Skip to main content
OpenTrials
Completed

NCT Number: NCT03902847

Motor Imagery and Action Observation on Lumbar Motor Variables

Motor imagery is defined as a dynamic mental process of an action, without its real motor execution. Action observation evokes an internal, real-time motor simulation of the movements that the observer is perceiving visually. Both MI and AO have been shown to produce a neurophysiological activation of the brain areas related to the planning and execution of voluntary movement in a similar manner how the real action.

Completed

Looking for future studies?

Notify Me

Key information

Conditions

Motor Activity Behavior

Age range

18 year–65 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

CSEU La Salle

Madrid, 28023, Spain

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

The inclusion criteria were as follows:

  • asymptomatic participants
  • men and women aged 18 to 65 years.

Exclusion criteria

The exclusion criteria included the following:

  • participants who had any knowledge of Physical Therapy or Occupational Therapy
  • underage participants
  • participants with any symptomatology in the lumbo-pelvic region at the time of the study -participants with lumbo-pelvic pain in at least the prior six months
  • subjects who have been treated for lumbo-pelvic pain in the previous 6 months
  • participants with any type of neurological disease.

Treatment and study plan

Motor Imagery

Behavioral

All subjects had to imagine that he/she was performing each exercise during 1 set of 12 repetitions prior to the real execution of this. During the second phase (the second and third week), subjects had to complete the set both imagining, with visual mental motor imagery, and actively performing the exercises.

Action Observation

Behavioral

A video was shown in third-person perspective. All subjects watched one person performing each exercise during 1 set of 12 repetitions. During the second phase (the second and third week), subjects had to perform actively the exercises while they watched the video.

Motor control exercises

Behavioral

The subjects were asked to perform 3 sets, of 10-12 repetitions each six exercise, with a total duration of approximately 30-35 minutes. The exercises program had to do it once a day, 6 days a week, for 3 weeks.

Primary outcomes

  1. Changes in the Right Lumbo-pelvic motor control

    Time frame: 1 week and 3 weeks

    Lumbar motor control will be measured by a pressure biofeedback called Stabilizer TM. The measurement protocol in the following procedure; The patient should be supine position with the Stabilizer TM placed in the lumbar region with an initial pressure of 70 mmHg. Then, the patient will be asked to flex the hip and knee at 90 ° with one leg and then with the opposite one. It is a validated and reliable protocol for motor control of the lumbar region

  2. Changes in the Left Lumbo-pelvic motor control

    Time frame: 1 week and 3 weeks

    Lumbar motor control will be measured by a pressure biofeedback called Stabilizer TM. The measurement protocol in the following procedure; The patient should be supine position with the Stabilizer TM placed in the lumbar region with an initial pressure of 70 mmHg. Then, the patient will be asked to flex the hip and knee at 90 ° with one leg and then with the opposite one. It is a validated and reliable protocol for motor control of the lumbar region

Secondary outcomes

  1. Perceived fatigue: changes in the Visual Analogue Scale-fatigue mid-intervention

    Time frame: 1 week and 3 weeks.

    Perceived fatigue will be measured with Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). The VAS consists of a 100-mm line, the left side of which represents "no fatigue" whereas the right side represents "maximal fatigue"

  2. Changes in the trunk muscles strength

    Time frame: 1 week and 3 weeks.

    The strength of the lumbar region will be measured by a foot dynamometer (Takei TM 5420). The patient should stand on the dynamometer platform with knees extended, elbows extended, hips bent and index fingers holding the bar at knee height. Starting from this position the subject will have to make a previous adjustment of contraction of the musculature of the lumbar region and must perform a movement of lumbar extension. Subjects should maintain contraction for 3 seconds. It is a valid and reliable test to measure the muscular strength of the lumbar region

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Universidad Autonoma de Madrid

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Efficacy of an Intensive Exercise Program Combined With Training on Action Observation and Motor Imagery for Improving Lumbopelvic Motor Control and Strengthening Trunk Muscles: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Important dates

Study start
2018
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2018
First posted
Apr 4, 2019
Registry last updated
Apr 4, 2019

OpenTrials presents study information sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov. The official registry record should be consulted for the latest information.

View the official ClinicalTrials.gov record (opens in a new tab)

This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

Related clinical trials

Published trials that share one or more normalized conditions with this study.