Therapeutic Touch for Wrist Fractures in Postmenopausal Women

This study will evaluate the effectiveness of therapeutic touch in treating wrist fractures in women past menopause.

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Key information

Conditions

Osteoporosis Bone Diseases Bone Diseases, Metabolic Fractures Fractures, Bone Metabolic Diseases Musculoskeletal Diseases Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases Wounds and Injuries

Age range

40 year–85 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

University of Connecticut Health Center

Farmington, Connecticut, 06030-5215, United States

About this study

In the United States, the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) increased by approximately 25% between 1990 and 1997. The number of visits to CAM practitioners exceeded visits to primary care physicians by about 250 million in 1997. Energy medicine modalities, including therapeutic touch, healing touch, and reiki, are commonly utilized for conditions ranging from headache to cancer, yet understanding of the human energy field and how it may be used in healing is limited. This study will examine the effect of therapeutic touch on fracture healing in postmenopausal women.

Women will be enrolled in the study within one week of a wrist fracture and will receive either therapeutic touch or a sham (placebo) treatment daily for 3 weeks. Assessments will include blood and urine analysis and measures of pain and function in the affected wrist.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion Criertia:

Postmenopausal
Wrist fracture within 1 week of study entry
Able to travel to research center for daily treatment

Treatment and study plan

therapeutic touch

Procedure

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

Nih

Registry information

Official study title

The Effect of Therapeutic Touch on Bone Formation in Postmenopausal Women After Wrist Fracture

Important dates

Study start: 2003
Study completion: 2006
First posted: Mar 10, 2004
Registry last updated: Aug 17, 2006

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