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Effects of the Pressure and Traction Technique on the Plantar Footprint and Balance

M

Mayuben Private Clinic

Status

Completed

Conditions

Foot
Healthy
Manual Therapy

Treatments

Other: Laser
Other: pressure and traction tecnique

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04201795
2111201814518

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this clinical trial is to check the effects of manual pressure and traction technique on balance and plantar footprint variables comparing with Laser placebo.

Full description

Forty healthy subjects wil be recruited for a simple blind study. Participants will be from 1 to 40 years old, not obese. Participants will be randomized into two groups. Experimental group performed a bilateral plantar fascia manual pressure and traction technique. Control group performed a laser placebo. The time duration (5 minutes), position, and therapist were the same for both treatments. The investigators will measure stabilometry variables and static footprint. The footprint variables will be divided in bilateral rear foot, bilateral midfoot, bilateral fore foot.

Measures. Stabilometry will be measured by displacement of the center of pressures in X and Y with eyes open and closed , center of pressure (COP) with eyes open and closed, COP area with eyes open and closed, COP antero-posterior (a-p) and medio-lateral (m-lat) directions with eyes open and closed, and COP speed. Two trials will be recorded for each condition and the order of the conditions will be randomized across subjects, eyes open and eyes closed. Foot plantar pressure and surface area of two static footprints will be measured during bipedal standing. Static plantar pressure will be evaluated by means of maximum pressure, medium pressure and surface area of each aspect of the foot (rearfoot, midfoot, and fore foot).

Enrollment

40 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 40 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Healthy individuals
  • Must have no pain

Exclusion criteria

  • Previous lower extremities surgery.
  • History of lower extremities injury with residual symptoms (pain, "giving-away" sensations) within the last year.
  • Leg-length discrepancy more than 1 cm
  • Balance deficits (determined by oral questionnaire regarding falls)

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

40 participants in 2 patient groups

pressure and traction
Experimental group
Description:
pressure and traction durin 5 minutes will be applied in plantar fascia
Treatment:
Other: pressure and traction tecnique
Laser
Sham Comparator group
Description:
Applied during 5 minutes each plantar fascia of sham laser
Treatment:
Other: Laser

Trial contacts and locations

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