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Can Brain Cure Pain And Fear? Effect of Imaginary exercises after lower backbone operation.

CAN BRAIN CURE PAIN AND FEAR? EFFECT OF GRADED MOTOR IMAGERY ON POST-OPERATIVE LUMBAR DEGENERATIVE DISEASES - A RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL.

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2018/07/014748
Enrollment
60
Registered
2018-07-05
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: null- PATIENTS WITH POST OPERATIVE LUMBAR DEGENERATIVE DISEASES

Interventions

Intervention1: Experimental group: Graded Motor Imagery approach along with individualized home exercise programe Control Intervention1: Control Group: Individualized home exercise program

Sponsors

Khan Afreen Mohammad Anwar
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1) Patients of either gender (male/female) between the age group of 40-80 years. 2) Patients operated for lumbar disc herniation, lumbar canal stenosis and spondylolisthesis (Lumbar Degenerative Diseases). 3) Patients who have fear of movement on Fear Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire (FABQ) post operatively. 4) Patients having moderate to severe pain on Visual Analogue Scale. 5) Patients who agree to sign the consent form.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) Lumbar spine surgery secondary to tumor, trauma and infection. 2) Lumbar spine fusion surgeries. 3) Patients re operated for lumbar degenerative diseases. 4) Patients who are unable to follow the instructions for motor imagery. 5) Subjects not willing to participate.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Fear Avoidance Belief Questionnaire. Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability IndexTimepoint: in the beginning and three weeks after treatment

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability IndexTimepoint: in the beginning and three weeks after treatment

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Sharmila Dudhani

SDM College of Physiotherapy

sharmiladudhani268@gmail.com9880950990

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026