Effects of Two Sub-occipital Techniques on Limited Mobility According to the Flexion-rotation Test

Upper Cervical Spine Rotational Hypomobility Clinical Trial

Official title:

Comparative Study of the Effects of Two Sub-occipital Techniques on Healthy Subjects With Limited Mobility According to the Flexion-rotation Test

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02855216
• Other study ID #: PI16/0147
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: August 2016
• Est. completion date: October 2017

Study information

• Verified date: May 2018
• Source: Universidad de Zaragoza
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The cervical spine should work as a functional unit. If hypomobility should exist in any of the segments it would limit the mobility of the spine as a whole. Although it is frequent that certain cervical segments present hypomobility, they are not always related to symptomatology. The effects of inhibition sub-occipital techniques on cervical mobility have not been evaluated.

The objetive of this trials is to assess and compare the effects on cervical mobility, of the manual technique of sub-occipital inhibition by applying pressure and self-treatment by way of Occipivot® cushion, in subjects with no cervical symptomatology but with limited mobility assessed by the flexion-rotation test.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 32
• Est. completion date: October 2017
• Est. primary completion date: September 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 16 Years to 60 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Flexion rotation test with less than 32º or asymmetry of 10º between right and left, whenever one of the sides does not exceed physiological C1-C2 ROM (45º)

• Sing the informed consent form.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Inability to tolerate FRT

• Contraindication to manual therapy.

• Cervical treatment during the study.

• Poor language and communication skills making difficult to undertand the informed consent.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Upper Cervical Spine Rotational Hypomobility

Intervention

Other:
• Manual technique of sub-occipital inhibition

• Self-treatment by way of Occipivot®

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Spain	Unidad de Investgación en Fisioterapia. Universidad de Zaragoza	Zaragoza

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universidad de Zaragoza

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Spain, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in baseline in Range of movement in Upper Cervical Spine	Flexion-rotation test measured by CROM device	15 minutes after intervention
Secondary	Change in baseline in Range of motion of cervical spine		15 minutes after intervention
Secondary	Change in baseline in Upper cervical spine range of motion		15 minutes after intervention