Effects of Lumbosacral Chiropractic on the Olympic Style Weightlifting Athletes

Summary

It is known that low back injuries experienced by weightlifting athletes cause a decrease in performance. The effects of spinal manipulative therapy, which has been found to positively affect performance in various sports, are not known in the Olympic style weightlifting athletes. This study is aimed to investigate the effects of lumbosacral chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy on muscle strength, range of motion, balance, and pain in Olympic style weightlifting athletes.

In this research, 40 male Olympic style weightlifting athletes are planned to take place. Male athletes will be randomly divided into two groups as a control and a treatment group. To the individuals in the treatment group; lumbal region chiropractic high-speed, low amplitude (High Velocity, Low amplitude: HVLA) spinal manipulation and sacroiliac joint chiropractic HVLA manipulation are planned to perform once a week for a total of three weeks. No manipulation will be made to individuals in the treatment group. Before and after the manipulation; the maximum isometric muscular force, the lumbar spine range of motion, balance performance and pain intensity will be evaluated by a back dynamometer, hand finger-ground distance test (HFGD), and Modified Schober test, flamingo balance test, and visual analog scale. SPPS 25 (IBM Corp. Released 2017. IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 25.0. Armonk, NY: IBM Corp.) version will be used to analyze the data.

Conditions

• Athletic Injuries

Interventions

OTHER

Chiropractic Manipulation

Lumbar vertebrae and sacroiliac joints of the participants that have lost their normal joint motion will be detected by static and dynamic palpation techniques. Lumbal Chiropractic HVLA Spinal Manipulation: HVLA manipulation will be applied in the left transverse process of the lumbar vertebra (mammillary process) of the participants whose problem is to the left of the lumbar vertebra. Sacroiliac Chiropractic HVLA Manipulation: Participants who lost normal joint motion in the anterior and superior directions in the left sacroiliac joint will be treated with HVLA manipulation in the left PSIS (Posterior Superior Iliac Spine: PSIS). Participants who have lost normal joint motion in the left sacroiliac joint in the posterior and inferior directions will be applied HVLA manipulation in the left ischial tuberosity. For both applications, it will be positioned in the opposite position for the problems on the right and the application will be made in the opposite position.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Necmettin Erbakan University

  collaborator OTHER

• Bahçeşehir University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Leyla Ataş Balcı, assist prof · Bahçeşehir University

• Kenan Erdağı, assist prof · Necmettin Erbakan University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

13 Years

Max Age

32 Years

Sex

MALE

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2020-12-06

Primary Completion

2020-12-06

Completion

2021-01-03

Countries

• Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations