Does Passive Spinal Mobilization Improve Lower Limbs Strength and Function

Healthy Clinical Trial

Official title:

Does Passive Spinal Mobilization Improve Lower Limbs Strength and Function

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02523508
• Other study ID #: HSEARS20150310003
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: August 13, 2015
• Last updated: February 23, 2016
• Start date: June 2015
• Est. completion date: December 2015

Study information

• Verified date: February 2016
• Source: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Hong Kong: University Grants Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Previous studies have shown that peripheral muscles weakness or inhibition is related to spinal disorders. Passive mobilization and manipulation are likely to reverse such muscle weakness. The purpose of the study was to assess the effect of spinal mobilization on the maximal muscle strength of the hip flexors and motor function.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 24
• Est. completion date: December 2015
• Est. primary completion date: December 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy adults have no active back or hip pain

Exclusion Criteria:

• Subjects with active back or hip pain

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Investigator), Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Healthy

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Experimental group
Subject will be put into lying position, small amplitude of passive movement on the lumbar spine of the subject. The procedure will last for 1 minute.

Other:
• Control group
Passive limb mobilization which did not involve the spine

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Hong Kong	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	Hong Kong

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Hong Kong, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Hip flexor strength	The hip flexor strength measured by the hand-held dynamometer	10 minutes after the intervention	No
Secondary	Running speed	The running time for a 100-meter distance	10 minutes after the intervention	No