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Diaphragm Stretching Increases Spine and Thoracic Mobility

NCT01753726 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2016-11-01

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Physical therapists have traditionally included various forms of manual therapy among the therapeutic approaches to spinal pathologies. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of diaphragmatic stretching on spine and thoracic movement in healthy adults.

Conditions

  • Healthy

Interventions

OTHER

Diaphragm stretching.

A manual technique of diaphragm stretching during 7 minutes. The participants were situated in a seated position.

OTHER

Placebo.

Disconnected ultrasound was used for the 7 min as sham treatment

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universidad de Granada

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • M. Carmen Valenza, PH MD · Department of Physical Therapy. University of Granada.

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-06-30
Primary Completion
2015-01-31
Completion
2015-05-31

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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