Acute Effects of Spinal Manipulation on the Neuromuscular Performance of Amateur Cyclists: Pilot Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 撤回
- 发起方
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Peak power
研究概览
简要总结
The present study aims to assess the effects of spinal manipulation therapy on neuromuscular performance.
详细描述
The present study will follow a parallel, pre-post design. The aim will be to determine the acute effects of spinal manipulation therapy (SMT) on different neuromuscular properties of recreational cyclists. Specifically, the investigators will measure the maximum force production capacity and muscle activation of the knee extensors concomitantly during a maximal voluntary contraction, as well as the maximum and mean power attained during a Wingate cycling test (i.e., 30 seconds 'all out'). Participants will undergo the tests on two different occasions separated by at least 48 hours and a maximum of 2 weeks. The same tests will be conducted in both testing sessions, but participants will be randomly assigned into two groups (sham or actual SMT) immediately before the second testing session.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
盲法说明
Participants will receive either a sham procedure or the actual intervention. The researchers in charge of outcome assessment and statistical analysis will be blinded to the allocation of participants.
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 45 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- Male
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Will be recruited from three different local triathlon and cycling clubs.
- •Will have to cycle at least 4 hours per week during the preceding 3 months, and to have a cycling experience greater than 2 years
排除标准
- •Having suffered an injury in the month before the study that precluded regular exercise practice
- •Having suffered any type of spine injury before the study
- •Having previously received Spinal Manipulation Therapy
结局指标
主要结局
Peak power
时间窗: On the control session and on the intervention session (immediately after the sham or actual SMT procedure)
Peak power registered during a 30-second Wingate anaerobic cycling test
Voluntary activation
时间窗: On the control session and on the intervention session (immediately after the sham or actual SMT procedure)
Electromyographic activity of the vastus lateralis muscle registered during an isometric maximal voluntary contraction of the knee extensors.
Mean power
时间窗: On the control session and on the intervention session (immediately after the sham or actual SMT procedure)
Mean power registered during a 30-second Wingate anaerobic cycling test
Maximal force
时间窗: On the control session and on the intervention session (immediately after the sham or actual SMT procedure)
Peak force registered during an isometric maximal voluntary contraction of the knee extensors.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Francisco Germain
Associate professor
University of Alcala