The Immediate Effect of an Osteopathic Manual Treatment on Blood Pressure in Adults With Hypertension - a Pilot Study.

International Academy of Osteopathy

Status

Completed

Conditions

High Blood Pressure

Treatments

Other: Manual therapy - osteopathic techniques

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04479384

201910 EN PEDERSEN M PROTOCOL

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study was to determine if 4 manual osteopathic treatment techniques; Spinal manipulation, stretch intrathoracic fascia, sternum recoil and cranial base release has an immediate effect on blood pressure (BP) in hypertensive adults.

Full description

30 hypertensive adults (age=50.76±8.66 years, height= 1.75±0.082 m, weight=89.5±19.08 kg), were randomly assigned into one of two equally sized groups; a non- intervention and an intervention group in which patients received 4 manual techniques. Outcome measures included systolic- and diastolic BP pre-treatment and post-treatment 1-,5-, and 10-minutes. Two-way mixed ANOVA was used for statistical analysis.

Enrollment

30 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 60 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Adults 18-60 years old.
Primary hypertension.
Hypertension not more than grade 2, defined as: Systolic BP from 135-174 mmHg and diastolic BP from 85-104 mmHg.

Exclusion criteria

Hypertension grade 3, defined as: Systolic BP from >175 mmHg and diastolic BP >105 mmHg, due to high risk of developing stroke, apoplexy and myocardial infarct.
Positive hepato-jugular-reflux test, as a safety-test, to test pathological conditions of the heart.
History of liver, kidney or known heart diseases, diagnosed by family physician as these conditions can contribute to secondary hypertension.
Presence of contraindications for manual treatment, such as (but not limited to); infections, neurological symptoms, inflammation, haemophilia, ankylosis, prosthesis, pregnancy, cancer, osteoporosis, trauma and the use of blood-thinning medicines or corticosteroids.