Effects of Mental Practice on Manual Gripping Motor Function

N/AUnknownNCT04545684

Universidad Autonoma de Madrid30 enrolled

Overview

The main objective is to evaluate and quantify the manual gripping force caused by mental practice

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Hand Grasp

Interventions

Motor imageryBEHAVIORAL

The person will have to imagine different scenarios of manual gripping

Placebo interventionBEHAVIORAL

The placebo group will imagine a place without the presence of humans.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 65 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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.

Locations (1)

CSEU La Salle

Madrid, Spain

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Hand grip strength

It is a variable of gripping force measured in the unit of Newtons

Time frame: Change from baseline and immediately post-intervention

Pain pressure threshold

Pressure Pain Threshold (PPT) is one of these tests and it is defined as the minimum force applied which induces pain. The measurement shall be carried out by using an algometer (pressure device that induces mechanical stimuli) is to standardize the amount of pressure applied in the neck region. The reliability of pressure pain thresholds according to raters or measurement frequencies is relatively high

Time frame: Change from baseline and immediately post-intervention

Secondary Outcomes

Visual and Kinesthetic Motor Imagery Ability

Visual and Kinesthetic Motor Imagery Ability will be measured with Movement Imagery Questionnaire-Revised (MIQ-R). MIQ-R has four movements repeated in two subscales, a visual and a kinesthetic one. Additionally, a score between 1 and 7 is assigned, with 1 representing difficulty in picturing the motor image or difficulty in feeling the movement previously made, and 7 representing the maximum ease. The internal consistencies of the MIQ-R have been consistently adequate with Cronbach's α coefficients ranging above 0.84 for the total scale, 0.80 for de visual subscale and 0.84 for the kinesthetic subscale.

Time frame: Immediately before the intervention

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.

Central Contacts

Roy A La Tocuhe, physiotherapist PhD

CONTACT

917401980 roylatouche@lasallecampus.es

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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