Effects of Lumbosacral Chiropractic on the Olympic Style Weightlifting Athletes

January 3, 2021 updated by: Mehmet Kaan Altunok, Bahçeşehir University

Effects of Lumbosacral Chiropractic Spinal Manipulative Therapy on Muscle Strength, Range of Motion, Balance and Pain in Olympic Style Weightlifting Athletes

It is known that low back injuries experienced by weightlifting athletes cause a decrease in performance. The effects of spinal manipulative therapy, which has been found to positively affect performance in various sports, are not known in the Olympic style weightlifting athletes. This study is aimed to investigate the effects of lumbosacral chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy on muscle strength, range of motion, balance, and pain in Olympic style weightlifting athletes.

In this research, 40 male Olympic style weightlifting athletes are planned to take place. Male athletes will be randomly divided into two groups as a control and a treatment group. To the individuals in the treatment group; lumbal region chiropractic high-speed, low amplitude (High Velocity, Low amplitude: HVLA) spinal manipulation and sacroiliac joint chiropractic HVLA manipulation are planned to perform once a week for a total of three weeks. No manipulation will be made to individuals in the treatment group. Before and after the manipulation; the maximum isometric muscular force, the lumbar spine range of motion, balance performance and pain intensity will be evaluated by a back dynamometer, hand finger-ground distance test (HFGD), and Modified Schober test, flamingo balance test, and visual analog scale. SPPS 25 (IBM Corp. Released 2017. IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 25.0. Armonk, NY: IBM Corp.) version will be used to analyze the data.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

There are studies in the literature regarding the positive effect of chiropractic treatment on musculoskeletal injuries. In a study, it is found that the group that received cervical chiropractic manipulation on judo athletes showed a statistically significant (p <0.05) increase in grip strength compared to those who received sham practice. In another study, it is found that a single lumbar spinal manipulation reduced the relative strength difference between the limbs for knee and hip flexion (p <0.05). In another study, it is shown that a single spinal manipulation session increased the muscle strength of the ankle plantar flexor muscles and corticospinal excitability (p <0.05) in elite Taekwondo athletes. Likewise, according to another study, lumbopelvic joint manipulation increased quadriceps activation and strength.

A study claims that young female athletes with talocrural joint dysfunction showed a statistically significant (p <0.05) improvement in vertical jump height after chiropractic manipulation. In addition, in a study investigating the effect of pelvic manipulation on vertical jump height in female university students with functional leg length inequality, it was found that after the intervention, jump height improved significantly only in the pelvic manipulation group compared to pre-intervention height, while improvement in female university students with functional leg length inequality was found to be statistically significant (p <0.05) in both manipulation and stretching groups after the manipulation.

A study showed that chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy can increase hip extension ability in young running athletes (p <0.05). According to a study conducted on football players, it was shown that combined manipulative interventions caused significantly (p <0.05) increases in the range of motion in the lumbar region and sacroiliac joint flexion. In addition, it was reported that the group who received chiropractic manipulation (compared to the group that received sham manipulation) caused a significant increase in kick speed (p <0.05) after the manipulation.

Again, in another research, it is found that an increase in cervical range of motion and a decrease in neck pain with a single cervical HVLA (High Velocity, Low amplitude: HVLA) manipulation (p <0.05) and stated that HVLA manipulation was more effective than mobilization.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

37

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Turkey
      • Ankara, Turkey, 06820
        • Ankara Türkiye Olimpiyat Hazirlik Merkezi

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

13 years to 32 years (ADULT, CHILD)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

Male

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Being a weightlifting athlete
  • Presence of sacroiliac and lumbar spine asymptomatic dysfunctions in tests

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Not wanting to continue education
  • Not being able to come to assessments
  • Having a musculoskeletal injury in the upper and lower extremities in the last month
  • Having any neurological or psychiatric illness
  • Having a fracture in the past
  • Having a tumor in the past
  • Lumbar disc hernias, spondylosis, spondylolisthesis
  • Having a disease related to the cardiac and respiratory system
  • Having an infectious, rheumatological, metabolic, and endocrine disease
  • Having dislocation, osteoporosis, ankylosing spondylitis, discopathy, rheumatoid arthritis
  • Being in the treatment of instability, acute myelopathy, anticoagulants
  • Recently had a surgery

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
  • Allocation: RANDOMIZED
  • Interventional Model: PARALLEL
  • Masking: NONE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
NO_INTERVENTION: Control group
20 people will be included in the control group. 3 measurements will be taken one week apart in total. Measurements will consist of maximum isometric muscle strength, lumbar range of motion, balance performance, and pain intensity. And it will be evaluated respectively by back dynamometer, hand finger-to-ground distance (HFGD) and Modified Schober test, flamingo balance test, and visual analog scale.
EXPERIMENTAL: Chiropractic group
20 people will be included in the experimental group. Lumbal chiropractic HVLA (High Velocity, Low amplitude: HVLA) spinal manipulation and sacroiliac joint chiropractic HVLA manipulation will be applied 3 times in total with a weekly interval. The maximum isometric muscle strength before and immediately after the application, lumbar joint range of motion, balance performance, and pain intensity will be evaluated respectively by back dynamometer, hand finger-to-ground distance (HFGD), and Modified Schober test, flamingo balance test, and visual analog scale.
Other: Chiropractic Manipulation

Lumbar vertebrae and sacroiliac joints of the participants that have lost their normal joint motion will be detected by static and dynamic palpation techniques.

Lumbal Chiropractic HVLA Spinal Manipulation: HVLA manipulation will be applied in the left transverse process of the lumbar vertebra (mammillary process) of the participants whose problem is to the left of the lumbar vertebra.

Sacroiliac Chiropractic HVLA Manipulation: Participants who lost normal joint motion in the anterior and superior directions in the left sacroiliac joint will be treated with HVLA manipulation in the left PSIS (Posterior Superior Iliac Spine: PSIS). Participants who have lost normal joint motion in the left sacroiliac joint in the posterior and inferior directions will be applied HVLA manipulation in the left ischial tuberosity.

For both applications, it will be positioned in the opposite position for the problems on the right and the application will be made in the opposite position.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Muscle Strength
Time Frame: 3 weeks
Muscle Strength: In measuring the muscle strength of the back area, the participant will be provided to take the starting position for the test on the dynamometer (Takkei-Japon) while the knees are flexed. Then, while his/her arms are in extension, his/her back is straight, and his/her body is slightly flexed, he/she will be asked to pull up the dynamometer bar he grasped with his/her hands vertically using his legs at the maximum level. This traction will be repeated three times. The best result will be recorded.
3 weeks
Lumbal Area Joint Range of Motion: Hand Finger-Ground Distance (HFGD)
Time Frame: 3 weeks
Hand Finger-Ground Distance (HFGD): Participants will lean forward as much as they can, standing, hands-free, without bending their knees. Lumbar joint range of motion will be found by measuring the distance between the participants' third finger and the ground.
3 weeks
Lumbal Area Joint Range of Motion: Modified Schober Test
Time Frame: 3 weeks
Modified Schober Test: With the participants standing in an upright position, a line will be drawn joining the right and left posterior superior iliac spine. From the midpoint of this line, 10 cm up and 5 cm below will be marked, the participants will be asked to lean forward as much as possible without bending their knees, and the distance between the two will be measured again. Lumbal joint range of motion will be obtained by recording the measured value above 15 cm as a result of the modified Schober test.
3 weeks
Balance Performance
Time Frame: 3 weeks
Flamingo balance test: Specially prepared balance bench (fifty cm long, four cm high, three cm wide) and timekeeper will be used in the test. The participant will be placed on the balance bench with his dominant foot. Then, the participant will be asked to flex the other knee, pull it towards the hip and hold it with the same hand. After the participant takes the correct position, s/he will get help from the test manager by holding on to the test manager until he/she stabilizes, and the time will start from the moment he/she stabilizes and quits the support. The time will be stopped when the participant's balance is disrupted, that is, when s/he leaves his/her foot, falls from the bench, any part of the body touches the ground, and so on. The total time will be a minute. The number of times the participants are unbalanced during the test (falling etc.) will be counted and recorded as the athletes' scores at the end of the test. Low scores mean better, higher scores mean worse outcome.
3 weeks
Pain Intensity
Time Frame: 3 weeks
Pain Intensity: It will be evaluated with a visual analog scale (VAS) numbered equal intervals from 0 to 10 on a 10 cm line, which is used to digitize some values that cannot be measured numerically. 0 means no pain and 10 means unbearable pain. Thus, participants will be asked to mark the intensity of pain they perceive.
3 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Bahçeşehir University

Collaborators

Necmettin Erbakan University

Investigators

  • Study Director: Kenan Erdağı, assist prof, Necmettin Erbakan University

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (ACTUAL)

December 6, 2020

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

December 6, 2020

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

January 3, 2021

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

December 5, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 12, 2020

First Posted (ACTUAL)

December 16, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

January 5, 2021

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 3, 2021

Last Verified

January 1, 2021

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Keywords

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • 1801408

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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