Motor Imagery and Isometric Exercises on Pelvic Floor Sensorimotor Condition

March 21, 2024 updated by: Ferran Cuenca, University of Valencia

Effects of Motor Imagery on Skin Conductance and Pelvic Floor Sensorimotor Condition in Healthy Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Mental practice (both in isolation and also in combination with real practice) has been shown to improve somatosensory and motor variables but so far no study has taken it into the study of women's health. Through the present study the investigators want to offer some interesting data regarding the effectiveness of mental practice combined with physical practice.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

30

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Spain
      • Valencia, Spain, 46017
        • Ferran Cuenca Martínez

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Over 18 years of age and asymptomatic women.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • This study will exclude those who presented a respiratory pathology, cardiac, systematic, or metabolic disease, history of recent surgery, vertebral fracture, or osteoarticular disorders of the spine area.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Motor Imagery plus Isometric Exercise
This group will perform a therapeutic exercise programme (isometric exercises training) to which motor imagery training will be added.
Behavioral: Motor Imagery plus therapeutic exercise
Isometric exercises (20 minutes) to which will be added a motor imagery intervention (imagining movements without actually doing them).
Active Comparator: Isometric Exercise
This group will perform a therapeutic exercise programme (isometric exercises training) to which sham motor imagery training will be added.
Behavioral: Therapeutic exercises
Isometric exercises (20 minutes) to which will be added a placebo motor imagery intervention (imagining a blue sky).

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Skin conductance (for asessing electrodermal activity)
Time Frame: pre-intervention (T0), and inmmediate post-intervention (T1) (between the first and the second measurement, about 60 minutes have elapsed because it is done on the same day)
skin conductance is a measure of sweating which is an excitatory sympathetic monoinervative variable.
pre-intervention (T0), and inmmediate post-intervention (T1) (between the first and the second measurement, about 60 minutes have elapsed because it is done on the same day)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Algometry for assessing pressure pain thresholds (Pain sensitivity)
Time Frame: pre-intervention (T0), and inmmediate post-intervention (T1) (between the first and the second measurement, about 60 minutes have elapsed because it is done on the same day)
An algometer shall be used to assess pain thresholds to pressure, i.e. squeezing so that pressure is converted into pain at two points. One point in the symphysis pubis area, and one point near the tibial tuberosity
pre-intervention (T0), and inmmediate post-intervention (T1) (between the first and the second measurement, about 60 minutes have elapsed because it is done on the same day)
maximal pelvic floor muscle strength (measured in grams and with the phenix device)
Time Frame: pre-intervention (T0), and inmmediate post-intervention (T1) (between the first and the second measurement, about 60 minutes have elapsed because it is done on the same day)
Three measurements of maximal pelvic floor strength shall be performed with an intracavitary probe and the mean of the three measurements of maximal pelvic floor muscle strength shall be considered.
pre-intervention (T0), and inmmediate post-intervention (T1) (between the first and the second measurement, about 60 minutes have elapsed because it is done on the same day)

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

University of Valencia

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

November 1, 2023

Primary Completion (Actual)

March 1, 2024

Study Completion (Actual)

March 14, 2024

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 14, 2024

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 14, 2024

First Posted (Actual)

March 21, 2024

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 22, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 21, 2024

Last Verified

March 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • UV0003

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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