The effects of a single chiropractic session on lower limb muscle blood flow

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: lower limb muscle function; Alternative and Complementary Medicine - Other alternative and complementary medicine; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Other physical medicine / rehabilitation; Musculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disorders

• Registration Number: ACTRN12616000237482
• Lead Sponsor: ew Zealand College of Chiropractic

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2016-02-22
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 15

Inclusion Criteria

15 subclinical pain subjects will be recruited via advertising within the New Zealand College of Chiropractic community. Participants may include students, staff, faculty, and previous patients of the College’s chiropractic centre and also family, friends and acquaintances of the New Zealand College of Chiropractic community. Subjects will be eligible for inclusion if they are English speaking, aged 18-50, and have previously sought chiropractic care, and have some history of recurring spinal dysfunction such as mild pain, ache, and/or stiffness with or without a history of known trauma.

Exclusion Criteria

Subjects will be ineligible to participate if they exhibit no evidence of vertebral subluxations, have absolute contraindications to spinal adjustment, have experienced previous significant adverse reactions to chiropractic care, or they are suffering from a current lower limb disorder/dysfunction that would make them unable to carry out data recording sessions (e.g. sprain/strain/fracture), and if they have sought treatment for the subclinical pain symptoms.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The outcome measure will be assessed pre and post spinal manipulation session and pre and post control intervention session. The primary outcome measure that will be included is haemodynamic kinetics of the Tibialis Anterior (TA) muscle, which will be measured with NIRS while the subject performs five maximum voluntary contractions of their TA muscle. <br>Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is a method using the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum to measure the relative changes in the hemoglobin concentration through the use of light attenuation at multiple wavelengths. This is a non-invasive technique using near-infrared light in a range of several transmitters and receivers placed in a matrix over the muscle. NIRS provides local information about hemoglobin, changes in and independent measurements of deoxyhemoglobin, oxyhemoglobin and total hemoglobin concentrations.[Immediately pre and post spinal manipulation session and immediately pre and post control intervention.]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
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