Effects of Mental Practice and Therapeutic Exercise in Mild Smokers

Not Applicable

Completed

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

• Registration Number: NCT06123598
• 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 program 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 Start: 2023-10-30
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-11-07
• Study First Posted: 2023-11-09
• Primary Completion: 2024-04-28
• Status Verified: 2024-05
• Study Completion: 2024-07-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-03-24
• Last Update Posted: 2025-03-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

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

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	Therapeutic exercise program plus action observation training	Therapeutic exercise plus action observation training
Sham observation plus exercise	Therapeutic exercise program plus sham action observation training	Therapeutic exercise plus sham action observation training

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Respiratory strength	Before the start of the program, in the middle of the program (1 week) and at the end of the program (2 weeks)	Maximal respiratory pressures (in H2O centimeters)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Spirometric parameters	Before the start of the program, in the middle of the program (1 week) and at the end of the program (2 weeks)	Forced expiratory volume in the first second FEV1 (in liters/second) and forced expiratory volume FVC (In liters/second) obtained from a spirometry
Physical function	Before the start of the program, in the middle of the program (1 week) and at the end of the program (2 weeks)	5 times sit-to-stand test (in seconds)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Universitat de Valencia; 🇪🇸 Valencia, Spain