Changes in the forward head position after the application of osteopathic technique Thumb-move at D1 level.

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Postural changes, particularly: forward head position.; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Other physical medicine / rehabilitation; Musculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disorders

• Registration Number: ACTRN12611001138976
• Lead Sponsor: Juan Pedro Badt Abad

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2011-11-01
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

1 - Patients who give consent in writing.
2 - Male or female aged between 18 and 55.
3 - With forward head position.
4 - Cyclists who practice more than three years of cycling and an activity of at least 4 hours per week.
5 - who had not received osteopathic treatment of the spine, at least two months in advance.
6 - which there is no exclusionary criteria

Exclusion Criteria

1 - Orthopedic test Kleyn or Jackson´s positive.
2 - Some type of contraindication to manual therapy and more specifically to techniques for intervention; unresolved cancer process, severe osteoporosis, cervical arthritis, advanced infection or ongoing inflammation, congenital malformations, etc.
3 - Patients with mechanical neck pain secondary to: acute whiplash, rheumatoid arthritis, cervical arthritis advanced cervical myelopathy or other diseases.
4 - radiculalgia cervicobrachial associated with disc herniation or protrusion of the lower cervical spine.
5.- Patients with serious hormonal imbalance diagnosed.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Craniovertebral angle. Data was collected via lateral photographs, and was then measured in degrees directly between a horizontal line transecting the spinous process of the seventh cervical vertebra and a line connecting the tragus of the ear with the spinous process of the seventh cervical vertebra.[Before, after and fifteen minutes after intervention.]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Strength of the flexors and extensors of the head as assessed using a digital hand dynamometer.[Before, after and fifteen minutes after intervention];Hand strength as assessed using the digital Grip dynamometer.[Before, after and fifteen minutes after intervention];Pain sensitivity changes as assessed using a digital Algometer.[Before, after and fifteen minutes after intervention.];Cervical range of motion as assessed using a digital inclinometer.[Before, after and fifteen minutes after intervention.];Forced Expiratory Volume in the first second of expiration (FEV1), and the Forced Expiratory Volume in the first six seconds of expiration (FEV6) as assessed using an expiratory flow meter.[Before, after and fifteen minutes after intervention.]