A Crossover Study on the Effect of Cervical Mobilization on Motor Function and Pressure Pain Threshold in Pain Free Individuals
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 24
- 主要终点
- Electromyography of sternocleidomastoid muscle.
研究概览
简要总结
Passive accessory cervical mobilization is widely used as a clinical approach to the management of musculoskeletal pain of spinal origin. The purpose of the study is to determine if passive cervical mobilization can improve motor function in situations where motor performance is not impaired by the presence of pain.
详细描述
Cervical mobilization has been shown to elicit effects on pain perception, autonomic function and motor function in subjects who experience musculoskeletal pain. The improvement in motor function may be a direct effect of the treatment or secondary to a hypoalgesic effect. This study aims to demonstrate whether it is possible to alter motor function following joint mobilization, in situations where motor performance is not impaired by pain.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Crossover
- 主要目的
- Basic Science
- 盲法
- Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 55 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •No history of neck or back pain over the last six months
- •Without any previous experience with spinal manual therapy techniques
排除标准
- •History of musculoskeletal or rheumatologic conditions
- •Any kind of spinal surgery
- •Dizziness
- •Previous trauma to the cervical spine
- •Neurological signs or symptoms
研究组 & 干预措施
Passive cervical mobilisation
Grade III cervical mobilization technique as described by Maitland. Applied to left C5/6 Segment.
干预措施: Passive cervical mobilisation (Other)
Manual contact
Manual contact control, which involved light manual contact on the left C5/C6 segment as if to perform the treatment technique.
干预措施: Manual contact (Other)
Non-contact control
Non-contact control, which involved the subject resting in the treatment position without any physical contact between the researcher and the subject.
结局指标
主要结局
Electromyography of sternocleidomastoid muscle.
时间窗: Pre intervention (baseline) and 1 minute post intervention
Measurement of sternocleidomastoid muscle activation during deep neck flexion. The degree of neck flexion is determined by a pressure biofeedback unit place underneath the neck. EMG of the left and right sternocleidomastoids are recorded for 5seconds at each level of neck flexion
次要结局
- Pressure pain threshold(Pre intervention (baseline) and 1 minute post intervention)