Study on the Effect of Cervical Mobilization on Motor Function and Pressure Pain Threshold in Pain Free Individuals

NCT01161758 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: PT0004
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 24
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

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.

Conditions

Neck Pain

Keywords

physical therapy; pain threshold; electromyography; musculoskeletal manipulation; neck muscles

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Electromyography of sternocleidomastoid muscle.

  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

  Pre intervention (baseline) and 1 minute post intervention

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Pressure pain threshold

  Pre intervention (baseline) and 1 minute post intervention

Study Arms (3)

Passive cervical mobilisation

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Grade III cervical mobilization technique as described by Maitland. Applied to left C5/6 Segment.

Other: Passive cervical mobilisation

Manual contact

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

Manual contact control, which involved light manual contact on the left C5/C6 segment as if to perform the treatment technique.

Other: Manual contact

Non-contact control

NO INTERVENTION

Non-contact control, which involved the subject resting in the treatment position without any physical contact between the researcher and the subject.

Interventions

Passive cervical mobilisation OTHER

Passive cervical mobilization which involved an oscillatory grade III unilateral postero-anterior mobilization applied to the left C5/C6 segment. The mobilization consisted of 3 periods of 1 minute applications with a resting period of 1 minute in between.

Also known as: Physiotherapy

Passive cervical mobilisation

Manual contact OTHER

Manual contact control, which involved light manual contact on the left C5/C6 segment as if to perform the treatment technique. The light manual contact consisted of 3 periods of 1 minute applications with a resting period of 1 minute in between.

Also known as: placebo light touch

Manual contact

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 55 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• No history of neck or back pain over the last six months
• Without any previous experience with spinal manual therapy techniques

You may not qualify if:

• History of musculoskeletal or rheumatologic conditions
• Any kind of spinal surgery
• Dizziness
• Previous trauma to the cervical spine
• Neurological signs or symptoms

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Curtin University: lead

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Neck Pain

Interventions

Physical Therapy Modalities

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Therapeutics; Rehabilitation

Study Officials

• Benjamin Soon Tze Chin, MManipTher

  The University of Queensland

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Annina Schmid, MManipTher

  The University of Queensland

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Elias Fridriksson, MManipTher

  Curtin University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Philip Cheong, MManipTher

  Curtin University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Elisabeth Gresslos, MManipTher

  Curitn University of Technology

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Anthony Wright, PhD

  Curtin University

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: TRIPLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: BASIC SCIENCE
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 8, 2010
• First Posted: July 14, 2010
• Study Start: April 1, 2005
• Primary Completion: October 1, 2005
• Study Completion: December 1, 2005
• Last Updated: July 14, 2010

Record last verified: 2005-11