Motor Imagery and Isometric Exercises on Pelvic Floor Sensorimotor Condition

NCT06323941 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: UV0003
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 30
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Mental practice (both in isolation and also in combination with real practice) has been shown to improve somatosensory and motor variables but so far no study has taken it into the study of women's health. Through the present study the investigators want to offer some interesting data regarding the effectiveness of mental practice combined with physical practice.

Conditions

Isometric Exercise; Motor Imagery; Women's Health

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Skin conductance (for asessing electrodermal activity)

  skin conductance is a measure of sweating which is an excitatory sympathetic monoinervative variable.

  pre-intervention (T0), and inmmediate post-intervention (T1) (between the first and the second measurement, about 60 minutes have elapsed because it is done on the same day)

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Algometry for assessing pressure pain thresholds (Pain sensitivity)

  pre-intervention (T0), and inmmediate post-intervention (T1) (between the first and the second measurement, about 60 minutes have elapsed because it is done on the same day)

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

  pre-intervention (T0), and inmmediate post-intervention (T1) (between the first and the second measurement, about 60 minutes have elapsed because it is done on the same day)

Study Arms (2)

Motor Imagery plus Isometric Exercise

EXPERIMENTAL

This group will perform a therapeutic exercise programme (isometric exercises training) to which motor imagery training will be added.

Behavioral: Motor Imagery plus therapeutic exercise

Isometric Exercise

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

This group will perform a therapeutic exercise programme (isometric exercises training) to which sham motor imagery training will be added.

Behavioral: Therapeutic exercises

Interventions

Motor Imagery plus therapeutic exercise BEHAVIORAL

Isometric exercises (20 minutes) to which will be added a motor imagery intervention (imagining movements without actually doing them).

Motor Imagery plus Isometric Exercise

Therapeutic exercises BEHAVIORAL

Isometric exercises (20 minutes) to which will be added a placebo motor imagery intervention (imagining a blue sky).

Isometric Exercise

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 30 Years
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Over 18 years of age and asymptomatic women.

You may not qualify if:

• 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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Valencia: lead

Study Sites (1)

Ferran Cuenca Martínez

Valencia, 46017, Spain

Location

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Exercise Therapy

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Rehabilitation; Aftercare; Continuity of Patient Care; Patient Care; Therapeutics; Physical Therapy Modalities

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 14, 2024
• First Posted: March 21, 2024
• Study Start: November 1, 2023
• Primary Completion: March 1, 2024
• Study Completion: March 14, 2024
• Last Updated: March 22, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-03

Locations

ES (1)