NCT06066047

Effect of Attentional Touch in Stabilometric Assessments

Low Term Effect of Attentional Touch on Sway Rate Variation of CoP in Asymptomatic Subjects: a Randomized Clinical Trial.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 210 (actual)
• Sponsor: Accademia Italiana Medicina Osteopatica · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Postural balance has been studied in the literature and ideal body mass distribution has been shown to provide stability to the body in an upright position. The use of stabilometry to assess posture is a standard in clinical practice and medical research. In the literature we find osteopathic treatment evaluated with stabilometry in specific pathological conditions. We will experiment on asymptomatic volunteers how attentive touch is effective compared to non-attentive touch and compared to an untreated group by measuring specific parameters that indicate postural balance.

Detailed description

Stabilometry measurements will be taken on asymptomatic volunteers before and after several specific treatments, in particular to measure whether the variance in sway speed is reduced after the treatments. The effect of attentional versus non-attentional touch will be compared in the other two groups, in addition to a control group that receives no treatment.

Conditions

• Postural Balance

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	TOUCH ATTENTIVE TREATMENT	15-minute treatment using constant touch (0.20 N, approx. 20 grams) developed after training with visual feedback. * 5 minutes bilateral touch on external malleolus * 5 minutes longitudinal occipital front grip for reciprocal tension membrane movement and Sutherland's fulcrum * 5 minutes bilateral touch on acromion, for midline, centring diaphragms Throughout the treatment, the practitioner maintained a focused attention on touch by voluntarily and constantly directing attention to the sensation/perception of the hands, perceiving texture, density, temperature, reactivity and motility of the tissue.
OTHER	AUDITORY ATTENTIVE TREATMENT	15-minute treatment using constant touch (0.20 N, approx. 20 grams) developed after training with visual feedback. * 5 minutes bilateral touch on external malleolus * 5 minutes longitudinal occipital front grip for reciprocal tension membrane movement and Sutherland's fulcrum * 5 minutes bilateral touch on acromion, for midline, centring diaphragms During the treatment, the operator's attention was focused on acoustic signals delivered through earphones. The beeps were delivered at random intervals between 0.5 and 2.0 seconds. The operator had to count the number of acoustic signals produced during the treatment period.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-09-01
• Primary completion: 2023-12-20
• Completion: 2024-01-20
• First posted: 2023-10-04
• Last updated: 2024-01-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy