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

Manipulation, Osteopathic Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Efficacy of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) on the Swing Via Objective Data From Golf Simulator Swing Analysis and Subjective Data

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03241095
• Other study ID #: FMCH-2017-25925
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: August 17, 2017
• Est. completion date: May 31, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: July 2020
• Source: University of Minnesota
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 75
• Est. completion date: May 31, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: May 31, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

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

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

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Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Manipulation, Osteopathic

Intervention

Procedure:
• OMT (Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment)
The co-hort will receive OMT. Each participant will perform 10 swings golf swings to determine a baseline measure the strength of their golf swing. This co-hort will then be evaluated by the physician and be given OMT.
• Sham intervention
The co-hort participants will each perform 10 swings golf swings to determine a baseline measure the strength of their golf swing. Theythen be given a sham OMT procedure.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Mayo Clinic Health System - Family Medicine Clinic	Mankato	Minnesota

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Minnesota

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Strength of golf swing as measured by the carry distance (the distance the ball flies in the air)	The participant will perform 10 swings into a golf simulator using a 5 iron. The simulator will record the information for each swing. Measurements include: Club head speed (Mph), Ball speed (Mph), Launch angle (Deg), Azimuth (Deg), Side spin (Rpm), Back spin (Rpm), Total spin (Rpm), Descent angle (Deg), Carry (Yds),Total distance (Yds), Offline (Yds), Peak height (Yds). We will be looking at the 'Carry' variable, before and after the intervention.	30 minutes