Motor Imagery and Action Observation in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis

Cardenal Herrera University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Knee Osteoarthritis

Treatments: Other: Exercise + motor imagery and action observation; Other: Exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06398184

MI1

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main objective of this study is to evaluate the effects of an exercise programme combined with motor imagery and action observation, both in the short and long term.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• diagnosed with severe knee OA (according to the clinical and radiographic criteria of the American College of Rheumatology Guidelines)

Exclusion criteria

• pain in the contralateral (non-studied) limb (maximum ≥80 of 100 mm on a visual analog scale (VAS) during daily activities),
• undergone another hip or knee joint replacement in the previous year
• any medical condition in which exercise was contraindicated or if they had participated in exercise programs or motor imagery/action observation intervention

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Exercise + motor imagery and action observation

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Exercise + motor imagery and action observation

Exercise

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Exercise