Effect of Attentional Touch in Stabilometric Assessments

Postural Balance Clinical Trial

Official title:

Low Term Effect of Attentional Touch on Sway Rate Variation of CoP in Asymptomatic Subjects: a Randomized Clinical Trial.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06066047
• Other study ID #: 003
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 1, 2023
• Est. completion date: January 20, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: January 2024
• Source: Accademia Italiana Medicina Osteopatica
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Postural balance has been studied in the literature and ideal body mass distribution has been shown to provide stability to the body in an upright position. The use of stabilometry to assess posture is a standard in clinical practice and medical research. In the literature we find osteopathic treatment evaluated with stabilometry in specific pathological conditions. We will experiment on asymptomatic volunteers how attentive touch is effective compared to non-attentive touch and compared to an untreated group by measuring specific parameters that indicate postural balance.

Description:

Stabilometry measurements will be taken on asymptomatic volunteers before and after several specific treatments, in particular to measure whether the variance in sway speed is reduced after the treatments. The effect of attentional versus non-attentional touch will be compared in the other two groups, in addition to a control group that receives no treatment.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 210
• Est. completion date: January 20, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: December 20, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• aymptomatics

Exclusion Criteria:

• serious illnesses
• balance disorders
• recent trauma (within 2 years) to the lower limbs

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Postural Balance

Intervention

Other:
• TOUCH ATTENTIVE TREATMENT
15-minute treatment using constant touch (0.20 N, approx. 20 grams) developed after training with visual feedback. 5 minutes bilateral touch on external malleolus 5 minutes longitudinal occipital front grip for reciprocal tension membrane movement and Sutherland's fulcrum 5 minutes bilateral touch on acromion, for midline, centring diaphragms Throughout the treatment, the practitioner maintained a focused attention on touch by voluntarily and constantly directing attention to the sensation/perception of the hands, perceiving texture, density, temperature, reactivity and motility of the tissue.
• AUDITORY ATTENTIVE TREATMENT
15-minute treatment using constant touch (0.20 N, approx. 20 grams) developed after training with visual feedback. 5 minutes bilateral touch on external malleolus 5 minutes longitudinal occipital front grip for reciprocal tension membrane movement and Sutherland's fulcrum 5 minutes bilateral touch on acromion, for midline, centring diaphragms During the treatment, the operator's attention was focused on acoustic signals delivered through earphones. The beeps were delivered at random intervals between 0.5 and 2.0 seconds. The operator had to count the number of acoustic signals produced during the treatment period.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Italy	Studio osteopatico Bettoni	Mantova

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Accademia Italiana Medicina Osteopatica

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Italy, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	the velocity variation of the displacement of the centre of pressure (CoP).	The variable is measured with a stabilometric scale (Cyber Sabots) by sampling the signal at 40 Hz.	baseline
Primary	the velocity variation of the displacement of the centre of pressure (CoP).	The variable is measured with a stabilometric scale (Cyber Sabots) by sampling the signal at 40 Hz.	30 minutes