Osteopathic Intervention in Professional Handball Players (ECHODIAPOST)

Toulouse University Hospital

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Osteopathia

Treatments: Procedure: manual osteopathic intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05942690

RC31/23/0146

Details and patient eligibility

About

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).

Full 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.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

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

Exclusion criteria

• history of thoracic or diaphragmatic surgery

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 1 patient group

experimental

Experimental group

Description:

The intervention evaluated is a technique of prolonged abdominal manual pressure centered on the zone of restriction of mobility called "trigger point" with diaphragmatic aim.

Treatment:

Procedure: manual osteopathic intervention