Manual Therapy Force Perception Scale

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Status: Completed

Conditions: Manual Therapy

Treatments: Other: Manual therapy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06430281

UQTR_IP_EchelleTM_2024

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of this observational study is to pilot a scale designed to assist clinicians in evaluating the force they perceive during manual therapy.

The main question it aims to answer is:

• Are clinicians able to evaluate the force they use when delivering manual therapies to their patients using a scale?

For the pilot test, licensed chiropractors administer manual therapies on a manikin.

Full description

The aim of this observational study is to pilot test an ordinal scale (the Manual Therapy Force Perception [MTFP] scale) intended to enable clinicians to assign ordinal rankings to their patients based on their perception of the force they applied during manual therapy . This involved evaluating the agreement between the force applied by clinicians during spinal manipulations and mobilizations delivered on a manikin and their subjective perception of force, as determined using the MTFP scale. Additionally, the pilot study aimed to seek feedback on the MTFP scale from clinicians who are its potential users.

Enrollment: 10 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Licensed chiropractors with a private practice within the province of Quebec, Canada.

Exclusion criteria

• Having a condition that prevents the execution of approximately 50 manual therapies over a 1-hour period.

Trial design

10 participants in 1 patient group

Participants

Description:

Chiropractors will administer manual therapies on a manikin utilizing three distinct levels of force (typical force, low force, high force), determined by the trial label on the scale. A sensor will gauge the magnitude of force applied.

Treatment:

Other: Manual therapy