Effects of Specific Thoracic Spine Mobilizations on Muscle Activity in a Healthy Volunteer Population

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Muscle Strength; Peripheral Joints in Upper Quarters; Musculoskeletal Manipulations; Range of Motion
• Interventions: Other: mobilization; Other: no effect

• Registration Number: NCT06374862
• Lead Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens

Brief Summary

In this study, the investigators will examine the effect of manual therapy on the thoracic spine and its impact on the muscular strength gain of the thoracic extensors. Treatment with manual therapy, as described by Maitland, consists of a specific mobilization of the thoracic spine in the postero-anterior direction on the transverse and spiny processes of the thoracic vertebrae. To ensure the relevance of the measures, and to better control the occurrence of biases inherent to the practice of manual therapy, the investigators constituted three distinct groups: an intervention group, a control group and a group without intervention. In short, this methodology will allow us to explore in detail the effects of specific spinal mobilization on motor control, while taking into account placebo response elements and natural variations in the results

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2024-03-28
• Status Verified: 2024-04
• Study First Submitted: 2024-04-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-04-16
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-04-16
• Study First Posted: 2024-04-19
• Last Update Posted: 2024-04-19
• Primary Completion: 2025-10
• Study Completion: 2025-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 156

Inclusion Criteria

• Ages 18 to 65,
• healthy volunteer,
• membership in a social security scheme

Exclusion Criteria

• Severe spinal trauma within the last 6 months
• history of low back pain, back pain, and/or neck pain within the last 6 months,
• history of spinal surgery,
• history of chronic systemic disease (cardiac, respiratory, diabetes, etc.),
• volunteer with Pacemaker, history of rheumatological pathology (rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, Scheuermann's disease, etc.),
• patient under guardianship,curatorship, safeguard of justice, patient deprived of liberty, pregnant woman and patient without Red Flags Social Security described in literature.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Interventional	mobilization	This study is of an interventional nature, because the investigators want to objectively assess the impact of specific mobilization on neuromuscular functioning, thanks to surface EMG, before and after a specific mobilization of the spine.
control	no effect	This approach will help to determine whether there is spontaneous modulation of neuromuscular activity in the absence of intervention. Thus, the investigators can distinguish the effects of intervention from natural variations in the healthy subject.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
electrical activity assessment of the spine extensor muscles using EMG	1 hour

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

CHU Amiens Picardie; 🇫🇷 Amiens, Picardie, France