Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment in Oncology Patients' Management

Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus Foundation

Status

Completed

Conditions

Osteopathy in Other Diseases Classified Elsewhere

Geriatric Oncology

Treatments

Other: Osteopathic manipulative treatment

Other: Physiotherapy

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03142386

Oncology and Osteopathy

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of present study was to study the osteopathic manipulative effects on pain relief and quality of life improvement on hospitalized oncology geriatric patients. A non-randomized comparison trial was performed in Unit of Oncology Rehabilitation, Palazzolo Institute, Don Carlo Gnocchi Foundation ONLUS, Milan, Italy, from September 2015 to March 2016. 23 older oncology patients were unrolled and allocated in two experimental groups: study group (OMT group, N=12) underwent to osteopathic manipulative treatment associated to physiotherapy and control group (PT group, N = 11) underwent only physiotherapy. At enrollment (T0), 23 recruited oncology patients completed the socio-demographic forms and were evaluated, from external examiner, pain intensity and quality of life. All patients were revaluated at the end of treatment (T4) for quality of life and every week (T1, T2, T3 and T4) for pain intensity. Standard level of significance was p<0.05.

Enrollment

23 patients

Sex

All

Ages

65 to 85 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

oncology patients
male and female
age≥65 years
with a clinical prognosis of 6-24 months
diagnosis of multifactorial hyperkinetic syndrome (i.e. metastatic surgery)
pain intensity score higher than 3, measured with Numeric Rating Scale (NRS)

Exclusion criteria

patients were receiving chemotherapy or radiotherapy treatment at the time of the study
with mental disorders (MMSE<10)
the presence of infection
anticoagulation therapy
cardiopulmonary disease
clinical instability post-surgery.