NCT05811052

The Effect of Suboccipital Release Technique in Individuals With Anxiety

The Effect of Suboccipital Release Technique on Trapezius Muscle Activation and Pain in Individuals With Anxiety

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 36 (actual)
• Sponsor: Abant Izzet Baysal University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the immediate effect of the suboccipital release technique on trapezius muscle pain threshold, muscle activation, and anxiety level in individuals with anxiety.Thirty-six people with anxiety symptoms were included in the study. These people were divided into two groups, 18 control group and 18 treatment group. Upper trapezius muscle pain threshold, muscle activation and anxiety levels were evaluated. The experimental group received a single session of suboccipital release technique. The control group received a single session of sham suboccipital release. The evaluations were performed before and immediately after the treatment.The suboccipital release technique can increase the trapezius muscle upper part pain threshold and concentric muscle activation immediately after the application in individuals with anxiety.

Conditions

• Anxiety
• Trapezius Muscle Strain
• Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Suboccipital Release Technique	The suboccipital release technique was applied to the participants in the experimental group by an experienced practitioner who had received osteopathy training. The individual lay in the supine position, and the practitioner applied the relaxation technique by placing his hands on the patient's nape-atlantooccipital joint. The application was continued until the relaxation of the muscles under the hand of the practitioner.
OTHER	Sham Suboccipital Release	The participants in the control group were given a sham application by touching the hands of the therapist on the nape of the neck and waiting for a while.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-03-01
• Primary completion: 2022-07-06
• Completion: 2023-02-28
• First posted: 2023-04-13
• Last updated: 2024-05-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)