Abdominal Electromyographic Control in Vojta Therapy

NCT ID: NCT04818879

Last Updated: 2021-09-29

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 30 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2021-04-01
• Study Completion Date: 2021-04-30

Brief Summary

A randomized clinical trial on a cohort of healthy subjects of legal age, both sexes, recruited from the university community and who will be randomly distributed into two groups (experimental and control). The objective will be to determine the feasibility of the standardized intervention protocol on the stabilizing muscles of the trunk (external oblique and internal oblique) before, during and after the application of Vojta Therapy, and to know the effects produced on the Musculature studied after performing the intervention.

Conditions

Abdominal Muscles

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: BASIC_SCIENCE
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Interventional group

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Vojta

Intervention Type: OTHER

The subject will be placed on a stretcher with the torso uncovered. Once the adhesive electrodes have been placed in the different recording areas on the anterior part of the trunk, a recording of the activity at rest will begin, two minutes of stimulation (digital pressure), one minute of rest, two minutes of stimulation in the contralateral side and, finally, one minute of rest.

The therapy consists of the application of a stimulating pressure in the pectoral area in the pattern of the locomotion complex of reflex rolling in its first phase. For this, the subject will be placed in a supine position aligned with respect to the axial axis, with the arms along the body, the lower extremities in extension, and the head extended with a rotation of approximately 30º towards one side of the stimulation. The manual stimulation pressure will be exerted in the space between the 6th-7th or the 7th-8th rib under the mammillary line, with a force of about 2 kg.

Control group

Group Type: SHAM_COMPARATOR

Control

Intervention Type: OTHER

The subject will be placed on a stretcher with the torso uncovered. Once the adhesive electrodes have been placed in the different recording areas on the anterior part of the trunk, a recording of the activity at rest will begin, two minutes of stimulation (digital pressure), one minute of rest, two minutes of stimulation in the contralateral side and, finally, one minute of rest.

The control group will receive an application in an area with low receptor density located on the thigh, with a force of about 2 kg.

Interventions

Vojta

The subject will be placed on a stretcher with the torso uncovered. Once the adhesive electrodes have been placed in the different recording areas on the anterior part of the trunk, a recording of the activity at rest will begin, two minutes of stimulation (digital pressure), one minute of rest, two minutes of stimulation in the contralateral side and, finally, one minute of rest.

The therapy consists of the application of a stimulating pressure in the pectoral area in the pattern of the locomotion complex of reflex rolling in its first phase. For this, the subject will be placed in a supine position aligned with respect to the axial axis, with the arms along the body, the lower extremities in extension, and the head extended with a rotation of approximately 30º towards one side of the stimulation. The manual stimulation pressure will be exerted in the space between the 6th-7th or the 7th-8th rib under the mammillary line, with a force of about 2 kg.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Control

The subject will be placed on a stretcher with the torso uncovered. Once the adhesive electrodes have been placed in the different recording areas on the anterior part of the trunk, a recording of the activity at rest will begin, two minutes of stimulation (digital pressure), one minute of rest, two minutes of stimulation in the contralateral side and, finally, one minute of rest.

The control group will receive an application in an area with low receptor density located on the thigh, with a force of about 2 kg.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Over 18 years old.
• Full cognitive capacity.

Exclusion Criteria

• Subjects with neuro-muscular pathologies that affect the abdominal muscles, previous surgeries in the area or any chronic neurological or organic disorder that may alter the results.
• Vaccinated in the 10 days prior to the intervention
• Fever

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Colegio Profesional de Fisioterapeutas de Castilla y León

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role: collaborator

University of Salamanca

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Pérez-Robledo, Fátima

Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Fátima Pérez-Robledo, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Salamanca

Locations

Universidad de Salamanca

Salamanca, , Spain

Countries

Spain

Other Identifiers

NEUROUSAL04/2021

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id