Efficacy of Myofascial Induction as a Manual Therapy Technique in Patients With Anxiety

Efficacy of Myofascial Induction as a Manual Therapy Technique in Patients With Anxiety. A Randomized Double Blind Clinical Trial Controlled With Placebo

This study evaluates the efficacy of a myofascial intervention as a technique within manual therapy in the treatment of clinical anxiety in adults. Half of the participants will receive a myofascial intervention program, while the other half will receive a sham myofascial intervention.

Within physiotherapy, some studies have been carried out with psychological outcome measures, mainly from therapeutic exercise, but there continues to be an important documentary gap and the few results are not conclusive.

The myofascial approach is presented as an effective tool for the treatment of different pathologies, mainly musculoskeletal. However, few are the studies that relate it to psychological variables and specifically to improve anxiety levels.

The myofascial approach is proposed as a fast and low-cost tool for the management of clinical anxiety.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Be between 18 and 65 years old
• Subjects with high levels of anxiety
• Subjects who speak and understand Spanish correctly
• Subjects without previous experience in myofascial treatment

Exclusion Criteria:

• Subjects with a clinical history of cognitive impairment
• Subjects with systemic, neurological or muscular diseases
• Subjects with some type of aneurysm diagnosed
• Subjects with diagnosed extremely high blood pressure
• Subjects with diagnosed malignant tumors
• Subjects with diagnosed vertebrobasilar insufficiency
• Subjects with a diagnosed dermatological condition
• Subjects diagnosed with epilepsy
• Pregnant women or with the possibility that they may be