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Determine the Effect of the Fourth Ventricle Compression Technique on Physiological Variables

NCT04391777 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2024-04-02

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Summary

This study aims to analyze the influence of the fourth ventricle compression technique in heart rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure, conductivity and thermal variability of the skin in healthy young adults.

Conditions

  • Healthy Young Adults

Interventions

OTHER

Fourth ventricle compression technique (CV-4)

The participant is in the supine position and the principal investigator is seated at the patient's head, with elbows resting on the table. The main investigator overlaps his hands with the thenar eminences, contacting the occipital bone squamous part, between the external occipital protuberance and the participant's occipito-mastoid suture. The technique begins with a maintained compression on the occipital squamous part during a deep thorax exhalation. Throughout the compression of the occipital bone and the participant's voluntary inspirations, the principal investigator feels a gradual pressure increase at the thenar eminences. The technique will be performed until reaching the still point, in which the mobility of the occipital bone, respiratory rate and muscle tone decrease, or until 5 minutes elapsed.

OTHER

Sham

The main investigator uses the technique contact but does not perform any type of tissue traction or compression, maintaining this contact for 5 minutes. At the end of the stipulated time, the contact is removed in a subtle way.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Natália MO Campelo · Escola Superior de Saúde do Politécnico do Porto

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-09-30
Primary Completion
2024-12-31
Completion
2024-12-31

Countries

  • Portugal

Study Locations

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