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Can Mobilizations Applied to the Thoracic Spine Improve Oxygen Saturation Levels and Thoracic Kyphosis in E-Cigarette Smokers?

NCT07218614 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2025-10-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of this study is to determine if manual therapy can improve thoracic spinal posture and pulse oximetery in individuals who use e-cigarettes.

The main questions the study aims to answer are:

* Is there an immediate improvements in thoracic posture
* Is there immediate improvements in pulse oximetery Research will compare an experimental group and a control group to examine the effects.

Conditions

  • Thoracic Kyphosis

Interventions

OTHER

Thoracic Mobilization

The intervention group will receive a posterior to anterior directed thoracic mobilization to the mid-thoracic spine to facilitate extension. This will be imparted for a duration of 60 seconds, and this will be repeated for a total of three times. Interventions will be performed in a seated position.

OTHER

Light Touch Contact

The sham treatment will be applied to each subject. The sham treatment of light, non-therapeutic touch will be applied to both scapulae for three minutes. Interventions will be performed in a seated position.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • New York Institute of Technology

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Teresa M Ingenito, DPT · New York Institute of Technology

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-10-15
Primary Completion
2026-04-01
Completion
2026-05-15

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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