Effects of a Single Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) on Intraocular Pressure (IOP) Reduction

Exclusion criteria

• ✕. Subjects who have had any traumatic brain injury or head trauma, which resulted in upper-spinal fusion which requires metal or plastic screws or plates and/or cranial bone surgery, which involves penetration of the cranial bones and/or implantation of a metal plate.
• ✕. Subjects who have a concurrent diagnosis of cancer or metastatic disease affecting the head and neck.
• ✕. Subjects who are less than 18 years old.
• ✕. Subjects who are lactating, pregnant, or plan to become pregnant in the time planned for the study, to be confirmed by a urine pregnancy if the woman is still menstruating.
• ✕. Subjects who have a history of chronic or recurrent severe inflammatory eye disease (e.g., scleritis - inflammation of the white part of the eye or uveitis - eye redness, pain and blurred vision) in either eye as determined by patient history and/or examination.
• ✕. Subjects who have a history of clinically significant or progressive retinal disease in either eye such as retinal degeneration (which is the breakdown of the light-sensitive cells in retina), diabetic retinopathy (involves changes to retinal blood vessels that can cause them to bleed or leak fluid), or retinal detachment which is separation of the retina from the layer of cells behind it with permanent field loss as determined by patient history and/or examination.
• ✕. Subjects who have a history of serious ocular trauma in either eye within the past six (6) months as determined by patient history and/or examination.
• ✕. Subjects who have had intraocular surgery in either eye within the past six (6) months as determined by patient history and/or examination.