NCT01971983

Effect of Two Osteopathic Techniques on Thickness of Paravertebral Muscles of the Lumbar Spine

Effect of Two Osteopathic Techniques on Thickness of Paravertebral Muscles of the Lumbar Spine: Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The objective of this randomized controlled trial is to describe the effect of two osteopathic techniques - "high velocity, low amplitude" (HVLA) and muscle energy (ME) - on thickness, activation, strength, pressure pain threshold (PPT) of the paravertebral muscles at the lumbar spine, as well as the peak plantar pressures immediately and after a two-day follow-up. The muscle thickness of the paravertebral muscles at the lumbar spine, namely internal oblique, external oblique and transversus abdominis can be altered after the application of 'high-velocity low-amplitude'(HVLA)and 'muscle energy' (ME)techniques immediately and after a two-day follow-up.

Conditions

• Low Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	High-velocity, low-amplitude (HVLA)	With the subject lying on his/her side, the therapist will rotate the patient's trunk, flex his/her hip and knee of the upper leg. The therapist positions his caudad forearm over the hip, while the cephalad forearm lies over the patient's shoulder. The therapist's hands will be positioned over the lumbar spine's spinous process to be manipulated.
OTHER	Muscle energy (ME)	This technique involves the active movement of the patient to activate a specific musculature in order to move a bony segment of a given joint in a specific direction in relation to the adjacent bone. This technique aims to restore the restricted movement of the joint in question.
OTHER	Sham	Individuals in this group received a sham intervention type, in order to simulate an intervention.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-02-01
• Primary completion: 2014-06-01
• Completion: 2014-12-01
• First posted: 2013-10-30
• Last updated: 2014-03-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil