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Sub Occipital Inhibition Technique on Postural Balance

NCT04001868 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 46

Last updated 2019-12-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

In the present study the investigators want to verify if the inhibition of the suboccipital muscles improves the postural balance in subjects with cervical pain objectified by stabilometry.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Suboccipital inhibition

With the patient in the supine position and the therapist sitting at the head of the bed with the elbows resting on its surface. The therapist palpates the cervical spinous processes and slides the fingers upwards until contacting the posterior projection of the posterior arch of the atlas. Then, flexing the metacarpophalangeal at 90 degrees slowly raises the skull. The therapist's hands should remain together and the base of the skull should rest on his palms pressing with the index, middle and ring fingers of each hand in a sustained manner, but without causing pain. This pressure must be maintained during 4 minutes.

PROCEDURE

Placebo technique

A superficial contact in the same area as the intervention, to rule out the exteroceptive effect associated with the therapist's contact.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cardenal Herrera University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-07-03
Primary Completion
2019-07-03
Completion
2019-12-18

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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