NCT06389461

4th Ventricular Compression Technique on Anxiety

The Efficacy of the 4th Ventricular Compression Technique on Anxiety in Students: RCT

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 25 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Determinate the effects of the technique of 4th ventricle in college students with anxiety, applying the technique one time per week during three weeks.

Detailed description

The anxiety is a warning sign that makes it possible for the individual to defend themselves and protect themselves from threats. This is considered a natural and necessary reaction for self-preservation. However, when it appears persistently, exaggeratedly or disproportionately in relation to a stimulus, the following are considered: pathological anxiety. The compression of the fourth ventricle (CV4) is one of the most well-known procedures in the practice of cranial manipulation. It is also one of the most clinically tested techniques and has been postulated to be associated with decreased sympathetic tone. Therefore, this was the chosen technique, as it significantly affects the relaxation of the SNS tonus and, thereafter, anxiety.

Conditions

• Healthy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	4th Ventricular Compression Technique	The investigator who applied the technique stood on top of the headboard of the table, with feet flat on the floor, at an appropriate level in relation to the volunteer's headboard. The investigator joins hands in a cupping position, with the pads of the 1st fingers forming a triangle. The pads of the 1st fingers make contact with the spinous processes of the 2nd and 3rd cervical vertebrae. The thenar eminences make contact with the occipital squama, avoiding contact with the occipito-mastoid sutures during 5 minutes. A second Investigator was sitting on a chair, placed on the opposite side of the head of the table with a stopwatch in his dominant hand, in order to time the application time of each technique.
OTHER	"Sham" Therapy	The investigator who applied the technique stood on top of the headboard of the table, with feet flat on the floor, at an appropriate level in relation to the volunteer's headboard. The investigator places hands on the patient's shoulders during 5 minutes. A second Investigator was sitting on a chair, placed on the opposite side of the head of the table with a stopwatch in his dominant hand, in order to time the application time of each technique.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-09-16
• Primary completion: 2024-12-31
• Completion: 2024-12-31
• First posted: 2024-04-29
• Last updated: 2024-04-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Portugal