The project is a randomized, two-arm trial assessing the immediate impact of upper and lower cervical chiropractic adjustments on brain and heart patterns. Thirty individuals (15 per arm) will be recruited from the general population to participate in the study. Qualified participants will undergo a chiropractic physical exam, assessing for cervical subluxations, and a health history review with a Georgia licensed chiropractor. Individuals will be randomized to either an adjustment group or sham group. The adjustment group will receive an upper and lower cervical adjustment with an instrument designed to provide a gentle, targeted adjustment. The sham group will receive a touch sham at similar cervical locations with the same instrument. Both groups will have a 1-hour recording session with an EEG and ECG set-up plus a series of baseline recordings, interventions, and post recordings.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
30
Instrument-assisted, high velocity, low amplitude adjustment
Instrument-assisted light touch to neck
Dr. Sid E. Williams Center for Chiropractic Research
Marietta, Georgia, United States
EEG resting state effective connectivity
Baseline EEG recording for the first intervention or sham procedure. A 64-channel hydronet will be on the head to capture EEG.
Time frame: 0 minutes
EEG resting state effective connectivity
EEG recording immediately after the first intervention or sham procedure. A 64-channel hydronet will be on the head to capture EEG.
Time frame: 8 minutes
EEG resting state effective connectivity
Baseline EEG recording for the second intervention or sham procedure. A 64-channel hydronet will be on the head to capture EEG.
Time frame: 15 minutes
EEG resting state effective connectivity
EEG recording immediately after the second intervention or sham procedure. A 64-channel hydronet will be on the head to capture EEG.
Time frame: 23 minutes
ECG R-R interval
Baseline recording for the first intervention or sham procedure. Three leads will on the torso to capture a Lead II ECG.
Time frame: 0 minutes
ECG R-R interval
ECG recording immediately after the first intervention or sham procedure. Three leads will on the torso to capture a Lead II ECG.
Time frame: 8 minutes
ECG R-R interval
Baseline ECG recording for the second intervention or sham procedure. Three leads will on the torso to capture a Lead II ECG.
Time frame: 15 minutes
ECG R-R interval
ECG recording immediately after the second intervention or sham procedure. Three leads will on the torso to capture a Lead II ECG.
Time frame: 23 minutes
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