The Effects of IASTM and Proprioception

Youngstown State University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy Volunteers

Treatments: Other: Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03023943

072-2017

Details and patient eligibility

About

The research design will be single group pretest-posttest design. The subject will be instructed to position the knee joint to a position previously set by the experimenter. Intervention will be 10 minutes of GT1 instrument application at anterior thigh using sweep technique.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• male or female, age 18 to 65.

Exclusion criteria

• sensory impairments or a present contraindications to IASTM which include cancer, burn scars, kidney dysfunction, pregnancy, varicose veins, osteoporosis, body art, chronic regional pain syndrome, polyneuropathies, fractures, autoimmune disorders, diabetes, vitamin C & D/Calcium deficiencies, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, congestive heart failure, acute inflammation, lymphedema, flu or illness with flu-like symptoms, and medications (anticoagulant, steroids, hormone replacements, NSAIDS, fluoroquinolone antibiotics, herbal supplements).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 1 patient group

IASTM group

Experimental group

Description:

Intervention will be 10 minutes of GT1 instrument application at anterior thigh using sweep technique.

Treatment:

Other: Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization