Immediate Effects of Mental Practice and Therapeutic Exercise in Mild Smokers: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Smokers
- Sponsor
- University of Valencia
- Enrollment
- 34
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Respiratory strength
- Status
- Active, Not Recruiting
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
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)
Investigators
Francisco Martínez Arnau
Professor
University of Valencia
Eligibility Criteria
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.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Respiratory strength
Time Frame: Preintervention and inmediately after the intervention
Maximal respiratory pressures (in H2O centimeters)
Secondary Outcomes
- Physical function(Preintervention and inmediately after the intervention)
- Respiratory function parameters(Preintervention and inmediately after the intervention)