NCT04826302

Efficacy of Myofascial Induction as a Manual Therapy Technique in Patients With Anxiety

Efficacy of Myofascial Induction as a Manual Therapy Technique in Patients With Anxiety. A Randomized Double Blind Clinical Trial Controlled With Placebo

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 36 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidad Complutense de Madrid · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study evaluates the efficacy of a myofascial intervention as a technique within manual therapy in the treatment of clinical anxiety in adults. Half of the participants will receive a myofascial intervention program, while the other half will receive a sham myofascial intervention.

Detailed description

Within physiotherapy, some studies have been carried out with psychological outcome measures, mainly from therapeutic exercise, but there continues to be an important documentary gap and the few results are not conclusive. The myofascial approach is presented as an effective tool for the treatment of different pathologies, mainly musculoskeletal. However, few are the studies that relate it to psychological variables and specifically to improve anxiety levels. The myofascial approach is proposed as a fast and low-cost tool for the management of clinical anxiety.

Conditions

• Anxiety

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Myofascial treatment	40 minutes of myofascial intervention: 10 min in each of the following regions with the patient face up: * Thoracolumbar fascia and abdomen * C7-T4 and sternum * Suboccipital area * Temporary area
OTHER	Sham myofascial treatment	40 minutes of sham myofascial intervention: 10 min in each of the following regions with the patient face up and with the contact of the physiotherapist through a towel and without any intention: * Thoracolumbar fascia and abdomen * C7-T4 and sternum * Suboccipital area * Temporary area

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-04-20
• Primary completion: 2022-07-29
• Completion: 2022-07-29
• First posted: 2021-04-01
• Last updated: 2022-08-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain