Inmediate Effect of the Visualization of Action

NCT03547752 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: OA plus MI in neck pain
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 42
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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.

Conditions

Neck Pain; Chronic Pain; Musculoskeletal Pain

Keywords

motor imaginery; mental training

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in Cervical Range of Movement

  CROM goniometer

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

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• Cervical Pain Disability

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

• Pain Intensity

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

• Catastrophizism

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

• Health Related Quality of Life

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

• Anxiety and Depression

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

Study Arms (2)

Effective movement group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Observation of a video of neck movement at 100% range of movement, and imagination of the same observed movement, feeling the realization of the movement but not developing it.

Other: observed action and motor imaginery

Ineffective movement group

EXPERIMENTAL

Observation of a video of neck movement at 40% range of movement, and imagination of the same observed movement, feeling the realization of the movement but not developing it.

Other: observed action and motor imaginery

Interventions

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.

Effective movement group; Ineffective movement group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 75 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

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

You may not qualify if:

• 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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Universidad Autonoma de Madrid: lead

Study Sites (1)

CS Entrevías

Madrid, 28053, Spain

Location

Related Publications (5)

• van Hecke O, Torrance N, Smith BH. Chronic pain epidemiology and its clinical relevance. Br J Anaesth. 2013 Jul;111(1):13-8. doi: 10.1093/bja/aet123.

  PMID: 23794640 BACKGROUND

• Munoz-Garcia D, Gil-Martinez A, Lopez-Lopez A, Lopez-de-Uralde-Villanueva I, La Touche R, Fernandez-Carnero J. Chronic Neck Pain and Cervico-Craniofacial Pain Patients Express Similar Levels of Neck Pain-Related Disability, Pain Catastrophizing, and Cervical Range of Motion. Pain Res Treat. 2016;2016:7296032. doi: 10.1155/2016/7296032. Epub 2016 Mar 29.

  PMID: 27119020 BACKGROUND

• Niddam DM, Lee SH, Su YT, Chan RC. Brain structural changes in patients with chronic myofascial pain. Eur J Pain. 2017 Jan;21(1):148-158. doi: 10.1002/ejp.911. Epub 2016 Jun 28.

  PMID: 27352085 BACKGROUND

• Mao C, Wei L, Zhang Q, Liao X, Yang X, Zhang M. Differences in brain structure in patients with distinct sites of chronic pain: A voxel-based morphometric analysis. Neural Regen Res. 2013 Nov 15;8(32):2981-90. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-5374.2013.32.001.

  PMID: 25206618 BACKGROUND

• Eaves DL, Riach M, Holmes PS, Wright DJ. Motor Imagery during Action Observation: A Brief Review of Evidence, Theory and Future Research Opportunities. Front Neurosci. 2016 Nov 21;10:514. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2016.00514. eCollection 2016.

  PMID: 27917103 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Neck Pain; Chronic Pain; Musculoskeletal Pain

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: QUADRUPLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, CARE PROVIDER, INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 1, 2018
• First Posted: June 6, 2018
• Study Start: March 1, 2017
• Primary Completion: April 30, 2018
• Study Completion: April 30, 2018
• Last Updated: June 6, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-06

Locations

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