Motor Imagery and Action Observation in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis

Not Applicable

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Knee Osteoarthritis
• Interventions: Other: Exercise; Other: Exercise + motor imagery and action observation

• Registration Number: NCT06398184
• Lead Sponsor: Cardenal Herrera University

Brief Summary

The main objective of this study is to evaluate the effects of an exercise programme combined with motor imagery and action observation, both in the short and long term.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2024-04
• Study First Submitted: 2024-04-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-04-30
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-04-30
• Study First Posted: 2024-05-03
• Last Update Posted: 2024-05-03
• Study Start: 2024-05-15
• Primary Completion: 2024-10-15
• Study Completion: 2024-12-15

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

• diagnosed with severe knee OA (according to the clinical and radiographic criteria of the American College of Rheumatology Guidelines)

Exclusion Criteria

• pain in the contralateral (non-studied) limb (maximum ≥80 of 100 mm on a visual analog scale (VAS) during daily activities),
• undergone another hip or knee joint replacement in the previous year
• any medical condition in which exercise was contraindicated or if they had participated in exercise programs or motor imagery/action observation intervention

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Exercise	Exercise	-
Exercise + motor imagery and action observation	Exercise + motor imagery and action observation	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Disability (WOMAC scale)	through study completion, 1 month	Disability will be measured using WOMAC scale.
Pain intensity (Visual analogue scale)	through study completion, 1 month	Pain intensity will be measured using a visual analogue scale.
Algometry	through study completion, 1 month	Pressure pain thresholds will be measured by algometry on the affected knee, contralateral knee and epicondyle.