultation in reducing the intensity of pain and changing electromyographic activity in the musculature of the neck-shoulder region for the computer user's population.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Uses computer for over five hours daily, for over one year
• Reports non-specific pain over the neck-shoulder region

Exclusion criteria

• No neurologic signs or symptoms
• No known pathology that could mask the reported pain
• No knowledge or experience with osteopathy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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30 participants in 3 patient groups

Osteopathic consultation

Experimental group

Description:

It consists of 1 session. Each osteopathic session is based on a structural evaluation and treatment tailored to the participant-specific complains

Treatment:

Other: Osteopathic Consultation

Osteopathic sham consultation

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Osteopathic Sham treatment was applied using manual contact on specific bony surfaces using very light pressure. The practitioner was counting the seconds up to 1 minute between the areas where to apply the light touch without any intention to treat or diagnose.

Treatment:

Other: Sham Osteopathic Consultation

Usual Care

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants will be on a waiting list, and meanwhile, they are advised to deal with their pain in the way they would, but without using any sort of Manual Therapy.