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Instantaneous EEG Changes Following Chiropractic Adjustment or Sham

NCT05864703 · Status: SUSPENDED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2024-08-28

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Summary

The project is a randomized, two-arm trial assessing the immediate impact of upper and lower cervical chiropractic adjustments on brain and heart patterns. Thirty individuals (15 per arm) will be recruited from the general population to participate in the study. Qualified participants will undergo a chiropractic physical exam, assessing for cervical subluxations, and a health history review with a Georgia licensed chiropractor. Individuals will be randomized to either an adjustment group or sham group. The adjustment group will receive an upper and lower cervical adjustment with an instrument designed to provide a gentle, targeted adjustment. The sham group will receive a touch sham at similar cervical locations with the same instrument. Both groups will have a 1-hour recording session with an EEG and ECG set-up plus a series of baseline recordings, interventions, and post recordings.

Conditions

  • Subluxation

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Adjustment

Instrument-assisted, high velocity, low amplitude adjustment

PROCEDURE

Sham

Instrument-assisted light touch to neck

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Life University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Stephanie Sullivan, DC, PhD · Life University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-06-29
Primary Completion
2025-07-01
Completion
2025-12-16

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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