Effects of a Perioperative Action Observation and Motor Imagery Training in Patients Undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Total Knee Arthoplasty
- Sponsor
- Istituto Clinico Humanitas
- Enrollment
- 50
- Primary Endpoint
- Changes in functional mobility
- Last Updated
- 3 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The study is aimed at investigating the effects of action observation and motor imagery training in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty. Fifty participants will be enrolled during hospital admission and randomized into 2 groups (AO+MI and CTRL groups). AO+MI will undergo 12-minute AO+MI intervention for 3 days (preoperative day, first and second postoperartive days), whereas CTRL group will undergo usual care. At baseline, first and third postoperative days, participants will be assessed for mobility, pain, range of motion, quadriceps acrivation failure and patient's bady-pain representation by a blinded operator.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •patients scheduled for total knee arthroplasty
- •age greater or equal to 18 years old
- •ability to walk independently.
Exclusion Criteria
- •previous total knee arthoplasty on the contralateral side
- •revision surgery
- •musculoskeletal and neurological disorders influencing functional recovery
- •visual or auditory deficits.
- •postoperative complications
- •weight bearing restrictions
- •lack of walking independency within the second postoperative day.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Changes in functional mobility
Time Frame: At baseline, at 1 day and 3 days after surgery
It will be assessed using the Timed Up and Go test
Secondary Outcomes
- Changes in perceived pain(At baseline and 3 days after surgery)
- Changes in body pain representation at the level of the knee joint(At baseline and 3 days after surgery)
- Changes in quadriceps activation failure(At baseline, at 1 day and 3 days after surgery)
- Changes in active and passive knee range of motion(At baseline, at 1 day and 3 days after surgery)