Effects of Instrument-Applied Spinal Manipulative Therapy on Postureal Control and Autonomic Balance

Heart Rate Clinical Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00380341
• Other study ID #: RD0803050033
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: September 21, 2006
• Last updated: October 16, 2008
• Start date: September 2006
• Est. completion date: November 2006

Study information

• Verified date: October 2008
• Source: Logan College of Chiropractic
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of spinal manipulative therapy on autonomic balance and to determine if there exists a relationship between autonomic state and postural control.

Description:

Previous studies have demonstrated that sensory and cognitive systems share some common neural substrate. The afferent neural impuleses of mechanoreception (also known as somatosensation) as produced by joint mechanoreceptors and adjacent muscle spindle cells may impact supraspinal centers. Few studies have been done to determine if the afferent impulses generated by spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) can impact the porcessing that occurs at supra-spinal centers. The relationship between postural control and cognition is studies using a dual-tak methodology, a primary (postural) task will often demonstrate degradation with the addition of a secondary, concurrent (cognitive) task. The current study seeks to determine the effects of SMT on postrual control using a dual-task paradigm, while monitoring autonomic state (using Heart Rate Variability analysis) during the course of therapy. It is thought that SMT can improve HRV status, and postural control within a dual-task situation, and that there will be differences in postural control related to a participant's HRV status. Activities of daily living often invole the coupling of a cognitive task with a complex postural task.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 20
• Est. completion date: November 2006
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 19 Years to 30 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy adults currently enrolled at Logan College

Exclusion Criteria:

• Lower extremity injury, vestibular disorders

Study Design

Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Heart Rate

Intervention

Procedure:
• Instrument-applied spinal manipulative therapy

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Logan College of Chiropractic