Effect of Lower Extremity Joint Manipulation on a Lower Extremity Somatosensory Illusion

Parker University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy; Coordination and Balance Disturbances

Treatments: Other: chiropractic manual therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05226715

Parker

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of extremity manipulation on individual's center of pressure after they adapt to an ankle based illusion.

Enrollment: 8 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 35 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• No previous surgeries
• Not knowingly pregnant
• No neuromusculoskeletal injuries or systemic diseases that could affect an individual's ability to stand on an incline for 3 minutes with their eyes closed.

Exclusion criteria

• Weight over the force plate operating limit of 440 lbs

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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8 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Received a bilateral, lower extremity manipulation series

Treatment:

Other: chiropractic manual therapy

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

30 seconds of lying supine on a chiropractic bench (control) without manual manipulation