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Sensing-glove System in Manual Therapy

NCT06432946 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 16

Last updated 2025-03-30

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Summary

The objective of this clinical trial is to assess manual therapists' attitudes towards using a sensing-glove system for measuring spinal manipulation force and to compare the effectiveness of two interventions in enhancing their attitudes. The primary questions it aims to address are:

* Are manual therapists receptive to employing a sensing-glove system to measure the force applied during spinal manipulations on patients?
* Can we enhance manual therapists' attitudes towards this system through either a brief informational video demonstration or a supervised practice session with the system?

Researchers will compare the impact of a 7-minute informational video to that of a 20-minute supervised practice session to determine if manual therapists' attitudes towards the use of a sensing-glove while treating their patients can be positively influenced.

Participants will:

* Engage in a single experimental session.
* Complete a questionnaire at the beginning of the experimental session.
* Undergo one of the two interventions and promptly complete two questionnaires following this intervention.
* Undergo the other intervention and promptly complete the same two questionnaires following this intervention.

Conditions

  • Spinal Manipulation

Interventions

OTHER

Video

A 7-minute video demonstrating the sensing-glove system, how it can be used to assess manual therapy biomechanics, and its relevance in research and clinical contexts. The video was created by the research team via a voiceover PowerPoint presentation.

OTHER

Practice session

A 20-minute practice session during which participants received verbal information about the sensing-glove system. While wearing the sensing glove, participants performed palpation and manual therapy techniques (palpation, spinal mobilization/manipulation to the cervical and thoracic spine) on a human-sized manikin, guided by the researcher.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Isabelle Pagé, DC, PhD · Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-06-01
Primary Completion
2021-08-31
Completion
2021-08-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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