NCT05926674

Does Manual Therapy Provide Immediate Improvement in Lumbar Range of Motion?

Immediate Effects of Myofascial Release on Lumbar Range of Motion. A Randomized Control Trial.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: New York Institute of Technology · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The goal of this clinical study is to determine if manual therapy can improve lumbar mobility in healthy individuals. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Is there an immediate local spinal effect? * Is there an associated distal effect? Researchers will compare an experimental group and a control group to examine the effects.

Detailed description

Upon consent, participants will be assessed for lumbar spine mobility using inclinometers, hamstring flexibility using the active knee extension test and the modified sit-and-reach test, and ease of lifting a small, weighted object. After baseline measures are recorded, the participants will receive an intervention that will be either therapeutic (myofascial release) or sham (non-therapeutic hand placement). The choice of intervention received will be previously determined through the use of randomization software. The intervention provided will be applied to the low back and last for a total of 10 minutes. Immediately following the intervention, participants will again be assessed for lumbar spine mobility, hamstring flexibility, and ease of lifting a small, weighted object as noted above.

Conditions

• N/A Healthy Individuals

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Myofascial Release	Myofascial release is a manual therapy technique commonly used by clinicians and bodyworkers to provide effects such as decreased pain, improvement in flexibility, ROM, and quality of life. It combines non-gliding fascial traction with varying amounts of stretching to produce a tensional force on the muscle and its associated fascia resulting in viscoelastic lengthening and deformation.
OTHER	Light Touch Contact	The sham treatment of light touch will be applied to the lumbar spine and this form of contact is not therapeutic. It is only meant to only mimic a manual therapy technique.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-07-15
• Primary completion: 2023-07-22
• Completion: 2023-07-26
• First posted: 2023-07-03
• Last updated: 2023-11-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States