Motor Imagery and Action Observation on Lumbar Motor Variables

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Motor Activity

• Registration Number: NCT03902847
• Lead Sponsor: Universidad Autonoma de Madrid

Brief Summary

Motor imagery is defined as a dynamic mental process of an action, without its real motor execution. Action observation evokes an internal, real-time motor simulation of the movements that the observer is perceiving visually. Both MI and AO have been shown to produce a neurophysiological activation of the brain areas related to the planning and execution of voluntary movement in a similar manner how the real action.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-02-01
• Primary Completion: 2018-05-30
• Study Completion: 2018-12-01
• Study First Submitted: 2019-03-29
• Status Verified: 2019-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-04-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-04-02
• Study First Posted: 2019-04-04
• Last Update Posted: 2019-04-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 45

Inclusion Criteria

The inclusion criteria were as follows:

• asymptomatic participants
• men and women aged 18 to 65 years.

Exclusion Criteria

The exclusion criteria included the following:

• participants who had any knowledge of Physical Therapy or Occupational Therapy
• underage participants
• participants with any symptomatology in the lumbo-pelvic region at the time of the study -participants with lumbo-pelvic pain in at least the prior six months
• subjects who have been treated for lumbo-pelvic pain in the previous 6 months
• participants with any type of neurological disease.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Changes in the Left Lumbo-pelvic motor control	1 week and 3 weeks	Lumbar motor control will be measured by a pressure biofeedback called Stabilizer TM. The measurement protocol in the following procedure; The patient should be supine position with the Stabilizer TM placed in the lumbar region with an initial pressure of 70 mmHg. Then, the patient will be asked to flex the hip and knee at 90 ° with one leg and then with the opposite one. It is a validated and reliable protocol for motor control of the lumbar region
Changes in the Right Lumbo-pelvic motor control	1 week and 3 weeks	Lumbar motor control will be measured by a pressure biofeedback called Stabilizer TM. The measurement protocol in the following procedure; The patient should be supine position with the Stabilizer TM placed in the lumbar region with an initial pressure of 70 mmHg. Then, the patient will be asked to flex the hip and knee at 90 ° with one leg and then with the opposite one. It is a validated and reliable protocol for motor control of the lumbar region

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Perceived fatigue: changes in the Visual Analogue Scale-fatigue mid-intervention	1 week and 3 weeks.	Perceived fatigue will be measured with Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). The VAS consists of a 100-mm line, the left side of which represents "no fatigue" whereas the right side represents "maximal fatigue"
Changes in the trunk muscles strength	1 week and 3 weeks.	The strength of the lumbar region will be measured by a foot dynamometer (Takei TM 5420). The patient should stand on the dynamometer platform with knees extended, elbows extended, hips bent and index fingers holding the bar at knee height. Starting from this position the subject will have to make a previous adjustment of contraction of the musculature of the lumbar region and must perform a movement of lumbar extension. Subjects should maintain contraction for 3 seconds. It is a valid and reliable test to measure the muscular strength of the lumbar region

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

CSEU La Salle; 🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain