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The Effect of Suboccipital Release Technique in Individuals With Anxiety

NCT05811052 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 36

Last updated 2024-05-13

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the immediate effect of the suboccipital release technique on trapezius muscle pain threshold, muscle activation, and anxiety level in individuals with anxiety.Thirty-six people with anxiety symptoms were included in the study. These people were divided into two groups, 18 control group and 18 treatment group. Upper trapezius muscle pain threshold, muscle activation and anxiety levels were evaluated. The experimental group received a single session of suboccipital release technique. The control group received a single session of sham suboccipital release. The evaluations were performed before and immediately after the treatment.The suboccipital release technique can increase the trapezius muscle upper part pain threshold and concentric muscle activation immediately after the application in individuals with anxiety.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Suboccipital Release Technique

The suboccipital release technique was applied to the participants in the experimental group by an experienced practitioner who had received osteopathy training. The individual lay in the supine position, and the practitioner applied the relaxation technique by placing his hands on the patient's nape-atlantooccipital joint. The application was continued until the relaxation of the muscles under the hand of the practitioner.

OTHER

Sham Suboccipital Release

The participants in the control group were given a sham application by touching the hands of the therapist on the nape of the neck and waiting for a while.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Abant Izzet Baysal University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-03-01
Primary Completion
2022-07-06
Completion
2023-02-28

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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