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Upper Cervical and Thoracic Chiropractic Adjustment

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Status

Suspended

Conditions

Stress

Treatments

Procedure: Upper Cervical Adjustemnt
Procedure: Thoracic Adjustemnt

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

Details and patient eligibility

About

The proposed study examines the differences in how the ANS responds to cervical adjustments in comparison to thoracic adjustments. This study is the continuation of a previous study titled Perceived stress and patterns of autonomic function: a protocol development study. Autonomic tests such as HRV, GSR, and the stress surveys will be the primary method of measurement. CareTaker and Biopac devices will provide continual data collection of ECG (for HRV analysis) and GSR throughout the exam and adjustment. Participant's subjective stress levels will be measured through the use of stress questionnaires including the National Stressful Events Survey Acute Stress Disorder Short Scale, the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale, and the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale. The objective of the study is to determine if the location of a chiropractic adjustment will affect the autonomic nervous system in such a way that PNS or SNS activation increases or decreases after the adjustment. Further, the study will continue to examine how the chiropractic adjustment affects the subjective stress response.

Enrollment

40 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 65 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Over the age of 19
  • In good health
  • Willing to have blood pressure taken
  • Willinig to shave a small area of chest hair for placement of a ECG patch
  • Consent to a physical exam
  • Consent ot chiropractic evaluationa nd 2 adjustments

Trial design

Primary purpose

Basic Science

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Crossover Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

40 participants in 2 patient groups

Upper Cervical Adjustment
Experimental group
Description:
Upper cervical adjustemnt
Treatment:
Procedure: Thoracic Adjustemnt
Procedure: Upper Cervical Adjustemnt
Thoracic Adjustment
Active Comparator group
Description:
Thoracic adjustment
Treatment:
Procedure: Thoracic Adjustemnt
Procedure: Upper Cervical Adjustemnt

Trial contacts and locations

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