NCT06430281

Manual Therapy Force Perception Scale

Development and Pre-testing of a Manual Therapy Force Perception Scale

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 10 (actual)
• Sponsor: Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The objective of this observational study is to pilot a scale designed to assist clinicians in evaluating the force they perceive during manual therapy. The main question it aims to answer is: \- Are clinicians able to evaluate the force they use when delivering manual therapies to their patients using a scale? For the pilot test, licensed chiropractors administer manual therapies on a manikin.

Detailed description

The aim of this observational study is to pilot test an ordinal scale (the Manual Therapy Force Perception \[MTFP\] scale) intended to enable clinicians to assign ordinal rankings to their patients based on their perception of the force they applied during manual therapy . This involved evaluating the agreement between the force applied by clinicians during spinal manipulations and mobilizations delivered on a manikin and their subjective perception of force, as determined using the MTFP scale. Additionally, the pilot study aimed to seek feedback on the MTFP scale from clinicians who are its potential users.

Conditions

• Manual Therapy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Manual therapy	A manual force will be applied to a manikin positioned on a chiropractic treatment table. The force exerted during the manual therapy must align with the trial label indicated on the Manual Therapy Force Perception \[MTFP\] scale.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-02-01
• Primary completion: 2024-05-31
• Completion: 2024-05-31
• First posted: 2024-05-28
• Last updated: 2025-07-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada