The Efficacy of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) on the Golf Swing

University of Minnesota (UMN)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Manipulation, Osteopathic

Treatments: Procedure: Sham intervention; Procedure: OMT (Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03241095

FMCH-2017-25925

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to investigate if osteopathic manipulative treatment (OTM) improves the golf swing of the participants. Study participants will be randomized into three groups, we will stratify by age and gender to make them as uniform as possible. One group will receive no intervention other than a 10-minute break between the pre and post measurements. A second group will receive a sham intervention where the doctor will pretend to give the participant OTM. The third group will receive real OTM.

Participants will perform a sample of 10 golf swings pre and post intervention which will be measured by a golf simulator. They will also complete a brief health history and pre/post self-evaluation of their swing.

Enrollment: 75 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria: Adult golfers (18 years old or over) -

Exclusion Criteria: Anyone under 18 years, people that do not golf.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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75 participants in 3 patient groups

Control

No Intervention group

Sham OMT

Sham Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: Sham intervention

OMT

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: OMT (Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment)