Autonomic nervous system changes in chiropractic patients following chiropractic adjustement or sham adjustment

ew Zealand Coillege of Chiropractic0 sites150 target enrollmentOctober 5, 2007

Overview

Phase: 未知
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: o problem will be studied. We are going to investigate reflex autonomic nervous system changes in 'normal' individuals.
Sponsor: ew Zealand Coillege of Chiropractic
Enrollment: 150
Status: Recruiting
Last Updated: 6 years ago

No summary available.

Registry

who.int

Start Date

October 5, 2007

End Date

TBD

Last Updated

6 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Sex

All

Sponsor

ew Zealand Coillege of Chiropractic

•To be eligible to participate in this study volunteers must be an active patient at the New Zealand College of Chiropractic student health centre. Active is defined as receiving care at the student health centre within the previous six weeks. Volunteers must have no known contraindication to receiving a chiropractic adjustment and have experienced no previous significant adverse reactions to spinal adjustments

•Volunteers will not be eligible to participate in this study if they are currently taking blood pressure medication or if their blood pressure is classified as moderate or higher hypertension (systolic 160mmHg or greater or diastolic 100mmHg or greater) on the day they are to participate in the study. They will also be ineligible to participate if their blood pressure is less than 90/60mmHg on the day they are to participate in the study.
•Volunteers will be asked not to take or consume any substance that is likely to have a significant effect on blood pressure on the day they will be involved in the study. This will include caffeine, tobacco, tea, coffee, cola, drugs or alcohol. They will also be asked not to partake in any significant physical exercise for at least 2 hours prior to their participation in the study.