NCT04901533

Cervical Manipulation (OAA Technique) in Exophories

Effect of Occipito-atlas-axis Manipulation on Oculomotricity in Individuals With Exophories

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 44 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Seville · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 57 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Objetive: to assess the efficacy of the occipito-atlas-axis cervical manipulation technique to correct ocular divergence in subjects with exophoria. Design: quantitative, experimental, longitudinal and prospective study. Subjects: subjects over 18 years of age, with exophorias, without heterotropies and who do not present a contraindication to cervical manipulation. Methods:Subjects with this ocular mobility dysfunction are going to be evaluated objectively with the Alternate Cover Test. The ocular deviation will be measured at 40 cm and at 4 meters. The individuals who were part of the experimental group underwent the OAA manipulation technique, and to those who were part of the control group a placebo maneuver. Two measurements were taken from this moment, one immediately after the execution of the technique and another one week later.

Conditions

• Exophoria

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	O-A-A	patient is supine, and the therapist stands on the side to be manipulated. The cranial hand of the therapist globally grasps the patient's skull and turns the patient's neck on that same side. The caudal hand is placed on the patient's face. The technique is performed by an impulse in pure rotation on the side that the cervical region is rotated, with a helical movement.
PROCEDURE	cranial listening	The patient is in the supine position, and the therapist sitting at the head of the patient. The therapist places his hands on the head of the patient, the thumbs touch each other, without touching the vault cranial. A perception of the cranial rhythm is carried out passively.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-05-20
• Primary completion: 2021-07-01
• Completion: 2021-09-01
• First posted: 2021-05-25
• Last updated: 2022-11-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain