The effect of ipsilateral osteopathic mobilisation on contralateral pain perception and strength
Item
- Title
- The effect of ipsilateral osteopathic mobilisation on contralateral pain perception and strength
- Author(s)
- Romeril, Andre
- Abstract
- ObjectiveTo identify whether the application of osteopathic mobilisation to a peripheral joint can elicit increased strength and/or pain thresholds in the contralateral limb. DesignTwenty asymptomatic male subjects volunteered to participate in a randomised, double blinded cross over study. Participants were screened and participated within all three randomly assigned interventions. Intervention groups included control, ultrasound sham therapy and osteopathic mobilisation groups each applied to the non-dominant wrist. A one-week wash out period between each intervention was observed. Pressure pain thresholds were recorded from the muscle belly of the first dorsal interossei of both hands via a hand held pressure algometer device. Grip strength was recorded via a hand held dynamometry device, of which both hands were measured. A two-way repeated measures ANOVA was conducted to determine the pressure pain threshold and grip strength score changes between hands and interventions. Statistical significance was set at 0.05. ResultsThere were no statistically or clinically significant change in scores recorded from either hand or either intervention within this study. ConclusionShort periods of osteopathic mobilisation do not significantly increase the grip strength or pressure pain thresholds of the contralateral limb in young, asymptomatic male subjects. Further research into the long-term effects of longer periods of osteopathic mobilisation techniques within a symptomatic population is required.
- presented at
- British College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Date Accepted
- 2016
- Date Submitted
- 12.11.2018 16:32:17
- Type
- osteo_thesis
- Language
- English
- Number of pages
- 22
- Submitted by:
- 4457
- Pub-Identifier
- 16254
- Inst-Identifier
- 1076
- Keywords
- algometry, dynamometry, mobilisation, peripheral joint
- Recommended
- 0
- Item sets
- Thesis
Romeril, Andre, “The effect of ipsilateral osteopathic mobilisation on contralateral pain perception and strength”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed May 4, 2024, https://www.osteopathicresearch.com/s/orw/item/2104