Influence of Short-term Vojta Therapy on the Gait in Healthy Adult Subjects.

Gait, Frontal Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Influence of Short-term Vojta Therapy on the Gait in Healthy Adult Subjects.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04689841
• Other study ID #: Numen2
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 25, 2021
• Est. completion date: May 15, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: August 2021
• Source: NUMEN Foundation
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The patterns of reflex locomotion described by Vojta contain all the basic patterns necessary for gait, which can be observed as partial patterns during normal postural ontogenesis in the first year of life. These patterns are triggered throughout life regardless of age, so they can be activated both in healthy subjects and in the presence of neurological pathology in adult patients.

Description:

In reflex locomotion, there is a coordinated and rhythmic activation of the entire skeletal muscles and different circuits of the central nervous system are stimulated. The motor reactions that are triggered regularly and cyclically due to pressure stimuli, from certain starting positions, are completely reproducible and as often as desired, even in the newborn child.

All the movements that appear in the development of the human being in grasping, turning, crawling, standing up and walking, are therefore visibly stimulated. They are, according to Prof. Vojta, present even in children of a developmental stage, in which they do not spontaneously yet possess these capacities.

Through the therapeutic application of reflex locomotion, those muscular functions used unconsciously and necessary for spontaneous daily motor skills are activated in the patient, especially in the spine, but also in the arms and legs, hands and feet and in the face.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 43
• Est. completion date: May 15, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: December 30, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• To be over 18 years old.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Present limitations or permanent or temporary injuries to the locomotor system.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Gait Disorders, Neurologic
• Gait, Frontal

Intervention

Other:
• Vojta Therapy
Reflex locomotion is activated by the "reflexogenic" pathway. In context with reflex locomotion, the term "reflex" does not represent the mode of neuronal control, but rather refers to defined, "automatic" and always equal motor responses produced by external stimuli, applied therapeutically.
• placebo
In the control group, a placebo intervention is administered, similar to an experimental intervention

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
NUMEN Foundation	Universidad Europea de Madrid

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	6 Minutes walk	walk for 6 minutes measuring the meters walked	one month
Primary	EMG surface	surface electromyography in four muscles	two month