The effect of cervical high velocity thrust technique on range of motion
Item
- Title
- The effect of cervical high velocity thrust technique on range of motion
- Author(s)
- Pedersen Thomas
- Abstract
- Objectives: To investigate the effect of cervical high velocity thrust technique on cervical range of motion using the cervical range of motion goniometer. Summary of Background Data: Neck pain is common in the general population. High velocity thrust technique is one of several techniques used by manual therapists to treat cervical spine dysfunction. Previous studies have investigated the effect of high velocity thrust on patients suffering from neck pain. Most of these studies found that the application of high velocity thrust technique resulted in an increase in cervical range of motion. Design: A randomized, controlled pre and post-treatment comparison using an independent tester. Setting: Exercise Physiology Laboratory, British College ofOsteopathy and Naturopathy, Lief House, London NW3. Subjects: 20 healthy asymptomatic osteopathic college students in the age range from 21 to 35 years of age(Mean 25.5 years old). Methods: CROM goniometer was used to measure neck range of motion before and after the application of bilateral single segment HVT to the cervical spine. The control group was included to investigate if there was a measurement effect. The experimental procedure in the control group was the same as in the intervention group, except in the control group subjects were asked to lie supine for a similar length of time. Results: A significant increase in range of motion was found in flexion, lateral flexion and rotation after the application of high velocity thrust(p < 0.05, df=19). The only vector where no change in motion was observed was in extension(p>0.05, df=19). In the control group no statistically significant change was found in any vector(p>0.05, df=9). Conclusion: Results indicate that application of cervical high velocity thrust technique to asymptomatic subjects resulted in an increase in range of motion in all vectors except extension.
- presented at
- British College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Date Accepted
- 2002
- Date Submitted
- 1.11.2003 00:00:00
- Type
- undergraduate_project
- Language
- English
- Number of pages
- 85
- Submitted by:
- 62
- Pub-Identifier
- 13021
- Inst-Identifier
- 1076
- Keywords
- Cervical Spine,High velocity thrust (HVT),High velocity techniques,Range of motion,Cervical range of motion instrument
- Recommended
- 1
- Item sets
- Thesis
Pedersen Thomas, “The effect of cervical high velocity thrust technique on range of motion”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed May 3, 2025, https://www.osteopathic-research.org/s/orw/item/1317