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Effect of cervical spine manipulative therapy on judo athletes ' grip strength . OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to perform an investigation evaluating if cervical spinal manipulative therapy ( SMT ) can increase grip strength on judo athletes in a top 10 national-ranked team . METHODS A single-blinded , prospective , comparative , pilot , randomized , clinical trial was performed with 18 athletes of both sexes from a judo team currently competing on a national level . The athletes were randomly assigned to 2 groups : chiropractic SMT and sham . Three interventions were performed on each of the athletes at different time points . Force measurements were obtained by a hydraulic dynamometer immediately before and after each intervention at the same period before training up to 3 weeks with at least 36 hours between interventions . RESULTS Analysis of grip strength data revealed a statistically significant increase in strength within the treatment group after the first intervention ( 6.95 % right , 12.61 % left ) as compared with the second ( 11.53 % right , 17.02 % left ) and the third interventions ( 10.53 % right , 16.81 % left ) . No statistically significant differences were found in grip strength comparison within the sham group . Overall differences in strength were consistently significant between the study groups ( P = .0025 ) . CONCLUSION The present study suggests that the grip strength of national level judo athletes receiving chiropractic SMT improved compared to those receiving sham .
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Intervention_Physical
cervical spine manipulative therapy
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Intervention_Physical
cervical spinal manipulative therapy ( SMT )
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Intervention_Physical
chiropractic SMT
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Intervention_Control
sham
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Intervention_Physical
chiropractic SMT
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Outcome_Physical
grip strength
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Outcome_Other
data
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Outcome_Other
strength
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Outcome_Other
grip strength
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Outcome_Other
differences in
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Outcome_Physical
strength
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Participant_Condition
judo athletes
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Participant_Sample-size
18 athletes
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Participant_Sex
both sexes
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Participant_Age
national level