A Preliminary Investigation Into the Immediate Effects of Different Rates of Thoracic Mobilization on Pressure Pain Thresholds in Asymptomatic Individuals
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 20
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Pressure pain threshold
研究概览
简要总结
Passive mobilizations of the spine are widely used by physiotherapists in the management of neuromusculoskeletal disorders.
There is a nascent body of work of the mechanical properties of joint mobilizations. Treatment dose is characterized by the direction of force applied, magnitude of force applied, frequency of oscillation, amplitude of displacement, repetition and time. Although the choice of better treatment dose is based on patient complaints and clinical reasoning, the comprehension of the effects of different parameters of joint mobilization will improve the decision making process. The optimal dose of treatment, however, is not already known.
The primary aim of this study is to determine whether different rates of thoracic mobilization are capable to produces hypoalgesic effects, and secondarily investigate if such effects are local or widespread.
详细描述
Healthy volunteers will be recruited and randomized into 3 groups. A 2Hz mobilisation group, a 0,5Hz mobilisation group and a Placebo group. The pressure pain threshold will be measured before, immediately after and 15 minutes after the intervention.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Crossover
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Double (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 40 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Healthy asymptomatic subjects
- •Manual therapy naive
排除标准
- •Any kind of history of trauma or surgery to the spine
- •Contraindications or precautions to manual therapy
结局指标
主要结局
Pressure pain threshold
时间窗: Change from baseline imediately after, and 15 minutes after the intervention
Pressure pain threshold will be measured in five anatomic points on the spine, upper and lower limbs
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Francisco Xavier de Araujo, Pt
Physical therapist - Principal Investigator
Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre