Effects of Action Observation and Motor Imagery on Orofacial Sensorimotor Variables

Universidad Autonoma de Madrid

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Pain

Treatments: Behavioral: Moderate dosage training of action Observation and Motor imagery; Biological: Intensive dosage orofacial exercises; Behavioral: Moderate dosage orofacial exercises; Behavioral: Intensive dosage training of action observation and motor imagery

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04022174

uammadrid10

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main objective of the present study was to evaluate the effects of different dosages of action observation (AO) and motor imagery (MI) combined with an orofacial exercise program on pain pressure thresholds, lingual endurance and perceived exertion in asymptomatic subjects.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. healthy individuals with no pain
2. aged between 18 and 65 years
3. subjects with correct masticatory function and labial and lingual mobility

Exclusion criteria

1. individuals who presented systemic, cardiorespiratory, central nervous system or rheumatic diseases, or those who presented any musculoskeletal or craniocervical pathology
2. underage individuals
3. individuals with orofacial pain or temporomandibular disorders at the time of the study
4. subjects' complaint of toothache or tenderness to percussion.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

Moderate dosage training

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Moderate dosage orofacial exercises

Behavioral: Moderate dosage training of action Observation and Motor imagery

Intensive dosage training

Experimental group

Treatment:

Biological: Intensive dosage orofacial exercises

Behavioral: Intensive dosage training of action observation and motor imagery