NCT01745705

Cervical Spine Manipulation Affects on Balance and Proprioception

Immediate Effects of Cervical Spine Manipulation on Balance and Joint Proprioception in Healthy Individuals

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 45 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Nevada, Las Vegas · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Cervical spine manipulation (CSM) is utilized by many health care practitioners in the management of patients with neck pain and headache. How CSM works is not understood however, most researchers agree that there is likely a combination of mechanical, neurophysiological and placebo effects. This study will test for possible neurophysiological effects by examining for changes in a person's ability to reposition their head and neck in space, and maintain their balance following CSM.

Detailed description

Consenting participants will have their proprioception tested through a joint repositioning error test for their cervical spine, and also have their balance tested through a Neurocom Balancemaster. Following these pre-intervention measures, they will receive in a random order, either a cervical spine manipulation (CSM) or a sham manipulation, and then have tests repeated to analyze for changes and differences between interventions.

Conditions

• Neck Pain
• Headache

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Cervical Spine Manipulation
OTHER	Manual Contact

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-04-01
• Primary completion: 2013-06-01
• Completion: 2013-06-01
• First posted: 2012-12-10
• Last updated: 2013-06-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States