The effectiveness of balanced ligamentous tension (BLT) when applied to C3-T3 group in increasing cervical spine range of movement.
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- Title
- The effectiveness of balanced ligamentous tension (BLT) when applied to C3-T3 group in increasing cervical spine range of movement.
- Author(s)
- Man, YK
- Abstract
- Title: The effectiveness of Balanced Ligamentous Tension (BLT) when applied to 3-T3 group in increasing Cervical Spine Range of Movement Introduction: Little evidence on the effectiveness of BLT in improving joint mobility has been published in peer reviewed journals. However, many undergraduate projects have investigated the effectiveness of BLT on different joints. Practitioners put their hands onto relevant areas whilst engaging with the tissue using intension. This process is similar to biofield techniques and thus, reviewing published journals on the effectiveness of biofield techniques is helpful to conducting this study. Method: Compare the change in cervical spine range of movement following interventions in 48 healthy subjects. The effect of BLT is compared with a 10 minutes sham treatment in which the practitioner does not engage with the tissue and with control group in which subjects lay supine for 10 minutes. Movements are measured with a CROM device before and after treatment. Results: One-way ANOVA and Kruskal-Wallis tests show statistically significant differences before and after treatment in the degrees of movement in flexion (p= 0.005758), left (p=0.003148) and right (p = 0.00695) sidebending, and when combining all vectors (p = 0.001175). Flexion and left sidebending between the control and experimental groups exhibit statistically significant differences. Left sidebending and combination of all vectors show that the differences between before and after sham treatment bears statistical significance when compared with control group. The difference between experimental and sham groups in right sidebending also bears statistical significance. Post hoc power analysis show that the effect sizes on flexion, combination of all vectors, left and right sidebending are large. Conclusion: BLT treatment increases flexion and left sidebending movements. Sham treatments may also elicit response from subjects. Sham treatment produces statistical significant changes in combined vectors and especially in left and right sidebending. A greater sample size with symptomatic subjects may be beneficial for further studies on BLT. Moreover, improvements should be made on time management to eliminate possible bias of the assessor.
- presented at
- European School of Osteopathy
- Date Accepted
- 2014
- Date Submitted
- 20.1.2015 16:43:40
- Type
- osteo_thesis
- Language
- English
- Submitted by:
- 62
- Pub-Identifier
- 15508
- Inst-Identifier
- 1229
- Keywords
- BLT, CROM, Cervical spine.
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- 0
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- Thesis
Man, YK, “The effectiveness of balanced ligamentous tension (BLT) when applied to C3-T3 group in increasing cervical spine range of movement.”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed May 17, 2024, https://www.osteopathicresearch.com/s/orw/item/656