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

Abdominal Muscles Clinical Trial

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06159426
• Other study ID #: NEUROUSAL04/2023
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: December 10, 2023
• Est. completion date: February 1, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: December 2023
• Source: University of Salamanca
• Contact: Juan Luis Sánchez González, PhD
• Phone: +34 660 738 949
• Email: juanluissanchez[@]usal.es
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: February 1, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: February 1, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Over 18 years old.

• Full cognitive capacity.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Subjects with neuro-muscular pathologies that affect the abdominal muscles, previous surgeries in the area or any chronic neurological or organic disorder that may alter the results.

• Vaccinated in the 10 days prior to the intervention

• Fever

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Abdominal Muscles

Intervention

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.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Salamanca

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Electromyographic activity in abdominal muscles	The electromyographic activity of internal and external obliques in nanovolts will be collected before, during and after the intervention.	Change from Baseline electromyographic activity at 7 minutes.
Secondary	Date of birth	It will be registered at the beginning of the study in order to calculate the age of the participant.	Baseline
Secondary	Sex	It will be registered at the beginning of the study.	Baseline
Secondary	Height	It will be registered at the beginning of the study in centimeters.	Baseline
Secondary	Weight	It will be registered at the beginning of the study in kilograms.	Baseline