Influence of Short-term Vojta Therapy on the Gait in Healthy Adult Subjects.

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The patterns of reflex locomotion described by Vojta contain all the basic patterns necessary for gait, which can be observed as partial patterns during normal postural ontogenesis in the first year of life. These patterns are triggered throughout life regardless of age, so they can be activated both in healthy subjects and in the presence of neurological pathology in adult patients.

Detailed Description
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In reflex locomotion, there is a coordinated and rhythmic activation of the entire skeletal muscles and different circuits of the central nervous system are stimulated. The motor reactions that are triggered regularly and cyclically due to pressure stimuli, from certain starting positions, are completely reproducible and as often as desired, even in the newborn child. All the movements that appear in the development of the human being in grasping, turning, crawling, standing up and walking, are therefore visibly stimulated. They are, according to Prof. Vojta, present even in children of a developmental stage, in which they do not spontaneously yet possess these capacities. Through the therapeutic application of reflex locomotion, those muscular functions used unconsciously and necessary for spontaneous daily motor skills are activated in the patient, especially in the spine, but also in the arms and legs, hands and feet and in the face.

Official Title
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Influence of Short-term Vojta Therapy on the Gait in Healthy Adult Subjects.

Conditions
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Gait, Frontal

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Vojta Therapy
* Other: placebo


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: To be over 18 years old. Exclusion Criteria: Present limitations or permanent or temporary injuries to the locomotor system.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Vojta Therapy<br>In Vojta therapy, the therapist selectively presses certain areas of the body, with the patient lying prone, - supine or - lateral. These types of stimuli, in humans of any age, provoke automatically and without their own initiative, that is, without the active voluntary collaboration of the person | Other: Vojta Therapy<br>* Reflex locomotion is activated by the reflexogenic pathway. In context with reflex locomotion, the term reflex does not represent the mode of neuronal control, but rather refers to defined, automatic and always equal motor responses produced by external stimuli, applied therapeutically.<br>* Other names: Reflex Locomotion;|
| Placebo Comparator: Control Group<br>In the control group, a placebo intervention is administered, similar to an experimental intervention | Other: placebo<br>* In the control group, a placebo intervention is administered, similar to an experimental intervention<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 6 Minutes walk | walk for 6 minutes measuring the meters walked | one month | 
| EMG surface | surface electromyography in four muscles | two month | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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gait, Reflex Locomotion, Core stability, Ontogenesis, Neurorehabilitation, Neurological Disorder