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NCT Number: NCT06090435

Movement Simulation Techniques and Therapeutic Exercise in Young Nulliparous Women

Both motor imagery and action observation training, either alone or in combination with physical practice, have been shown to improve some clinical variables of interest such as strength and motor control. However, this has not yet been investigated in the pelvic floor musculature.

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Key information

Conditions

Motor Imagery Action Observation Therapeutic Exercise

Age range

18 year–30 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Ferran Cuenca Martínez

Valencia, 46017, Spain

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Over 18 years of age and asymptomatic women.

Exclusion criteria

  • This study will exclude those who presented a respiratory pathology, cardiac, systematic, or metabolic disease, history of recent surgery, vertebral fracture, or osteoarticular disorders of the spine area.

Treatment and study plan

Therapeutic exercise plus motor imagery

Behavioral

Therapeutic exercise programme (aerobic exercise and strengthening exercise) to which is added a motor imagery intervention (which consists of imagining the same movements but not performing them for real).

Therapeutic exercise plus action observation

Behavioral

Therapeutic exercise programme (aerobic exercise and strengthening exercise) to which is added an action observation intervention (which consists of observing the same movements but not performing them for real).

Therapeutic Exercise

Behavioral

Therapeutic exercise programme (aerobic exercise and strengthening exercise) to which is added a sham action observation intervention (which consists of observing planets in space).

Primary outcomes

  1. maximal pelvic floor muscle strength (measured in grams and with the phenix device)

    Time frame: pre-intervention (T0), at one week after the intervention (T1) and at two weeks after starting the intervention (post-intervention (T2)).

    Three measurements of maximal pelvic floor strength shall be performed with an intracavitary probe and the mean of the three measurements of maximal pelvic floor muscle strength shall be considered.

  2. Algometry for assessing pressure pain thresholds (Pain sensitivity)

    Time frame: pre-intervention (T0), at one week after the intervention (T1) and at two weeks after starting the intervention (post-intervention (T2)).

    An algometer shall be used to assess pain thresholds to pressure, i.e. squeezing so that pressure is converted into pain at four points. Two points in the symphysis pubis area, one point in the lumbar area and one point near the tibial tuberosity.

  3. Motor control of the lumbopelvic area assessed with a biofeedback device.

    Time frame: pre-intervention (T0), at one week after the intervention (T1) and at two weeks after starting the intervention (post-intervention (T2)).

    A protocol to assess lumbopelvic dissociation (i.e. moving the legs without moving the lower back) of both legs of the participants will be performed with a biofeedback device that assesses the pressure exerted on the lower back during leg mobilisation (in mmHg).

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Valencia

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Movement Simulation Techniques and Therapeutic Exercise in Young Nulliparous Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Important dates

Study start
2023
Primary completion
2024
Study completion
2024
First posted
Oct 19, 2023
Registry last updated
May 18, 2026

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