Effect of Physical Activity Following Thoracic Mobilization on Heart Rate Variability and Pressure Pain Threshold.

Healthy Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effect of Physical Activity Following Thoracic Mobilization on Heart Rate Variability and Pressure Pain Threshold in Asymptomatic Subjects: a Randomized Clinical Trial.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02543008
• Other study ID #: FUHSPortoAlegre_II
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: September 2, 2015
• Last updated: February 13, 2017
• Start date: September 2015
• Est. completion date: November 2015

Study information

• Verified date: February 2017
• Source: Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Comparison of the effects of physical activity (treadmill running) plus thoracic mobilization, physical activity only or a placebo intervention (only manual contact thoracic mobilization), on heart rate variability and pressure pain threshold.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 34
• Est. completion date: November 2015
• Est. primary completion date: November 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 40 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Asymptomatic subjects

• Sedentary

Exclusion Criteria:

• Spinal pain

• Historic of trauma/surgery to the spine

• Diabetes

• Hypo/hyperthyroidism

• Alcoholic

• Smoker

• Hypertension

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Healthy

Intervention

Procedure:
• Physical activity plus thoracic mobilization
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• Physical activity
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• Placebo
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Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	Universidade Federal de Ciencias da Saude	Porto Alegre	RS

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Heart rate variability		Change from baseline, immediately after, and 15 minutes after the intervention.
Secondary	Pressure pain threshold	Digital algometer will be applied to C7 and T4 spinous process, right hand and right tibialis anterior muscle belly	Change from baseline, mimediately after, and 15 minutes after the intervention.