Immediate Effects of Upper Thoracic Manipulation on Skin Surface Temperature of T3 Vertebral Region and Biceps Brachii Muscle

Myofascial Dysfunction Clinical Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01872676
• Other study ID #: U1111-1144-0316
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: June 4, 2013
• Last updated: June 4, 2013
• Start date: January 2011
• Est. completion date: December 2012

Study information

• Verified date: June 2013
• Source: Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Brazil: National Committee of Ethics in Research
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of the present study was to assess the immediate effects of upper thoracic manipulation on skin surface temperature in the region of the T3 vertebra and biceps brachii muscle in healthy women. It is a randomized controlled blind study. Twenty-six healthy women of the university community were randomly allocated to an experimental group (n = 13) and a placebo group (n = 13). A single session of the upper thoracic spine manipulation (segment T3)was performed. Infrared thermography was used to determine changes in skin surface temperature in the region of T3 and the biceps brachii muscle, which would indirectly reflect sympathetic activity. Images were taken prior to manipulation, immediately after and both five and 10 minutes after manipulation. Repeated measures ANOVA with the post hoc Bonferroni test and the independent samples t-test were used for the intragroup and intergroup comparisons, respectively, with the level of significance set to 5%.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 26
• Est. completion date: December 2012
• Est. primary completion date: January 2012
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 30 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy women

• 18 and 30 years of age

Exclusion Criteria:

• use of vasoactive medication

• body mass index greater than 25 kg/m2

• having undergone spinal manipulation in previous month

• and any red flag sign, such as malignant tumor, inflammatory or infectious disease that contraindicated manual therapy

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Myofascial Dysfunction

Intervention

Other:
• Spine manipulation

• Manipulation sham

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	Methodist University of Piracicaba	Piracicaba	São Paulo

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Skin temperature	Infrared thermography was used to determine changes in skin surface temperature in the region of T3 and the biceps brachii muscle, which would indirectly reflect sympathetic activity. Images were taken prior to manipulation, immediately after and both five and 10 minutes after manipulation.	1 years	No

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