{"id":1785,"date":"2023-02-20T12:00:23","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T11:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demoucelle.sites-stag.agency\/uncategorized\/masters-student-seeks-parkinsons-patients-to-study-impact-of-osteopathy\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T08:42:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T06:42:26","slug":"masters-student-seeks-parkinsons-patients-to-study-impact-of-osteopathy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demoucelle.sites-stag.agency\/nl\/uncategorized\/masters-student-seeks-parkinsons-patients-to-study-impact-of-osteopathy\/","title":{"rendered":"Masters student seeks Parkinson\u2019s patients to study impact of osteopathy"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/demoucelle.sites-stag.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DPC-Facebook-Posts-2023-3.jpg\" alt=\"- Demoucelle Parkinson Charity\" width=\"317\" height=\"266\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.demoucelle.com\/blog\/charity-post\/research-osteopathy\/attachment\/dpc-facebook-posts-2023-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13024 noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a>STUDY OVERVIEW:<br\/>\n<\/strong>The Osteopathic Sciences Research Unit (URSO) at the Universit\u00e9 Libre de Bruxelles, in collaboration with the CHU Brugmann hospital, are interested in finding ways to get rid of musculoskeletal pain experienced by people with Parkinson&#8217;s disease, and more specifically low back pain. A pilot study (dissertation) is underway to evaluate the benefits of osteopathic treatment on disability and balance linked to low back pain in patients with Parkinson&#8217;s disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>THESIS BEING TESTED ?<\/strong><br\/>\nThe focus of this study is to evaluate the benefits of osteopathic treatment on balance in a population with Parkinson&#8217;s disease experiencing low back pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?\u00a0<\/strong><br\/>\nAnyone with Parkinson&#8217;s disease (H&#038;Y score 1-3) suffering from low back pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WHO CANNOT PARTICIPATE?<\/strong><br\/>\nAnyone who struggles with walking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WHEN?\u00a0<\/strong><br\/>\nFebruary and March 2023. \u00a0The deadline for participating in the study is the end of March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>HOW?\u00a0<\/strong><br\/>\nRandom allocation to one of two groups for 1-hour sessions spread over 1 month:<br\/>\nControl group: 1 balance-testing session; 1 session of osteopathic treatment and balance testing<br\/>\nExperimental group: 4 sessions of osteopathy and balance testing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>STUDY SUPERVISION ORGANISATION:<\/strong><br\/>\nThe Osteopathic Sciences Research Unit (URSO) of the Universit\u00e9 Libre de Bruxelles, in collaboration with the CHU Brugmann Hospital<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>INFO CONTACT :<\/strong><br\/>\nSara S\u00e1nchez Mjaouel, <a href=\"mailto:sara.sanchez.mjaouel@ulb.be\">sara.sanchez.mjaouel@ulb.be<\/a> , 0488334571<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MORE INFORMATION\/OTHER RESOURCES :<\/strong><br\/>\nOsteopathic Sciences Research Unit, Erasmus Campus (1070 Anderlecht)<br\/>\nNeurology department of the CHU Brugmann hospital (1020 Laeken)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/demoucelle.sites-stag.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DPC-Facebook-Posts-2023-2.jpg\" alt=\"- Demoucelle Parkinson Charity\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fityourmind.be\/fr\/kin%C3%A9siphilia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br\/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.demoucelle.com\/blog\/charity-post\/research-osteopathy\/attachment\/dpc-facebook-posts-2023-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13030 noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find out more about this research project recruiting until end March 2023<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1786,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demoucelle.sites-stag.agency\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demoucelle.sites-stag.agency\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demoucelle.sites-stag.agency\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demoucelle.sites-stag.agency\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demoucelle.sites-stag.agency\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1785"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/demoucelle.sites-stag.agency\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1788,"href":"https:\/\/demoucelle.sites-stag.agency\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1785\/revisions\/1788"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demoucelle.sites-stag.agency\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demoucelle.sites-stag.agency\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demoucelle.sites-stag.agency\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demoucelle.sites-stag.agency\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}