Abdominal Muscles
Conditions
Keywords
Electromyography, Muscle Contraction, Expert Therapist, Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care
Brief summary
Randomized clinical trial on a cohort of healthy subjects of legal age, of both sexes, recruited from the university community and who will be randomly distributed into two groups (expert therapist vs. non-expert therapist). The objective will be to determine if there are differences in the muscular activation produced on the stabilizing muscles of the trunk (external oblique and internal oblique) if it is applied by an expert therapist versus if it is applied by a therapist not specialized in therapy and to know the effects produced on the muscles studied after performing the intervention.
Interventions
OTHERVojta Therapy
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.
Sponsors
University of Salamanca
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
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
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Electromyographic activity in abdominal muscles | Change from Baseline electromyographic activity at 7 minutes. | The electromyographic activity of internal and external obliques in nanovolts will be collected before, during and after the intervention. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | Baseline | It will be registered at the beginning of the study in order to calculate the age of the participant. |
| Sex | Baseline | It will be registered at the beginning of the study. |
| Height | Baseline | It will be registered at the beginning of the study in centimeters. |
| Weight | Baseline | It will be registered at the beginning of the study in kilograms. |
Contacts
Primary ContactJuan Luis Sánchez González, PhD
Backup ContactFátima Pérez Robledo, PhD
Outcome results
None listed