Mental Practice on Balance

Effects of Motor Imagery and Action Observation on Static and Dynamic Balance: A Randomized Controlled Trial

The main objective of this research is to see the effect of two mental practice techniques on static and dynamic balance.

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Movement, Involuntary
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Motor Imagery; Behavioral: Action observation; Behavioral: Placebo group

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 45
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Spain
  • Madrid, Spain, 28023
    • CSEU La Salle

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 65 years (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age between 18 and 60
• Healthy and with no pain subjects

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any cognitive impairment that hindered viewing of audiovisual material.
• Difficulty understanding or communicating.
• Presence of systemic pathology, Central Nervous System or rheumatic disease.
• Inadequate understanding of the Spanish language to follow instructions for measuring and treatment.
• Collaboration of pregnant women.
• Underage subjects
• Subjects with pain at the time of the study.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: BASIC_SCIENCE
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Interventional Model: PARALLEL
• Masking: SINGLE

Number of Arms

3

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
PLACEBO_COMPARATOR: Placebo group	Behavioral: Placebo group; This group will watch a video of nature without a human component.
EXPERIMENTAL: Motor Imagery	Behavioral: Motor Imagery; Motor imagery group will have to imagine motor gestures of static and dynamic balance
EXPERIMENTAL: Action Observation	Behavioral: Action observation; Action observation group will have to observe static and dynamic equilibrium motor gestures

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Posturography	The device is a robotic device that evaluates motor function and consists of wirelessly sensed electromechanical platforms. This allows the evaluation of static and dynamic balance.	Change in immediately at the end of the intervention.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
The degree of physical activity	The degree of physical activity was objectified through the The International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) questionnaire, which allows the subjects to be divided into three groups according to their level of activity, which can be high, moderate, and low or inactive. The IPAQ consists of 7 questions about the frequency, duration and intensity of activity (moderate and intense) performed in the last seven days, as well as walking and sitting time on a workday. The IPAQ scoring protocol assigns the following MET values to walking, moderate, and vigorous intensity activity: 3.3 METs, 4.0 METs, and 8.0 METs, respectively.	Immediately before the intervention
Visual and Kinesthetic Motor Imagery Ability	The degree of physical activity was objectified through the The International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) questionnaire, which allows the subjects to be divided into three groups according to their level of activity, which can be high, moderate, and low or inactive. The IPAQ consists of 7 questions about the frequency, duration and intensity of activity (moderate and intense) performed in the last seven days, as well as walking and sitting time on a workday. The IPAQ scoring protocol assigns the following MET values to walking, moderate, and vigorous intensity activity: 3.3 METs, 4.0 METs, and 8.0 METs, respectively.	Immediately before the intervention

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
• Collaborators: Centro Universitario La Salle

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ANTICIPATED): November 1, 2020
• Primary Completion (ANTICIPATED): March 30, 2021
• Study Completion (ANTICIPATED): June 30, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 7, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 7, 2020
• First Posted (ACTUAL): September 14, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): September 14, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 7, 2020
• Last Verified: September 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Motor imagery
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Neurologic Manifestations; Movement Disorders; Dyskinesias
• Other Study ID Numbers: uammadrid33

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No