Effect of Physical Activity Following Thoracic Mobilization on Heart Rate Variability and Pressure Pain Threshold.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Healthy
• Interventions: Procedure: Placebo; Procedure: Physical activity plus thoracic mobilization; Procedure: Physical activity

• Registration Number: NCT02543008
• Lead Sponsor: Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre

Brief Summary

Comparison of the effects of physical activity (treadmill running) plus thoracic mobilization, physical activity only or a placebo intervention (only manual contact thoracic mobilization), on heart rate variability and pressure pain threshold.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-09
• Study First Submitted: 2015-09-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-09-04
• Study First Posted: 2015-09-07
• Primary Completion: 2015-11
• Study Completion: 2015-11
• Status Verified: 2017-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-02-13
• Last Update Posted: 2017-02-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 34

Inclusion Criteria

• Asymptomatic subjects
• Sedentary

Exclusion Criteria

• Spinal pain
• Historic of trauma/surgery to the spine
• Diabetes
• Hypo/hyperthyroidism
• Alcoholic
• Smoker
• Hypertension

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Placebo	Placebo	Subjects in this group will be conducted to a placebo thoracic mobilization, without anaerobic exercise protocol. The investigator will apply only a manual contact, to mimic the genuine thoracic mobilization. The same 5 minutes period will be respected, and the same position of therapist and subject.
Physical activity plus thoracic mobilization	Physical activity plus thoracic mobilization	Subjects randomly allocated to this arm will be submitted to a 10 minutes anaerobic exercise (2 minutes warming up, 5 minutes of 75% to 85% maximal heat rate, 3 minutes slowdown), followed by 5 minutes of passive intervertebral thoracic mobilization (3 sets of 1 minute, grade III, and 1 minute rest between each set).
Physical activity	Physical activity	Subjects allocated to this arm will be submitted to the same anaerobic exercise protocol, without the thoracic mobilization.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Heart rate variability	Change from baseline, immediately after, and 15 minutes after the intervention.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pressure pain threshold	Change from baseline, mimediately after, and 15 minutes after the intervention.	Digital algometer will be applied to C7 and T4 spinous process, right hand and right tibialis anterior muscle belly

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Universidade Federal de Ciencias da Saude; 🇧🇷 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil