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The Effects of Mid-thoracic Manipulation on Heart Rate Variability.

NCT02379871 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 90

Last updated 2015-03-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The topic of spinal manipulation (SM) has been a source of increasing research over the past decade. Research has focused primarily upon the functional and clinical outcomes associated with SM. The physiological mechanisms underlying the clinical changes experienced following SM are still largely unknown. Current thought suggests that SM may have an effect upon the neurophysiological system, specifically the autonomic nervous system. The purpose of this study will be to explore the effects of SM upon the autonomically regulated cardiovagal response.

Conditions

  • Neurophysiological Mechanisms Underlying Spinal Manipulation

Interventions

OTHER

Experimental Group

Supine mid-thoracic spinal manipulation to the T4/5 region

OTHER

Sham Group

Subject will be positioned in supine identical to the experimental group, but no spinal manipulation will be delivered.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles, CA

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Derrick Sueki, DPT · Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles, CA

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-01-31
Primary Completion
2015-12-31
Completion
2015-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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