Effect of chiropractic care on mental rotation in childre
- Conditions
- Assessment of prefrontal lobe functionAssessment of parietal lobe functionAlternative and Complementary Medicine - Other alternative and complementary medicinePhysical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Other physical medicine / rehabilitation
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12615000953538
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr. Angela Todd
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 120
Participating practitioners: Chiropractors who practice in the Auckland Region of NZ and treat more than 50 children per month aged 5-12 years.
Participating children: Healthy current patients of participating chiropractic practices in the Auckland Region, aged 5-12 years, who have do not have colour blindness, known dyslexia.
Participants will be excluded from the study if they have known colour blindness, dyslexia, autism, a previous or current neurological disease, or a pathology that would exclude treatment or that would be an absolute or relative contraindication to spinal manipulative therapy.
Non completed tests will be tabulated in the results section. Drop out rate as well as reasons for drop out will be recorded and discussed.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Proportion of participants achieving a decrease in mental rotation time, using Inquisit 4 paper folding mental rotation task. <br>[Mental rotation is tested at baseline and then immediately after a single trial of chiropractic treatment or sham treatment. ]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Do different chiropractic treatment applications affect mental rotation time in the target population? <br>Mental rotation will be tested using the inquisit 4 paper folding mental rotation test. [Assessed at baseline and then immediately after the application of chiropractic or sham treatment.]