An interventional study of Thoracic Mobilization and Light Touch Contact in Thoracic Kyphosis, sponsored by New York Institute of Technology. Not yet recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-10-20.
Sponsored by New York Institute of Technology · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
The goal of this study is to determine if manual therapy can improve thoracic spinal posture and pulse oximetery in individuals who use e-cigarettes.
The main questions the study aims to answer are:
All participants will be recruited from flyers posted throughout the NYIT Long Island campus. The participants will be screened for inclusion using set criteria by the PI.
In this crossover design study, participants will be randomly assigned to either an intervention experimental group or sham control group. The intervention group will received a thoracic extension mobilization to the mid-thoracic spine for a duration of 60 seconds and this will be repeated for a total of three times. The sham group will received a light, non-therapeutic touch to both scapulae which will be applied for three minutes. Both interventions will be performed in a seated position. Measurements of thoracic kyphosis and oxygen saturation will be taken before and after each procedure using inclinometers and a pulse oximeter, respectively.
After a washout period of one week, the participants will be return and receive the other form of intervention that they did no receive in in the first week. All procedures and outcomes will be performed as noted above.
132 studies on the registry are indexed under Kyphosis; 31 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 20 is below the median of 44 across 82 interventional studies indexed under Kyphosis.
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Current e-cigarette user Accentuated thoracic kyphosis (Cobb angle >20 degrees) Age range: at least 18 years old Good overall health
Exclusion Criteria:
History of respiratory disease Recent vertebral fractures Recent spinal surgery Vertebral instability Congenital or acquired thoracic cage deformities Prolonged use Osteoporosis/osteoporosis Inability to provide
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Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.
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Corticosteroids (steroids)
Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.
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You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
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The intervention group will receive a posterior to anterior directed thoracic mobilization to the mid-thoracic spine to facilitate extension. This will be imparted for a duration of 60 seconds, and this will be repeated for a total of three times. Interventions will be performed in a seated position.
Other: Thoracic Mobilization
The sham treatment will be applied to each subject. The sham treatment of light, non-therapeutic touch will be applied to both scapulae for three minutes. Interventions will be performed in a seated position.
Other: Light Touch Contact
The intervention group will receive a posterior to anterior directed thoracic mobilization to the mid-thoracic spine to facilitate extension. This will be imparted for a duration of 60 seconds, and this will be repeated for a total of three times. Interventions will be performed in a seated position.
The sham treatment will be applied to each subject. The sham treatment of light, non-therapeutic touch will be applied to both scapulae for three minutes. Interventions will be performed in a seated position.
Angle of Thoracic Kyphosis
Measurement of the thoracic kyphosis will be made both pre and post treatment using excepted normative values (Cobb angle)
Time frame: Immediately before and after each intervention
Oxygen Saturation
Percentage of oxygen found in the peripheral circulation using a pulse oximeter
Time frame: immediately before and after intervention
Plan to share: No — There is no plan to share IPD for this study.
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