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

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

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Healthy
• Intervention / Treatment: Procedure: Physical activity plus thoracic mobilization; Procedure: Physical activity; Procedure: Placebo

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 34
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Brazil
  • RS
    • Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, 90160240
      • Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 40 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Asymptomatic subjects
• Sedentary

Exclusion Criteria:

• Spinal pain
• Historic of trauma/surgery to the spine
• Diabetes
• Hypo/hyperthyroidism
• Alcoholic
• Smoker
• Hypertension

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Double

Number of Arms

3

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Physical activity plus thoracic mobilization; Subjects randomly allocated to this arm will be submitted to a 10 minutes anaerobic exercise (2 minutes warming up, 5 minutes of 75% to 85% maximal heat rate, 3 minutes slowdown), followed by 5 minutes of passive intervertebral thoracic mobilization (3 sets of 1 minute, grade III, and 1 minute rest between each set).	Procedure: Physical activity plus thoracic mobilization; Information already included in arm/group descriptions.
Active Comparator: Physical activity; Subjects allocated to this arm will be submitted to the same anaerobic exercise protocol, without the thoracic mobilization.	Procedure: Physical activity; Information already included in arm/group descriptions.
Placebo Comparator: Placebo; Subjects in this group will be conducted to a placebo thoracic mobilization, without anaerobic exercise protocol. The investigator will apply only a manual contact, to mimic the genuine thoracic mobilization. The same 5 minutes period will be respected, and the same position of therapist and subject.	Procedure: Placebo; Information already included in arm/group descriptions.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Heart rate variability	Change from baseline, immediately after, and 15 minutes after the intervention.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
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.

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: September 1, 2015
• Primary Completion (Actual): November 1, 2015
• Study Completion (Actual): November 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 2, 2015
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 4, 2015
• First Posted (Estimate): September 7, 2015

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): February 14, 2017
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 13, 2017
• Last Verified: February 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Asymptomatic individuals
• Other Study ID Numbers: FUHSPortoAlegre_II