Effects of Mental Practice and Therapeutic Exercise in Mild Smokers

University of Valencia

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Smokers

Treatments: Behavioral: Therapeutic exercise program plus action observation training; Behavioral: Therapeutic exercise program plus sham action observation training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06123598

2023-FIS-2731776-2

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the effects who would add mental practice based on action observation to a therapeutic exercise program in young mild smokers.

The main question it aims to answer is whether the observation of actions prior to the implementation of a therapeutic exercise program improves the response to it on respiratory, strength and muscle function variables.

Participants will be assigned to one of 2 study groups:

G1) Therapeutic exercise plus action observation training (n=20) G2) Therapeutic exercise plus sham action observation training (n=20)

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• >18 years old
• Had a pack per year index of <5 (mild smoking index).

Exclusion criteria

Those who presented:

• a respiratory pathology,
• cardiac, systematic, or metabolic disease,
• history of recent surgery,
• vertebral fracture,
• or osteoarticular disorders of the spine area.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Action observation plus exercise

Experimental group

Description:

Therapeutic exercise plus action observation training

Treatment:

Behavioral: Therapeutic exercise program plus action observation training

Sham observation plus exercise

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Therapeutic exercise plus sham action observation training

Treatment:

Behavioral: Therapeutic exercise program plus sham action observation training