Mental Imagery Enhances Proprioception in Patients With Low Back Pain

Completed

• Conditions: Low Back Pain
• Interventions: Other: Watching or imagining movement

• Registration Number: NCT01469949
• Lead Sponsor: Lebanese University

Brief Summary

Mental imagery has been used in a variety of pathological instances in support to classical therapeutic treatments. The aim of the present study was to observe the effect of internal Kinesthetic and external Visual Imagery to improve proprioceptive feedback in low back pain. Fifty-five subjects with a history of low back pain were included in two experimental groups who used mental imagery and one control group who did not. The results showed the effectiveness of the Internal Kinesthetic Imagery to improve the accuracy of repositioning of lumbo-sacral spine that may subsequently improve the quality of the proprioceptive input. The possibility to use effectively mental imagery, as a part of proprioceptive rehabilitation process, is the principal outcome of this study.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-05
• Primary Completion: 2011-06
• Study Completion: 2011-07
• Status Verified: 2011-11
• Study First Submitted: 2011-11-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-11-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2011-11-09
• Study First Posted: 2011-11-10
• Last Update Posted: 2011-11-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 55

Inclusion Criteria

• Subjects suffering from common non-specific low back pain

Exclusion Criteria

• Recent history of inner ear infection causing associated balance or coordination problems
• History of cerebral trauma followed by unresolved neurosensory symptoms
• Recent history of vestibular disorder and previous spinal surgery
• An involvement in specific balance or stabilization training during the 6 months prior testing. Patients taking pain medication were excluded from the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Kinesthetic Imagery group	Watching or imagining movement	Subjects receiving Kinesthetic Imagery
Visual Imagery Group	Watching or imagining movement	Subjects receiving visual imagery

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Accuracy of Lumbar Spine Repositioning	2hours	Before and after the intervention (Kinesthetic or visual Imagery)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Center of Physical Therapy; 🇱🇧 Beirut, Hadath, Lebanon