Osteopathic Manipulative Techniques in Collegiate Dancers

NCT06858592 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: 2024-181
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 15
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this study is to determine how these techniques affect pain levels, movement quality, and balance. Osteopathic Manipulative Techniques, or OMT, is a type of treatment used to treat problems in the bones, muscles, tissues, and joints. The investigators would like to ask the participants to fill out a few questionnaires about their personal history, dance background, pain levels, and movement quality. All participant responses will be completely anonymous, and participants are allowed to refuse to answer any part of the survey. The investigators would also ask participants to complete a balance assessment, which will involve standing on a force plate with their eyes open and closed for 30 seconds each. The initial survey and questionnaires, balance assessment, OMT, and post-practice survey are expected to take about 60 minutes. Each additional survey given after 24-hours and one week will take about 20 minutes each. The follow-up balance test after one week is expected to take less than 5 minutes. Participation in this study would be immensely valuable for us to learn more about the benefits of treating dancers with osteopathic manipulative medicine.

Conditions

Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT); Dance Therapy

Keywords

Dance; Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT); Mental Health; Athletic Identity

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (5)

• Changes in perceived pain after Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT)

  The Multidimensional Pain Questionnaire in Professional Dance (MPQDA) will be used to collect dancer demographics, history, and performance-related pain levels. The questionnaire includes the following blocks (questions contents are in parentheses):prevalence and localizations; subjective sensation of pain; temporal course of pain. On a four-point ordinal scale from 'not' (= 0) to 'very' (= 3), accompanying symptoms (tension, redness, swelling, warming, restrictions of mobility and resilience) are asked.

  7 days

• Changes in balance after Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT)

  This pilot study will utilize the IsoBALANCE® force plate and scoring system to balance in collegiate dancers before and after receiving OMT. Distance in CM traveled along X and Y axis will be measured during 2 30-second bouts: the first with eyes open and the second with eyes closed. A radius of movement from center (in cm) will also be calculated.

  7 days

• Changes in performance after Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT)

  The Dance Functional Outcome Survey (DFOS) will collect data on the dancers' areas of perceived movement quality and function while performing. 14 questions in the areas of ADL and dance/technique specific "requiring answers of agreement or disagreement to a statement" Max of 40 points; 1 general dance performance grade question (0-100 scale); and Technique section: Max 50 points. Higher score reflects higher function.

  7 days

• Changes in performance after Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT)

  Screening 6 from Athlete's Form #2 on the International Olympic Committee Sport Mental Health Assessment Tool 1 (SMHAT-1) will be used to screen for eating habits and attitudes toward food, eating, weight, and body image that may identify risk factors of disordered eating. The 9-item screen asks about food attitudes over the previous 14 day period. It is scored on a 3 to Zero scale (3=always, 0=sometimes/rarely/never) with higher scores indicating more risk for disordered eating. Topics included guilt after eating; desire to be thinner; satisfaction with body shape; trying to lose weight; avoidance of disappointing parents.

  7 days

• Changes in performance after Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT)

  The Athletic Identity Measurement Scale (AIMS) measures the degree to which an individual identifies with the athlete role. The AIMS is a 10-item self-report questionnaire that was developed to assess domain-specific self-identification as an athlete. The original 10-item AIMS version produced a more has been used in investigations of a wide variety of sport-related phenomena from its 3 sub-scales: social identity, exclusivity, and negative affectivity. For this study, the participants will complete the 10-item version. 8 of the items are worded positively; 2 are worded negatively (inversely scored) using a 1 to 7 Likert scale (Strongly disagree to Strongly agree).

  7 days

Study Arms (1)

Treatment Population

EXPERIMENTAL

This pilot study will collect data from, diagnose, treat, and reassess dancers on the ULM dance team. They will be asked to complete multiple questionnaires and a survey to determine their medical history, dance background, and mental health. The Multidimensional Pain Questionnaire in Professional Dance (MPQDA) will be used to collect dancer demographics, history, and performance-related pain levels. The Dance Functional Outcome Survey (DFOS) will collect data on the dancers' areas of pain and perceived movement quality and function while performing. Then, the dancer will be treated for 15 minutes using OMT by the osteopathic medical student and supervising physician beginning with the area of greatest restriction within the lower body, including the lumbar spine, hips, knees, ankles, and feet. Following diagnosis and treatment, dancers will attend a dance practice, and be re-evaluated immediately afterward. After 24 hours, dancers will be evaluated again with the force plate.

Procedure: Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT)

Interventions

Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) PROCEDURE

Dancers will then individually be screened for somatic dysfunctions (SD) by a physician and VCOM OMS-III student doctor under their direct supervision. OMS-III student investigators will receive training and be assessed on their abilities before performing OMT on subjects. This will take place at the dancers' place of practice in a private area equipped with an OMM table. The areas to be screened include the lumbar spine, hips, knees, ankles, and feet. All diagnoses in these areas will be documented with specific notation for the area of greatest restriction on paper. After making a diagnosis or multiple diagnoses, the dancer will be treated utilizing OMT for 15 minutes starting with the area of greatest restriction in the lower body by the OMS-III student doctor under direct supervision of a physician, should an adverse event take place. The type of treatment(s) used will be at the discretion of the supervising physician and the VCOM student doctor. They may use any OMT technique, exc

Treatment Population

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Members of the ULM dance team (HawkLine)

You may not qualify if:

• Non-competitive members of the team, those injured and those that opt out of the study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine: lead
• University of Louisiana Monroe: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine

Monroe, Louisiana, 71203, United States

Location

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MeSH Terms

Conditions

Psychological Well-Being

Interventions

Manipulation, Osteopathic

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Personal Satisfaction; Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Musculoskeletal Manipulations; Complementary Therapies; Therapeutics; Physical Therapy Modalities; Rehabilitation

Study Officials

• Stephanie N Aldret, DO, CAQSM, FAOASM

  Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 24, 2025
• First Posted: March 5, 2025
• Study Start: February 1, 2025
• Primary Completion: February 22, 2025
• Study Completion: February 22, 2025
• Last Updated: March 5, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-02

Locations

US (1)