Combining Motor Imagery With Action Observation Does Not Lead to a Greater Autonomic Response Than Motor Imagery Alone During Simple and Functional Movements: a Randomized Controlled Trial.

NCT03232879 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 45
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The main objective of this study was to compare the activation of the Sympathetic Nervous System in a program that combined Motor Imagery with Action Observation, in contrast to an isolated Motor Imagery program on the one hand in asymptomatic subjects and in the other hand in patients with chronic low back pain.

Conditions

Autonomic Nervous System

Keywords

Motor Imagery; Action Observation; Heart Rate; Respiration Rate; Electrodermal Activity

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Electrodermal Activity

  Electrodermal Activity will be measured through the use of two electrodes that recorded changes in conductance through the skin located at the back of the dominant hand

  Change in electrodermal activity after 5 minutes post-intervention

• Respiration Rate

  Respiration Rate will be measured through a pressure transducer located in the centre of the chest, where it was fixed by a strap

  Change in respiration rate after 5 minutes post-intervention

• Heart Rate

  Heart Rate will be measured by three electrodes located in the left area of the chest. One of the electrodes was placed in the middle zone while a second electrode was positioned on the lateral side, and a third one on the lower left side, below the first electrode.

  Change in heart rate after 5 minutes post-intervention

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Visual and Kinesthetic Motor Imagery Ability

  Pre-intervention

• Mental Chronometry

  Pre-intervention

• The degree of physical activity

  Pre-intervention

Study Arms (3)

Experimental 1

EXPERIMENTAL

Motor Imagery

Behavioral: Motor Imagery

Experimental 2

EXPERIMENTAL

Action Observation

Behavioral: Action Observation

Control Group

NO INTERVENTION

No intervention

Interventions

Motor Imagery BEHAVIORAL

Two consecutive 30 seconds imagery tasks were performed, both based on two movements that are recorded in the Revised Movement Imagery Questionnaire (MIQ-R).

Experimental 1

Action Observation BEHAVIORAL

Two consecutive 30 seconds imagery tasks were performed, both based on two movements that are recorded in the Revised Movement Imagery Questionnaire (MIQ-R). Before the subjects performed the mental MI practice, they were presented with a 30 seconds video that displayed the task that they ought to imagine later. A video was played prior to the first practice of imagination and after the second mental practice, a second video was shown.

Experimental 2

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 60 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Age between 18 and 60
• Healthy and with no pain subjects
• Low back pain for at least the prior 3 months
• Low back pain of nonspecific nature
• Age between 18 and 60
• Low back pain for at least 10 days per month
• Intensity of pain of between 3 and 10 on the Visual Analogue Scale

You may not qualify if:

• Any cognitive impairment that hindered viewing of audiovisual material.
• Difficulty understanding or communicating.
• Presence of systemic pathology, Central Nervous System or rheumatic disease.
• Inadequate understanding of the Spanish language to follow instructions for measuring and treatment.
• Collaboration of pregnant women.
• Underage subjects
• Subjects with pain at the time of the study.
• Any cognitive impairment that hindered viewing of audiovisual material.
• Difficulty understanding or communicating.
• Presence of systemic pathology, Central Nervous System or rheumatic disease.
• Inadequate understanding of the Spanish language to follow instructions for measuring and treatment.
• Collaboration of pregnant women.
• Underage subjects
• Having undergone back surgery
• Specific spinal pathology

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Universidad Autonoma de Madrid: lead
• Centro Universitario La Salle: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

CSEU La Salle

Madrid, 28023, Spain

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: BASIC SCIENCE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 24, 2017
• First Posted: July 28, 2017
• Study Start: January 30, 2017
• Primary Completion: April 10, 2017
• Study Completion: June 30, 2017
• Last Updated: March 1, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

ES (1)