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dc.contributor.authorWhite, Nicholas
dc.date.accessioned2013-04-04T02:52:44Z
dc.date.available2013-04-04T02:52:44Z
dc.date.issued2012en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10652/2093
dc.description.abstractObjective: To investigate application of an Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) known as Rib Raising Technique (RRT) and measure its effects on the autonomic nervous system (ANS) by detecting changes in Heart Rate Variability (HRV) parameters. This thesis includes a literature review to provide the basis for an experimental investigation reported as a journal manuscript. Design: A randomised, participant blinded, sham controlled experimental design. Participants: Eighteen healthy asymptomatic volunteers (n=18; 9 males, 9 females; mean ± SD age = 23.9 ± 2.3 years) were recruited from a university population. Methods: Participants were randomly allocated to sham or ‘genuine’ intervention groups. Participants in the genuine intervention group received a RRT applied to the upper five ribs within a single session. Those in the sham intervention group received a sham intervention designed to mimic the RRT intervention in a single session. Pre-test and post-test measures of the low frequency (LF), high frequency (HF), and low frequency: high frequency ratio (LF:HF) of the power spectra components of HRV analysis were recorded, immediately post-intervention, 24 hours post-intervention, and 7 days post-intervention. Conclusion: The findings of this study indicate that RRT was not accompanied by statistically significant changes in the power spectra parameters of HRV in healthy participants.en_NZ
dc.language.isoenen_NZ
dc.rightsAll rights reserveden_NZ
dc.subjecttherapeuticsen_NZ
dc.subjectphysical therapy modalitiesen_NZ
dc.subjectmusculoskeletal manipulationsen_NZ
dc.subjectmanipulationen_NZ
dc.subjectosteopathic medicineen_NZ
dc.subjectrib raising technique (RRT)en_NZ
dc.subjectautonomic nervous systemen_NZ
dc.subjectheart rate variability (HRV)en_NZ
dc.titleThe immediate effect of osteopathic ‘rib raising’ technique on heart rate variability : a randomised sham controlled experimenten_NZ
dc.typeMasters Thesisen_NZ
dc.rights.holderAuthoren_NZ
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Osteopathyen_NZ
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_NZ
thesis.degree.grantorUnitec Institute of Technologyen_NZ
dc.subject.marsden110499 Complementary and Alternative Medicine not elsewhere classifieden_NZ
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationWhite, N. (2012). The immediate effect of osteopathic ‘rib raising’ technique on heart rate variability : a randomised sham controlled experiment. (Unpublished document submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Osteopathy). Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10652/2093en
unitec.pages102en_NZ
dc.contributor.affiliationUnitec Institute of Technologyen_NZ
unitec.publication.placeAuckland, New Zealanden_NZ
unitec.advisor.principalMoran, Robert
unitec.advisor.associatedMannion, Jamie
unitec.institution.studyareaOsteopathy
dc.identifier.wikidataQ112892008


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