NCT06159426

Expert vs. Non-expert Abdominal Electromyographic Control in Vojta Therapy

Electromyographic Response Control in the Application of Vojta Therapy in the Abdominal Muscles of Healthy Young Adults: Expert vs Non-expert Comparison

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Salamanca · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Randomized clinical trial on a cohort of healthy subjects of legal age, of both sexes, recruited from the university community and who will be randomly distributed into two groups (expert therapist vs. non-expert therapist). The objective will be to determine if there are differences in the muscular activation produced on the stabilizing muscles of the trunk (external oblique and internal oblique) if it is applied by an expert therapist versus if it is applied by a therapist not specialized in therapy and to know the effects produced on the muscles studied after performing the intervention.

Conditions

• Abdominal Muscles

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Vojta Therapy	The subject will be placed on a stretcher with the torso uncovered. Once the adhesive electrodes have been placed in the different recording areas on the anterior part of the trunk, a recording of the activity at rest will begin, two minutes of stimulation (digital pressure), one minute of rest, two minutes of stimulation in the contralateral side and, finally, one minute of rest. The therapy consists of the application of a stimulating pressure in the pectoral area in the pattern of the locomotion complex of reflex rolling in its first phase. For this, the subject will be placed in a supine position aligned with respect to the axial axis, with the arms along the body, the lower extremities in extension, and the head extended with a rotation of approximately 30º towards one side of the stimulation. The manual stimulation pressure will be exerted in the space between the 6th-7th or the 7th-8th rib under the mammillary line, with a force of about 2 kg.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-12-10
• Primary completion: 2024-02-01
• Completion: 2024-02-01
• First posted: 2023-12-06
• Last updated: 2023-12-14