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Postural balance has been studied in the literature and ideal body mass distribution has been shown to provide stability to the body in an upright position. The use of stabilometry to assess posture is a standard in clinical practice and medical research. In the literature we find osteopathic treatment evaluated with stabilometry in specific pathological conditions. We will experiment on asymptomatic volunteers how attentive touch is effective compared to non-attentive touch and compared to an untreated group by measuring specific parameters that indicate postural balance.
Stabilometry measurements will be taken on asymptomatic volunteers before and after several specific treatments, in particular to measure whether the variance in sway speed is reduced after the treatments. The effect of attentional versus non-attentional touch will be compared in the other two groups, in addition to a control group that receives no treatment.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| TOUCH ATTENTIVE TREATMENT | Experimental | 15 minutes of osteopathic treatment with operator's touch attention |
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| AUDITORY ATTENTIVE TREATMENT | Sham Comparator | 15 minutes of osteopathic treatment with operator's auditory attention |
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| CONTROL | No Intervention | The volunteers lay for 15 minutes in the same environment as the volunteers in the other two groups, without being touched in any way. |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| TOUCH ATTENTIVE TREATMENT | Other | 15-minute treatment using constant touch (0.20 N, approx. 20 grams) developed after training with visual feedback.
Throughout the treatment, the practitioner maintained a focused attention on touch by voluntarily and constantly directing attention to the sensation/perception of the hands, perceiving texture, density, temperature, reactivity and motility of the tissue. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| the velocity variation of the displacement of the centre of pressure (CoP). | The variable is measured with a stabilometric scale (Cyber Sabots) by sampling the signal at 40 Hz. | baseline |
| the velocity variation of the displacement of the centre of pressure (CoP). | The variable is measured with a stabilometric scale (Cyber Sabots) by sampling the signal at 40 Hz. | 30 minutes |
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Inclusion Criteria:
• aymptomatics
Exclusion Criteria:
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Studio osteopatico Bettoni | Mantua | 46100 | Italy |
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| AUDITORY ATTENTIVE TREATMENT | Other | 15-minute treatment using constant touch (0.20 N, approx. 20 grams) developed after training with visual feedback.
During the treatment, the operator's attention was focused on acoustic signals delivered through earphones. The beeps were delivered at random intervals between 0.5 and 2.0 seconds. The operator had to count the number of acoustic signals produced during the treatment period. |
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