Effects of Nervous System Mobilization

Healthy Individuals Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effect of Nervous System Mobilization on Heat, Cold and Mechanical Pain Thresholds and Lower Limb Flexibility

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03029260
• Other study ID #: NSM01
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: January 19, 2017
• Last updated: April 4, 2018
• Start date: January 2017
• Est. completion date: December 2017

Study information

• Verified date: April 2018
• Source: Aveiro University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study aims to compare the effect of tension neural mobilization versus sliding neural mobilization of the peroneal nerve on the heat and cold threshold, on pressure pain threshold and on flexibility both in the dominant lower limb (subjected to mobilization) and the non-dominant lower limb (not subjected to mobilization) in healthy young participants.

Description:

Sixty young and healthy participants will be randomly allocated to receive tension neural mobilization (n=30) or sliding neural mobilization (n=30). Data on heat threshold, cold threshold, pressure pain threshold and lower limb flexibility will be collected before the intervention, immediately after the intervention and at least 24h after the intervention.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 52
• Est. completion date: December 2017
• Est. primary completion date: July 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• naïve to nervous system mobilization;

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any surgery or trauma in the previous 6 months; neurological, cardiorespiratory or rheumatic pathology; cancer.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Healthy Individuals

Intervention

Other:
• Neural mobilization - tension.
Neural mobilization in tension consists of using combinations of joint movement known to maximize the tension and lengthening of peripheral nervous structures. The intervention will be delivered in one session only.
• Neural mobilization - gliding
Gliding neural mobilization consists of using combinations of joint movement known to maximize the movement of the peripheral nerves in relation to adjacent structures. The intervention will be delivered in one session only.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Portugal	School of Health Sciences	Aveiro

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Aveiro University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Portugal, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Range of motion of the Straight Leg Raising test	The hip is raised to maximum flexion and the degree of flexion is measured with universal goniometer	Baseline
Primary	Range of motion of the Straight Leg Raising test	The hip is raised to maximum flexion and the degree of flexion is measured with universal goniometer	Approximately 45 minutes after baseline measurements
Primary	Range of motion of the Straight Leg Raising test	The hip is raised to maximum flexion and the degree of flexion is measured with universal goniometer	At least 24 hours after baseline measurements
Secondary	Heat threshold	This is measured with a QSense instrument, which has thermode that is attached to the skin. The temperature in this thermode increases or decreases (as per the protocol being used) and the participants is holding a device to stop the temperature to increase/decrease when he/she first perceives it. The temperature perceived is the test result.	Baseline
Secondary	Heat threshold	This is measured with a QSense instrument, which has thermode that is attached to the skin. The temperature in this thermode increases or decreases (as per the protocol being used) and the participants is holding a device to stop the temperature to increase/decrease when he/she first perceives it. The temperature perceived is the test result.	Approximately 45 minutes after baseline measurements
Secondary	Heat threshold	This is measured with a QSense instrument, which has thermode that is attached to the skin. The temperature in this thermode increases or decreases (as per the protocol being used) and the participants is holding a device to stop the temperature to increase/decrease when he/she first perceives it. The temperature perceived is the test result.	At least 24 hours after baseline measurements
Secondary	Cold threshold	This is measured with a QSense instrument, which has thermode that is attached to the skin. The temperature in this thermode increases or decreases (as per the protocol being used) and the participants is holding a device to stop the temperature to increase/decrease when he/she first perceives it. The temperature perceived is the test result.	Baseline
Secondary	Cold threshold	This is measured with a QSense instrument, which has thermode that is attached to the skin. The temperature in this thermode increases or decreases (as per the protocol being used) and the participants is holding a device to stop the temperature to increase/decrease when he/she first perceives it. The temperature perceived is the test result.	Approximately 45 minutes after baseline measurements
Secondary	Cold threshold	This is measured with a QSense instrument, which has thermode that is attached to the skin. The temperature in this thermode increases or decreases (as per the protocol being used) and the participants is holding a device to stop the temperature to increase/decrease when he/she first perceives it. The temperature perceived is the test result.	At least 24 hours after baseline measurements
Secondary	Pressure pain threshold	This is measured using a pressure pain algometer. Pressure is made with this device against a specific body region (upper and lateral part of the dominant foot) until the participants perceives that the pressure changes to pain. The amount of pressure that the participants perceives as being painful is the test result.	Baseline
Secondary	Pressure pain threshold	This is measured using a pressure pain algometer. Pressure is made with this device against a specific body region (upper and lateral part of the dominant foot) until the participants perceives that the pressure changes to pain. The amount of pressure that the participants perceives as being painful is the test result.	Approximately 45 minutes after baseline measurements
Secondary	Pressure pain threshold	This is measured using a pressure pain algometer. Pressure is made with this device against a specific body region (upper and lateral part of the dominant foot) until the participants perceives that the pressure changes to pain. The amount of pressure that the participants perceives as being painful is the test result.	At least 24 hours after baseline measurements