Autonomic nervous system response to six weeks of chiropractic care.

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Autonomic Nervous System Function; Alternative and Complementary Medicine - Other alternative and complementary medicine

• Registration Number: ACTRN12622001461785
• Lead Sponsor: Auckland University of Technology

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2022-11-17
• Last Update Posted: 21 November 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

Aged 18-65 years.
- Not actively managing any acute or chronic pain.
- Subclinical spinal-related pain (as defined by having recurrent intermittent episodes of pain or tension related to different spinal areas mild enough that participants have not yet sought treatment for and that is grade 3 or under of the Chronic Pain Grade Scale (CPGS) at the time of recruitment
- Physically active (category 2 or 3 on the International Physical Activity Questionnaire excluding participants engaging in more than 5000 MET (metabolic equivalent) per week)

Exclusion Criteria

- Contraindications to chiropractic care (such as the history of recent fractures; high blood pressure; and metabolic, inflammatory, or neoplastic disease).
- Pupillary abnormalities or damage (i.e., coloboma or oculomotor palsy), or enucleation of the eye.
- Diagnosed dysautonomia and Raynaud’s disease.
- Taking daily medication with the exception being the contraceptive pill.
- Immunization planned during the 6 weeks intervention period.
- Smoking.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified