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Osteopathic Intervention in Professional Handball Players

Ultrasound Evaluation of Diaphragmatic Contractility After Manual Osteopathic Intervention in Professional Handball Players: a Pilot Study

Status
Terminated
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05942690
Acronym
ECHODIAPOST
Enrollment
20
Registered
2023-07-12
Start date
2023-07-30
Completion date
2023-07-31
Last updated
2024-01-17

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Conditions

Osteopathia

Keywords

diaphragm, ultrasound, contractibility, osteopathic intervention

Brief summary

The aim is to study the effectiveness of a common osteopathic intervention in professional handball players on diaphragmatic contractility and its correlations with posture. This study has never been done in healthy subjects. It is a scientific process of objectification of an osteopathic technique commonly performed in this population. The main objective is to assess diaphragmatic contractibility using ultrasound after abdominal osteopathic intervention (OMT).

Detailed description

The context is that of optimizing the performance of professional handball players. The aim is to study the effectiveness of a common osteopathic intervention in professional handball players on diaphragmatic contractility and its correlations with posture. This study has never been done in healthy subjects. It is a scientific process of objectification of an osteopathic technique commonly performed in this population. The main objective is to assess diaphragmatic contractibility after abdominal osteopathic intervention (OMT). The secondary objective is to evaluate the impact of this manual intervention in professional handball players on: * other diaphragmatic ultrasound data * on spirometry * postural control Prospective pilot non-interventional controlled monocentric study opened in healthy male and female International players who are part of the French Handball team. Approach to objectification of current practice.

Interventions

PROCEDUREmanual osteopathic intervention

The subject sits on the examination table for the manual osteopathic intervention. The expert osteopath, having no report from the sonographers, will manually test breathing diaphragmatic and will bring osteopathic manual treatment to the area of mobility restriction

Sponsors

University Hospital, Toulouse
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

* healthy male and female International players who are part of the French Handball team

Exclusion criteria

* history of thoracic or diaphragmatic surgery

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Variation in the fraction of diaphragm thickening (right and left) measured on ultrasound before and after the procedureDay 1The subject undergoes the ultrasound which will investigate the contractility of the diaphragm muscle. Two expert sonographers from G-ECHO will perform the ultrasound on each of the athletes, and note 3 successive measurements to check the stability of the results.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Variation of the Forced Vital Capacity (FVC) measured in spirometry before and after the interventionDay 1The subject performs spirometry while standing with a Spirobank spirometer. 3 successive measurements keeping only the highest value.
Postural analysisDay 2postural analysis will be perform using Cyber-Sabot type platform. the measurements will be done at day 1 before manual abdominal osteopathic intervention and at day 2
expiratory diaphragmatic thicknessDay 1expiratory diaphragmatic thickness will be measured by echography (mm) after manual abdominal osteopathic intervention
diaphragmatic contraction velocityday 1Diaphragmatic contraction velocity is expressed in % will be measured by echography after manual abdominal osteopathic intervention
diaphragmatic amplitudeday 1Diaphragmatic amplitude is expressed in mm and will be measured by echography after manual abdominal osteopathic intervention
Inspiratory diaphragmatic thicknessday 1Inspiratory diaphragmatic thickness will be measured by echography (mm) after manual abdominal osteopathic intervention

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026