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NCT Number: NCT05583760

Stabilometric and Baropodometric Evaluation After Osteopathic Scaphoid Tug Manipulation

This is a clinical, longitudinal, prospective and randomised study in which the subject will be assessed by stabilometric and baropodometric techniques on two occasions (before being subjected to the scaphoid tug manipulation for the experimental group or placebo technique in the case of the control group).

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Key information

Conditions

Manipulation Osteopathic

Age range

18 year–65 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Sergio Montero Navarro

Elche, Alicante, 03204, Spain

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Subjects with right scaphoid external rotation dysfunction

Exclusion criteria

  • Suffering from disorders that alter balance (tension headaches, vertigo, migraines...).
  • Deformities, orthopaedic injuries or sequelae in the limbs or spine that may alter postural statics (valgus-varus, lower limb operations, lower limb dysmetries, scoliosis, etc.).
  • Pathologies or sequelae related to the postural sensors or disorders in the same:
  • Uncorrected visual defects.
  • Vestibular disorders.
  • Uncorrected stomatological disorders.
  • Sensory alterations in the foot sensor (Hypoaesthesia, Morton's neuroma, tarsal canal syndrome, etc.).
  • Cutaneous alterations that influence the foot pick-up (papillomas, plantar warts, ingrown toenails, etc.).
  • Ingestion of medication that alters the perception of stability.
  • Having any contraindication to the scaphoid tug technique.
  • Having carried out intense physical activity immediately prior to the study.
  • Having received osteopathic treatment in the last month.

Treatment and study plan

Experimental: Osteopathic manipulation TUG for scaphoid bone

Procedure

The sequence of execution of the scaphoid TUG technique shall be applied as follows. Patient in the supine position. The inner hand of the intervener makes contact with the pisiform through the hypothenar eminence and ulnar border of the hand over the scaphoid tubercle, the outer hand reinforces the contact. The thumbs are directed to the sole of the patient's foot. The parameters are sought by bringing the sole of the foot into eversion, thus bringing the scaphoid into internal rotation (the direction of correction). In order to reduce the slack, the operator drops his body weight backwards while increasing the internal rotation parameter of the scaphoid. The manipulation is performed by associating a rapid traction movement with an increase of the correction parameter towards the internal rotation of the scaphoid.

Sham group: Sham osteopathic manipulation TUG for scaphoid bone

Procedure

The intervention will be performed in the same way as the intervention group, without actually performing the TUG manipulation on the scaphoid bone, only placing it in tension.

Primary outcomes

  1. stabilometric measurements: oscillation about the X-axis

    Time frame: five minutes post-intervention

    (mm)

  2. stabilometric measurements: oscillation about the Y-axis

    Time frame: five minutes post-intervention

    (mm)

  3. stabilometric measurements: area of the ellipse

    Time frame: five minutes post-intervention

    (cm2)

  4. static baropodometric measurements: scan Foot bearing area

    Time frame: five minutes post-intervention

    (cm2)

  5. static baropodometric measurements: scan percentage of body load supported by each foot

    Time frame: five minutes post-intervention

  6. static baropodometric measurements: scan point of maximum plantar pressure

    Time frame: five minutes post-intervention

    (kg/cm2)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Cardenal Herrera University

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Registry information

Official study title

Stabilometric and Baropodometric Evaluation of Osteopathic Scaphoid Tug Manipulation

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2023
First posted
Oct 18, 2022
Registry last updated
Feb 8, 2023

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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