Immediate changes in pain thresholds, lumbopelvic mobility and posture in functional chronic constipation patients after a visceral manual therapy technique: a randomized controlled trial.
- Conditions
- Functional chronic constipationPhysical Medicine / Rehabilitation - PhysiotherapyOral and Gastrointestinal - Other diseases of the mouth, teeth, oesophagus, digestive system including liver and colon
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12615000352505
- Lead Sponsor
- niversidad de Sevilla
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 62
(a) Diagnosis of functional chronic constipation (following the Rome III criteria, specifically the symptom-based diagnostic criteria of functional constipation; and the Bristol scale on stool form); (b) ages between 18 and 50 (c) sign the informed consent.
(a) have suffered some abdominal and/or lumbar surgery, (b) ongoing pregnancy, (c) suffering from rheumatism, spinal stenosis, cancer infectious and/or neurological diseases, (d) have suffered any trauma to the chest or abdominal cavity in the last 6 months, (e) suspected aortic aneurysm and/or psychiatric illness (f) in the past 72 hours have taken medications that may interfere with the measurements, (g) receiving osteopathic / visceral manual therapy in the last month (h) present any disability that prevent the performance of the required evaluations or (i) present any contraindication to intervention technique
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pressure pain thresholds (algometry): patellar tendons, tibialis anterior muscles, ulnar nerves and C7,T3, T10, T11 and T12 spinous processes . [ at baseline and inmediately after the intervention was applied ]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Back range of motion at T12-L1 and at sacrum level using digital inclinometer (BASELINE model)[at baseline and immediately after the intervention was applied];Lower limbs extensibility measured by a Baseline (Registered Trademark) Sit-and-reach Trunk Flexibility Box[at baseline and at short term (immediately after the intervention)];Postural changes measured by photogrammetry (SAPO posture assessment software (v. 0.68)). [at baseline and immediately after the intervention was applied]