Effect of Mental Imagery in Improvement of the Repositioning Accuracy and Proprioception in Patients With Low Back Pain
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 55
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Accuracy of Lumbar Spine Repositioning
研究概览
简要总结
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.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Case Control
- 时间视角
- Prospective
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 21 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Subjects suffering from common non-specific low back pain
排除标准
- •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.
结局指标
主要结局
Accuracy of Lumbar Spine Repositioning
时间窗: 2hours
Before and after the intervention (Kinesthetic or visual Imagery)
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Ahmad Rifai Sarraj
Head of Department of Physical Therapy
Lebanese University