Sub Occipital Inhibition Technique on Postural Balance

Cardenal Herrera University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Movement Disorders

Treatments: Procedure: Suboccipital inhibition; Procedure: Placebo technique

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04001868

CEU UCH 212

Details and patient eligibility

About

In the present study the investigators want to verify if the inhibition of the suboccipital muscles improves the postural balance in subjects with cervical pain objectified by stabilometry.

Enrollment: 46 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Individuals who suffer neck pain for at least 3 months
• Come to receive physiotherapy treatment at Clinica Osteomed (NRS: 8415-CV), Elche, Alicante, Spain.
• Age between 18 and 65 years old.
• Sign the informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

• Suffering or having suffered pathologies of the postural control system (postural sensors, central nervous system or locomotor system)
• Presenting deformities or orthopedic injuries in the lower limbs or rachis
• Presenting pain at the moment of study
• Present contraindications to the intervention under study
• Have received physiotherapy treatment in the last six months
• Have undergone surgical treatment of any kind.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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46 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Experimental Group

Experimental group

Description:

Application of the sub occipital inhibition technique.

Treatment:

Procedure: Suboccipital inhibition

Placebo Group

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Hand contact in the sub occipital region without executing any technique.

Treatment:

Procedure: Placebo technique