Inmediate Effect of the Visualization of Action

Universidad Autonoma de Madrid

Status: Completed

Conditions: Musculoskeletal Pain; Chronic Pain; Neck Pain

Treatments: Other: observed action and motor imaginery

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03547752

OA plus MI in neck pain

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 42 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

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

Exclusion criteria

• 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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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42 participants in 2 patient groups

Effective movement group

Active Comparator group

Description:

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.

Treatment:

Other: observed action and motor imaginery

Ineffective movement group

Experimental group

Description:

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.

Treatment:

Other: observed action and motor imaginery