Immediate Effects of Mental Practice and Therapeutic Exercise in Mild Smokers

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Smokers
• Interventions: Behavioral: Theapeutic exercise plus action observation training; Behavioral: Therapeutic exercise plus sham observation training

• Registration Number: NCT06108323
• Lead Sponsor: University of Valencia

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the effects who would add mental practice based on action observation to a therapeutic exercise program in young mild smokers.

The main question it aims to answer is whether the observation of actions prior to the implementation of a therapeutic exercise session improves the response to it on respiratory, strength and muscle function variables.

Participants will be assigned to one of 2 study groups:

G1) Therapeutic exercise plus action observation training (n=20) G2) Therapeutic exercise plus sham action observation training (n=20)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2023-10-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-10-24
• Study Start: 2023-10-27
• Study First Posted: 2023-10-31
• Primary Completion: 2024-04-28
• Status Verified: 2024-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-05-07
• Last Update Posted: 2024-05-08
• Study Completion: 2024-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 34

Inclusion Criteria

• >18 years old
• Had a pack per year index of <5 (mild smoking index).

Exclusion Criteria

Those who presented:

• a respiratory pathology,
• cardiac, systematic, or metabolic disease,
• history of recent surgery,
• vertebral fracture,
• or osteoarticular disorders of the spine area.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Action observation plus exercise	Theapeutic exercise plus action observation training	Therapeutic exercise plus action observation training
Sham observation plus exercise	Therapeutic exercise plus sham observation training	Therapeutic exercise plus sham action observation training

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Respiratory strength	Preintervention and inmediately after the intervention	Maximal respiratory pressures (in H2O centimeters)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Physical function	Preintervention and inmediately after the intervention	5 times sit-to-stand test (in seconds)
Respiratory function parameters	Preintervention and inmediately after the intervention	Spirometric parameters (in liters/second)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Universitat de Valencia; 🇪🇸 Valencia, Spain