Clinical trial NCT06871202: Manual Therapy and Physical-sport Performance
Official title: Influence of Manual Therapy on Physical-sport Performance
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Healthy
Musculoskeletal Disorders
Lead sponsor: University of La Laguna
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-03-11
Enrollment: 60
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 50
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The study aims to observe the influence of manual therapy on physical and sporting performance. Manual therapy and physiotherapy have always been associated with post-exercise or as a means of recovering from injuries. The objective is to see if a physiotherapy intervention based on manual therapy causes changes in physical and sporting performance.

To do this, after a brief warm-up, a series of sports tests will be carried out, where the investigators will measure variables such as strength, range of motion, and autonomic nervous system parameters. Subsequently, a series of techniques will be applied in various anatomical regions, and finally, the sports tests will be repeated, and the results will be compared.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Engage in low- or moderate-intensity physical activity.
* Engage in physical activity on 3 or more days per week.
* Not have any recent injury in the area of intervention that contraindicates manual intervention.
* Be willing to collaborate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Those people who had an acute injury or one that would prevent them from carrying out physical activity had any contraindication to the application of manual techniques.
* Who were not available during the dates of the study and people.
* Who were undergoing treatment with drugs that could interfere with the tests.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Mobility
timeFrame: Baseline; previous the first manual intervention and inmediatly posterior the first manual intervention (first day); 3, 7 and 14 days after the first manual intervention
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Strength
timeFrame: Baseline; previous the first manual intervention and inmediatly posterior the first manual intervention (first day); 3, 7 and 14 days after the first manual intervention
measure: Speed
timeFrame: Baseline; previous the first manual intervention and inmediatly posterior the first manual intervention (first day); 3, 7 and 14 days after the first manual intervention
measure: Heart Rate Variability (HRV) as a biomarker of Stress
timeFrame: Baseline; previous the first manual intervention and inmediatly posterior the first manual intervention (first day); 3, 7 and 14 days after the first manual intervention
measure: Heart Rate Variability (HRV) as a biomarker of Stress
timeFrame: Baseline; previous the first manual intervention and inmediatly posterior the first manual intervention (first day); 3, 7 and 14 days after the first manual intervention
measure: Stress Salivary Test
timeFrame: Baseline; previous the first manual intervention and inmediatly posterior the first manual intervention (first day); 3, 7 and 14 days after the first manual intervention
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