Action Observation and Motor Imagery Induced Hypoalgesia in Asymptomatic Subjects
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Analgesia
- Sponsor
- Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
- Enrollment
- 30
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Pain pressure threshold
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 6 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
This study evaluates the influence of motor imagery and the observation of actions on pain perception. Participants in this study are asymptomatic subjects who will perform an IM and AO protocol of an aerobic exercise.
Detailed Description
Motor Imagery (MI) is defined as a dynamic mental process that involves the representation of an action, in an internal way, without its actual motor execution. The Action Observation (AO) evokes an internal, real-time motor simulation of the movements that the observer is perceiving visually. Both mental processes trigger the activation of the neurocognitive mechanisms that underlie the planning and execution of voluntary movements in a manner that resembles how the action is performed in a real manner. The phenomenon of exercise-induced hypoalgesia is well known. This is why it has been suggested that these techniques could produce pain modulation similar to that produced by real exercise.
Investigators
Roy La Touche Arbizu
Principal Investigator
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Age between 18 and 60
- •Healthy and with no pain subjects
Exclusion Criteria
- •Any cognitive impairment that hindered viewing of audiovisual material.
- •Difficulty understanding or communicating.
- •Presence of systemic pathology, Central Nervous System or rheumatic disease.
- •Inadequate understanding of the Spanish language to follow instructions for measuring and treatment.
- •Collaboration of pregnant women.
- •Underage subjects
- •Subjects with pain at the time of the study.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Pain pressure threshold
Time Frame: Change from baseline and immediately post-intervention
Pressure Pain Threshold (PPT) is one of these tests and it is defined as the minimum force applied which induces pain. The measurement shall be carried out by using an algometer (pressure device that induces mechanical stimuli) is to standardize the amount of pressure applied in the neck region. The reliability of pressure pain thresholds according to raters or measurement frequencies is relatively high
Secondary Outcomes
- The degree of physical activity(Immediately before the intervention)
- Kinesiophobia(Immediately before the intervention)
- Respiration Rate(Change in electrodermal activity after 5 minutes post-intervention)
- Visual and Kinesthetic Motor Imagery Ability(Immediately before the intervention)
- Electrodermal Activity(Change in electrodermal activity after 5 minutes post-intervention)