Electromyographic Control of the Response in the Application of Vojta Therapy in People With Brain Injury.

NCT05785962 | Terminated

• 1 other identifier: ElectroVojta
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 50
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

A non-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

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. Acquired signals are sampled at 1 KHz and filtered with a 60 Hz high pass digital filter to reject signals of non-muscular origin. The degree of muscle activation measured in micro volts (uV) will be recorded.

  Change from Baseline electromyographic activity at 10 minutes.

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Date of birth

  Baseline

• Sex

  Baseline

• Height

  Baseline

• Weight

  Baseline

Study Arms (2)

Intervention group for people with brain damage

EXPERIMENTAL

Other: Vojta 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.

Other: Vojta Therapy

Intervention group for people without brain damage

EXPERIMENTAL

Other: Vojta 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.

Other: Vojta Therapy

Interventions

Vojta Therapy OTHER

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.

Intervention group for people with brain damage; Intervention group for people without brain damage

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 80 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Over 18 and under 80 years of age
• Persons with a medical diagnosis of brain damage secondary to stroke
• Have preserved the ability to walk, even with some type of orthopedic some type of orthopedic aid,

You may not qualify if:

• Over 80 years
• Healthy people
• Group without brain damage
• Over 18 and under 80 years of age
• Healthy people
• Full cognitive capacity.
• 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.
• Fever

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Salamanca: lead

Study Sites (1)

USAL

Salamanca, Castille and León, 37007, Spain

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator. University Professor. Dra. Ana María Martín Nogueras

Model Details: Subjects in each group will be matched by age and sex.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 9, 2023
• First Posted: March 27, 2023
• Study Start: September 1, 2024
• Primary Completion: December 30, 2024
• Study Completion: June 25, 2025
• Last Updated: October 7, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-10

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

ES (1)