30
Participants
Start Date
July 31, 2016
Primary Completion Date
October 31, 2017
Study Completion Date
December 31, 2017
Manual Therapy Treatment
"Treatment starts with 10 deep breathing movements for global relaxation. The anterior and posterior neck muscles, shoulder girdle and subdiaphragmatic will be addressed with myofascial techniques repeated 10 times in each stroke. The cervical spine will be pulled in the longitudinal direction. The draw will be held 1 time, lasting 1 minute. The thoracic region will receive mobilization technique in the anteroposterior direction,10 repeated movements involving all thoracic segment.~The treatment will be applied previously trained therapists, 4 weeks, 2 times a week, totaling eight sessions. The treatment time per session is about 25 minutes."
Placebo Ultrasound
A detuned pulsed ultrasound will be applied to regions of the muscles around the shoulder girdle and anterior posterior cervical, for 25 minutes (2.5 minutes in each zone ). The device will be used with the internal cables disconnected for the placebo effect . However, you can handle it and adjust the doses and alarms as it is connected in order to simulate clinical practice and increase the credibility of the use of this device in the voluntary . The placebo treatment will be applied by previously trained therapists. Treatment will have 4 weeks, 2 times a week, totaling eight sessions.
University of Nove de Julho, São Paulo
Daniela Ap. Biasotto-Gonzalez
OTHER