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The Effects of Spinal Manipulation on Central Nervous System Activity Measured by Reflexive Calf Muscle Recruitment

NCT02848456 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2017-04-19

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Summary

This study investigated the effects of spinal manipulation on central nervous system activity. The presence of postactivation potentiation, an increase in muscular force production following prior muscular contractions, was measured with electromyography and the muscular force production during electrically-induced calf muscle reflexes. It was hypothesized that significantly greater potentiation would be stimulated by a calf muscle contraction with spinal manipulation delivered immediately beforehand than the potentiation arising from the contraction only.

Conditions

  • Subluxation of Joint of Lumbar Spine

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Spinal Manipulation

Manual, side-posture, high-velocity low-amplitude spinal manipulation targeting the lower lumbar spine and sacroiliac joints

PROCEDURE

Max Voluntary Isometric Contraction

A 10 second plantar flexion maximal voluntary isometric contraction

PROCEDURE

SM+MVIC

The spinal manipulation immediately preceding the maximal voluntary isometric contraction

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Kentucky

    collaborator OTHER

  • Grant Sanders

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Grant D Sanders, D.C., Ph.D. · College of Education, Department of Kinesiology and Health Promotion, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

  • James W Yates, Ph.D. · College of Education, Department of Kinesiology and Health Promotion, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
35 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-08-31
Primary Completion
2014-10-31
Completion
2014-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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