Chronic Pain, Musculoskeletal Pain, Neck Pain
Conditions
Keywords
motor imaginery, mental training
Brief summary
The observation of actions and motor imagery has demonstrated the activation of certain mechanisms similar to those that occur during active movement, which could induce immediate changes in the amplitudes of movement and sensorimotor variables in observed and imagined movements. The main aim of the study was test the immediate effect of a protocol of observed actions and motor imagery on cervical range of motion and pain intensity in patients with non-specific chronic neck pain (NSCNP). Randomized double-blind clinical trial in patients with DCCI at a primary health care center in the Community of Madrid. A random distribution of study subjects was made into two groups: a) cervical motion videos were presented at full range of motion and b) the videos presented showed a range of motion limited to 40%. In both groups, visualization tasks of actions were alternated with internal kinesthetic motor imagery, in periods of 1min in 2 consecutive series and with a total of 12 minutes of intervention. Cervical range of motion was assessed with a cervical goniometer and pain intensity immediately following the intervention with an Analog Visual Scale.
Interventions
OTHERobserved action and motor imaginery
Observation of a video of neck movement and imagination of the same observed movement, feeling the realization of the movement but not developing it.
Sponsors
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Nos-Specific Chronic Neck Pain lasting more than 3 months
Exclusion criteria
* Systemic Disease diagnosed (i.e. Lupus, Fibrolyalgia or Rheumatoid Arthritis) * Background of fractures or surgery in the cervical region * congenital anomalies known * infectious processes or diagnosis of active cancer at the time of the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in Cervical Range of Movement | at the beginning and after the intervention, until the end of the study (24 hours) | CROM goniometer |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cervical Pain Disability | at the beginning and end of the intervention, until the end of the study (24 hours) | Neck Disability Index |
| Pain Intensity | at the beginning and end of the intervention, until the end of the study (24 hours) | Visual Ananlogue Scale: 10cm line, were the left limit means no pain and the right limit means worst imaginable pain |
| Catastrophizism | at the beginning and end of the intervention, until the end of the study (24 hours) | Pain Catastrophizing Scale |
| Health Related Quality of Life | at the beginning and end of the intervention, until the end of the study (24 hours) | EuroQoL-5D-5L |
| Anxiety and Depression | at the beginning and end of the intervention, until the end of the study (24 hours) | Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADs) |
Countries
Spain
Outcome results
None listed