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Effects of Cervical Manipulation and Mobilization on Salivary Cortisol Concentrations

NCT02628470 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 54

Last updated 2017-04-26

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Summary

Currently, there are many studies about the effects of manual therapy on pain, but there are not enough studies to know what are the mechanisms that cause these effects.

Although there is a research measuring neuromodulators substances after a cervical and dorsal manipulation, it has been done in healthy subjects and there is no information about mobilization. This work aims to select a sample with chronic neck pain, incorporating the cervical mobilization as a therapeutic approach to compare the effects of both techniques because not all patients accept the manipulation as a treatment technique (mobilization is much better tolerated) and to verify that the liberation of cortisol is not just caused by the stress on the joint manipulation and the psychological stress and expectation may be important.

The hypothesis of this paper is that cervical manipulation and mobilization in subjects with chronic neck pain there will increase salivary cortisol levels.

It is also expected a little increase in the expectation of being manipulated group because of the psychological stress.

It is expected an improvement in the neck disability, pain and range of motion in the intervention groups immediately after and in the three groups the following week after the exercise.

The main objective of the study is to measure and analyze changes in salivary cortisol concentrations after the intervention in the three groups. Secondary objectives is to analyze the changes in range of motion and disability caused by neck pain neck pain level

Conditions

  • Neck Pain

Interventions

PROCEDURE

cervical manipulation

cervical high-velocity low-amplitude thrust manipulation

PROCEDURE

cervical control exercises

Exercises of flexion, extension and rotation of the cervical spine

PROCEDURE

Oscillatory mobilization technique

Joint mobilization technique type III according Maitland

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Valera-Calero JA; Plaza-Manzano G; Gallego-Izquierdo T

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University of Alcala

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Tomás Gallego-Izquierdo, Dr · Alcalá University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-12-31
Primary Completion
2017-01-31
Completion
2017-01-31

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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