Abdominal Electromyographic Control in Vojta Therapy

NCT04818879 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: NEUROUSAL04/2021
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 30
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

A randomized clinical trial on a cohort of healthy subjects of legal age, both sexes, recruited from the university community and who will be randomly distributed into two groups (experimental and control). The objective will be to determine the feasibility of the standardized intervention protocol on the stabilizing muscles of the trunk (external oblique and internal oblique) before, during and after the application of Vojta Therapy, and to know the effects produced on the Musculature studied after performing the intervention.

Conditions

Abdominal Muscles

Keywords

Electromyography; Abdominal Muscles; Muscle Contraction; Outcome and Process Assessment; Health Care

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Electromyographic activity in abdominal muscles

  The electromyographic activity of internal and external obliques in nanovolts will be collected before, during and after the intervention.

  Change from Baseline electromyographic activity at 7 minutes.

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• Date of birth

  Baseline

• Sex

  Baseline

• Height

  Baseline

• Weight

  Baseline

• International Physical Activity Questionnaire

  Baseline

Study Arms (2)

Interventional group

EXPERIMENTAL

Other: Vojta

Control group

SHAM COMPARATOR

Other: Control

Interventions

Vojta OTHER

The subject will be placed on a stretcher with the torso uncovered. Once the adhesive electrodes have been placed in the different recording areas on the anterior part of the trunk, a recording of the activity at rest will begin, two minutes of stimulation (digital pressure), one minute of rest, two minutes of stimulation in the contralateral side and, finally, one minute of rest. The therapy consists of the application of a stimulating pressure in the pectoral area in the pattern of the locomotion complex of reflex rolling in its first phase. For this, the subject will be placed in a supine position aligned with respect to the axial axis, with the arms along the body, the lower extremities in extension, and the head extended with a rotation of approximately 30º towards one side of the stimulation. The manual stimulation pressure will be exerted in the space between the 6th-7th or the 7th-8th rib under the mammillary line, with a force of about 2 kg.

Interventional group

Control OTHER

The subject will be placed on a stretcher with the torso uncovered. Once the adhesive electrodes have been placed in the different recording areas on the anterior part of the trunk, a recording of the activity at rest will begin, two minutes of stimulation (digital pressure), one minute of rest, two minutes of stimulation in the contralateral side and, finally, one minute of rest. The control group will receive an application in an area with low receptor density located on the thigh, with a force of about 2 kg.

Control group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Over 18 years old.
• Full cognitive capacity.

You may not qualify if:

• Subjects with neuro-muscular pathologies that affect the abdominal muscles, previous surgeries in the area or any chronic neurological or organic disorder that may alter the results.
• Vaccinated in the 10 days prior to the intervention
• Fever

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Salamanca: lead
• Colegio Profesional de Fisioterapeutas de Castilla y León: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Universidad de Salamanca

Salamanca, 37007, Spain

Location

Study Officials

• Fátima Pérez-Robledo, PhD

  University of Salamanca

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: BASIC SCIENCE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 21, 2021
• First Posted: March 26, 2021
• Study Start: April 1, 2021
• Primary Completion: April 30, 2021
• Study Completion: April 30, 2021
• Last Updated: September 29, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-09

Locations

ES (1)