4th Ventricular Compression Technique on Anxiety

Not Applicable

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Healthy
• Interventions: Other: 4th Ventricular Compression Technique; Other: "Sham" Therapy

• Registration Number: NCT06389461
• Lead Sponsor: Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto

Brief Summary

Determinate the effects of the technique of 4th ventricle in college students with anxiety, applying the technique one time per week during three weeks.

Detailed Description

The anxiety is a warning sign that makes it possible for the individual to defend themselves and protect themselves from threats. This is considered a natural and necessary reaction for self-preservation. However, when it appears persistently, exaggeratedly or disproportionately in relation to a stimulus, the following are considered: pathological anxiety.

The compression of the fourth ventricle (CV4) is one of the most well-known procedures in the practice of cranial manipulation. It is also one of the most clinically tested techniques and has been postulated to be associated with decreased sympathetic tone.

Therefore, this was the chosen technique, as it significantly affects the relaxation of the SNS tonus and, thereafter, anxiety.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2024-04
• Study First Submitted: 2024-04-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-04-26
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-04-26
• Study First Posted: 2024-04-29
• Last Update Posted: 2024-04-29
• Study Start: 2024-09-16
• Primary Completion: 2024-12-31
• Study Completion: 2024-12-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

• Ages between 18 and 25 years old;
• Be a college/university student;
• Not have knowledge of the technique used;
• Achieve a 20 plus score on the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory questionnaire.

Exclusion Criteria

• Use of pharmacological therapy for psychological disorders;
• Presence of conditions that prevent or contraindicate the technique, including tumors, fractures, dislocations, vertebrobasilar insufficiency, bone diseases, neurological diseases, fever, skin diseases, cardiovascular diseases, psychiatric diseases, increased intracranial pressure.
• Surgeries or traumas in the specific areas of the technique;
• Pregnancy;
• Osteopathic treatments or other manual therapies aimed at reducing anxiety;
• Evident postural alteration or deformity of the thoracic cage.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
4th Ventricular Compression Technique	4th Ventricular Compression Technique	The technique was preformed by the investigator during 5 minutes.
"Sham" Therapy	"Sham" Therapy	The technique was preformed by the investigator during 5 minutes.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change from baseline in anxiety levels through the STAI (The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory) questionnaire score on the 1st and last intervention.	One week after the last intervention	The participants were submitted to a evaluation 1 week prior the 1st and 1 week after the last intervention. The corresponding questionnaires were sent to the researchers so that they could record the information. Quoted with a min. of 20 points and a max. of 80 - higher the score worst level of anxiety.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change from baseline in thoraco-abdominal perimetry on the 1st and last intervention	Immediately after last intervention	The participants were submitted to a evaluation/ measurement in the 1st and last intervention. The corresponding results were registered by the researchers so that they could record the information.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Escola Superior da Saúde do Porto; 🇵🇹 Porto, Portugal