Clinical trial NCT06432946: Sensing-glove System in Manual Therapy
Official title: Effect of Two Facilitating Interventions on the Acceptability and Usability Towards a Sensing-glove System to Measure Force-time Characteristics of Spinal Manipulative Therapy: a Mixed-methods Cross-over Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Spinal Manipulation
Keywords: Chiropractic
Manual therapy
Acceptability
Usability
Force-time characteristics
Lead sponsor: Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-05-29
Enrollment: 16
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: CROSSOVER
Intervention model description: Participants will undergo two interventions consecutively, with the order of evaluation randomized.
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: The objective of this clinical trial is to assess manual therapists' attitudes towards using a sensing-glove system for measuring spinal manipulation force and to compare the effectiveness of two interventions in enhancing their attitudes. The primary questions it aims to address are:

* Are manual therapists receptive to employing a sensing-glove system to measure the force applied during spinal manipulations on patients?
* Can we enhance manual therapists' attitudes towards this system through either a brief informational video demonstration or a supervised practice session with the system?

Researchers will compare the impact of a 7-minute informational video to that of a 20-minute supervised practice session to determine if manual therapists' attitudes towards the use of a sensing-glove while treating their patients can be positively influenced.

Participants will:

* Engage in a single experimental session.
* Complete a questionnaire at the beginning of the experimental session.
* Undergo one of the two interventions and promptly complete two questionnaires following this intervention.
* Undergo the other intervention and promptly complete the same two questionnaires following this intervention.

Detailed description: This study aimed to evaluate manual therapists' acceptability of a sensing-glove system for measuring spinal manipulation's force-time characteristics and compare the effectiveness of two interventions in enhancing their acceptability and usability perception. Participants will undergo two acceptability-enhancing interventions in randomized order: a 7-minute informational video and a 20-minute supervised practice session. At the start of the session and after each intervention, the acceptability and perception of usability towards the system will be assessed.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Being a licensed chiropractor or a last-year intern in a University outpatient chiropractic clinic

Exclusion Criteria:

* Reported any upper limb injury preventing them from executing manual therapies during the time of the study
* Previous experience with the sensing-glove system

Primary outcomes:
measure: Acceptability
timeFrame: Immediately following each intervention and at baseline
measure: Usability
timeFrame: Immediately following each intervention
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Trois-Rivières
country: Canada
facility: Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
state: Quebec
Study officials:
affiliation: Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
name: Isabelle Pagé, DC, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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