Can Mobilizations Applied to the Thoracic Spine Improve Oxygen Saturation Levels and Thoracic Kyphosis in E-Cigarette Smokers?
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 尚未招募
- 入组人数
- 20
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Angle of Thoracic Kyphosis
研究概览
简要总结
The goal of this study is to determine if manual therapy can improve thoracic spinal posture and pulse oximetery in individuals who use e-cigarettes.
The main questions the study aims to answer are:
- Is there an immediate improvements in thoracic posture
- Is there immediate improvements in pulse oximetery Research will compare an experimental group and a control group to examine the effects.
详细描述
All participants will be recruited from flyers posted throughout the NYIT Long Island campus. The participants will be screened for inclusion using set criteria by the PI.
In this crossover design study, participants will be randomly assigned to either an intervention experimental group or sham control group. The intervention group will received a thoracic extension mobilization to the mid-thoracic spine for a duration of 60 seconds and this will be repeated for a total of three times. The sham group will received a light, non-therapeutic touch to both scapulae which will be applied for three minutes. Both interventions will be performed in a seated position. Measurements of thoracic kyphosis and oxygen saturation will be taken before and after each procedure using inclinometers and a pulse oximeter, respectively.
After a washout period of one week, the participants will be return and receive the other form of intervention that they did no receive in in the first week. All procedures and outcomes will be performed as noted above.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
盲法说明
Outcome assessors will not have knowledge of each participant's intervention.
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Current e-cigarette user Accentuated thoracic kyphosis (Cobb angle >20 degrees) Age range: at least 18 years old Good overall health
排除标准
- •History of respiratory disease Recent vertebral fractures Recent spinal surgery Vertebral instability Congenital or acquired thoracic cage deformities Prolonged steroid use Osteoporosis/osteoporosis Inability to provide informed consent
结局指标
主要结局
Angle of Thoracic Kyphosis
时间窗: Immediately before and after each intervention
Measurement of the thoracic kyphosis will be made both pre and post treatment using excepted normative values (Cobb angle)
次要结局
- Oxygen Saturation(immediately before and after intervention)