Touro University California (TUC) is recruiting for the Reducing Inflammation with Osteopathic Treatment (RIOT) study, a therapeutic intervention without the use of medication. This study will evaluate how Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) could reduce inflammation in people with type 2 diabetes, excess body weight, or metabolic syndrome. OMT is a set of hands-on techniques used by osteopathic physicians (DOs) to diagnose, treat, and prevent illness or injury. Using OMT, a DO moves a patient’s muscles and joints using techniques that include stretching, gentle pressure and resistance.
To qualify, participants must be between the ages of 18-69 years, diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, increased weight, or metabolic syndrome, and willing to forego use of anti-inflammatory medications, steroids, and physical medicine modalities.
Qualified participants will receive a gift card in appreciation of their contribution. All study-related care and tests will be performed at no cost to participants. The study includes four visits to the TUC Mare Island Campus or the TUC-affiliated clinic in Fairfield over approximately six weeks. Visits involve taking vital signs, blood draw, participant survey, OMT examination, and possibly treatment.
To learn more about RIOT, contact Abla Almoraissi with the TUC Metabolic Research Center at (707) 638-5969 or abla.almoraissi@tu.edu or visit http://research.tu.edu/clinicalresearch/riot.html.
