Effects of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment Protocol on Sleep Quality in Parkinson's Disease Subjects

"Osteopathic manipulative treatment(OMT) protocol will be applied to the cranial, cervical, thoracic, and ribcage regions. OMT procedures performed on the treatment group will consist of~1. suboccipital decompression/release~2. base spread~3. occipitoatlantal (OA) decompression~4. venous sinus drainage~5. compression of the fourth ventricle~6. cervical myofascial (unilateral perpendicular stretch)~7. thoracic inlet release (direct or indirect)~8. Bilateral rib raising~9. thoracoabdominal diaphragm doming (direct technique)~10. pedal pump (Dalrymple lymphatic pump)"

The sham group will serve as the control group and will receive a light touch-control procedure based on prior study utilizing light touch.