Osteopathic Treatment in Adult Patients With Cystic Fibrosis

Impact of an Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment on Pain of Adult Patients With Cystic Fibrosis - a Pilot Study

To study the contribution of osteopathy on the reduction of pain in adult patients with cystic fibrosis

To compare the impact of osteopathic treatment to a placebo of osteopathic treatment and to usual care on pain at 6 months in adult patient with cystic fibrosis localized to chest, cervical, dorsal neck or back.

Inclusion criteria :

• Diagnosis of cystic fibrosis ( positive sweat test and / or presence of 2 disease causing mutations in the CFTR gene
• Age > 18 years
• Patient with chronic chest , neck or back pain
• Written Informed Consent
• with health insurance

Exclusion criteria :

• regular follow-up by an osteopathic physician in the previous 3 months
• patients awaiting lung transplantation
• history of lung transplantation
• pregnancy
• understanding disorders preventing the patient to apply the study
• participation in another clinical interventional study protocol