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NCT Number: NCT03547752

Inmediate Effect of the Visualization of Action

The observation of actions and motor imagery has demonstrated the activation of certain mechanisms similar to those that occur during active movement, which could induce immediate changes in the amplitudes of movement and sensorimotor variables in observed and imagined movements. The main aim of the study was test the immediate effect of a protocol of observed actions and motor imagery on cervical range of motion and pain intensity in patients with non-specific chronic neck pain (NSCNP). Randomized double-blind clinical trial in patients with DCCI at a primary health care center in the Community of Madrid. A random distribution of study subjects was made into two groups: a) cervical motion videos were presented at full range of motion and b) the videos presented showed a range of motion limited to 40%. In both groups, visualization tasks of actions were alternated with internal kinesthetic motor imagery, in periods of 1min in 2 consecutive series and with a total of 12 minutes of intervention. Cervical range of motion was assessed with a cervical goniometer and pain intensity immediately following the intervention with an Analog Visual Scale.

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Key information

Conditions

Neck Pain Chronic Pain Muscular Diseases Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal Pain Neurologic Manifestations Pain Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms

Age range

18 year–75 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

CS Entrevías

Madrid, 28053, Spain

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Nos-Specific Chronic Neck Pain lasting more than 3 months

Exclusion criteria

  • Systemic Disease diagnosed (i.e. Lupus, Fibrolyalgia or Rheumatoid Arthritis)
  • Background of fractures or surgery in the cervical region
  • congenital anomalies known
  • infectious processes or diagnosis of active cancer at the time of the study

Treatment and study plan

observed action and motor imaginery

Other

Observation of a video of neck movement and imagination of the same observed movement, feeling the realization of the movement but not developing it.

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in Cervical Range of Movement

    Time frame: at the beginning and after the intervention, until the end of the study (24 hours)

    CROM goniometer

Secondary outcomes

  1. Cervical Pain Disability

    Time frame: at the beginning and end of the intervention, until the end of the study (24 hours)

    Neck Disability Index

  2. Pain Intensity

    Time frame: at the beginning and end of the intervention, until the end of the study (24 hours)

    Visual Ananlogue Scale: 10cm line, were the left limit means "no pain" and the right limit means "worst imaginable pain"

  3. Catastrophizism

    Time frame: at the beginning and end of the intervention, until the end of the study (24 hours)

    Pain Catastrophizing Scale

  4. Health Related Quality of Life

    Time frame: at the beginning and end of the intervention, until the end of the study (24 hours)

    EuroQoL-5D-5L

  5. Anxiety and Depression

    Time frame: at the beginning and end of the intervention, until the end of the study (24 hours)

    Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADs)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Universidad Autonoma de Madrid

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2017
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2018
First posted
Jun 6, 2018
Registry last updated
Jun 6, 2018

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