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Efficacy of Osteopathic Visceral Treatment in Patients With Chronic Neck Pain

NCT05914129 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 45

Last updated 2024-04-02

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Summary

This study aims to analyze the effects of visceral osteopathic treatment of the diaphragm, stomach and liver in the treatment of chronic neck pain.

Conditions

  • Cervical Pain

Interventions

OTHER

Diaphragm, Stomach and Liver techniques

Diaphragm Stretching: The participant is seating down and the researcher will be behind, placing their hands on the inferior costal border. Cephalic traction is performed during inhalation, remaining during exhalation. Procedure is repeated 2 times, for 10 respiratory cycles, with 1-minute intervals. Inferior Mobilization of the Stomach: The participant is seating down with slight flexion of the torso, while the investigator stands behind them, placing the thumbs on the epigastric region. The volunteer will extend their body while the researcher performs a caudal traction. This procedure lasts 5 minutes. Liver Pump: Participant is laying on their back, and the investigator is standing on the participants side. The researcher places one hand on the right side inferior costal border posteriorly and the other one bellow the costal border anteriorly. Researcher compresses during exhalation and releases their hands abruptly during inhalation. This procedure lasts 5 minutes.

OTHER

Stomach and Liver techniques

In this group, techniques are the exact same as described previously but only liver and stomach ones will be performed.

OTHER

Sham technique

In the sham group, manual contact without any therapeutic intention will be performed in the same regions as the experimental groups. This contact will be maintained during the same amount of time as for the experimental group A.

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
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-09-01
Primary Completion
2024-12-01
Completion
2024-12-08

Countries

  • Portugal

Study Locations

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