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NCT Number: NCT01469949

Mental Imagery Enhances Proprioception in Patients With Low Back Pain

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Low Back Pain Back Pain Neurologic Manifestations Pain Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms

Age range

18 year–21 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Center of Physical Therapy

Beirut, Hadath, Lebanon

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

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.

Treatment and study plan

Watching or imagining movement

Other

Mental imagery are administered in two forms : kinesthetic when subjects imagine the movement of flexion and extension of the lumbar spine and Visual when subjects watch a video of a third person doing the flexion and extension movement

Primary outcomes

  1. Accuracy of Lumbar Spine Repositioning

    Time frame: 2hours

    Before and after the intervention (Kinesthetic or visual Imagery)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Lebanese University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Effect of Mental Imagery in Improvement of the Repositioning Accuracy and Proprioception in Patients With Low Back Pain

Acronym: MI

Important dates

Study start
2011
Primary completion
2011
Study completion
2011
First posted
Nov 10, 2011
Registry last updated
Nov 10, 2011

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