Diaphragm Stretching Increases Spine and Thoracic Mobility

Healthy Clinical Trial

Official title:

Diaphragm Stretching Technique Increases Spine Mobility and Thoracic Movement: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01753726
• Other study ID #: DF0037UG
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: December 17, 2012
• Last updated: October 30, 2016
• Start date: June 2012
• Est. completion date: May 2015

Study information

• Verified date: October 2016
• Source: Universidad de Granada
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Spain: Comité Ético de Investigación Clínica
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Physical therapists have traditionally included various forms of manual therapy among the therapeutic approaches to spinal pathologies. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of diaphragmatic stretching on spine and thoracic movement in healthy adults.

Description:

Spinal pain is a well recognized condition associated with significant personal and community burdens. Recent studies estimated the prevalence between 6 and 22% in neck pain, from 4-72% in thoracic pain and from 1.0% to 58.1% in low back pain, which increases with age. During the last decades numerous researches have been conducted on stretching effects, evidencing an increased muscle control, flexibility and range of motion. The main purpose of this investigation is to examine the effects of diaphragm stretching in spine and thoracic mobility in healthy subjects in order to apply the results in a specifics pathologies in future studies.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 80
• Est. completion date: May 2015
• Est. primary completion date: January 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy subjects

• Age: between 18 and 65 years old.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pathological subjects

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Healthy

Intervention

Other:
• Diaphragm stretching.
A manual technique of diaphragm stretching during 7 minutes. The participants were situated in a seated position.
• Placebo.
Disconnected ultrasound was used for the 7 min as sham treatment

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Spain	Faculty of Health Sciences. University of Granada.	Granada

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universidad de Granada

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Spain, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Assessment of lumbar mobility	Schober test is a flexion trunk test to evaluate lumbar spine mobility. During this test, while the patient is in the standing position, marks are made in the midpoint between the posterior superior iliac spines (PSISs) and 10 cm superiorly to this point.	up to 2 months	Yes
Secondary	Assessment of trunk mobility	In Finger to floor test, the subjects were stood on a stool and asked to flex the trunk forward in order to reach as far as possible with both hands, without blending their knees.	baseline, 2 months	Yes
Secondary	Cervical mobility	A Baseline Bubble Inclinometer, Fabrication Enterprises Incorporated, New York. USA, was used to measure de active range of motion of the cervical spine. The measurements were performed in two planes of movement, lateral flexion (frontal plane) the right and left side; and flexion-extension (sagittal plane)	baseline, 2 months.	Yes
Secondary	Abdominal and Thoracic Dimensions and Kinematics	Abdominal and thoracic dimensions and kinematics measurements can be used as an evaluative method for diaphragmatic breathing excursion to quantify possible alterations in thoracic capacity and abdominal and chest wall compliance as achieved by all expiratory and inspiratory muscles	baseline, 2 months.	Yes

External Links

•   González-ÁlvarezFJ, ValenzaMC, Torres-SánchezI, Cabrera-MartosI, Rodríguez-TorresJ, CastelloteY.Effects of diaphragm stretching on posterior chain muscle kinematics and rib cage and abdominal excursion: a randomized controlled trial. BrazJPhysTher.2016