Motor Activity
Conditions
Keywords
motor imagery, action observation, motor learning
Brief summary
Motor imagery is defined as a dynamic mental process of an action, without its real motor execution. Action observation evokes an internal, real-time motor simulation of the movements that the observer is perceiving visually. Both MI and AO have been shown to produce a neurophysiological activation of the brain areas related to the planning and execution of voluntary movement in a similar manner how the real action.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALmotor imagery
All subjects had to imagine that he/she was performing each exercise during 1 set of 12 repetitions prior to the real execution of this. During the second phase (the second and third week), subjects had to complete the set both imagining, with visual mental motor imagery, and actively performing the exercises.
BEHAVIORALAction observation
A video was shown in third-person perspective. All subjects watched one person performing each exercise during 1 set of 12 repetitions. During the second phase (the second and third week), subjects had to perform actively the exercises while they watched the video.
BEHAVIORALMotor Control Exercises
The subjects were asked to perform 3 sets, of 10-12 repetitions each six exercise, with a total duration of approximately 30-35 minutes. The exercises program had to do it once a day, 6 days a week, for 3 weeks.
Sponsors
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE (Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
The inclusion criteria were as follows: * asymptomatic participants * men and women aged 18 to 65 years.
Exclusion criteria
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Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Changes in the Right Lumbo-pelvic motor control | 1 week and 3 weeks | Lumbar motor control will be measured by a pressure biofeedback called Stabilizer TM. The measurement protocol in the following procedure; The patient should be supine position with the Stabilizer TM placed in the lumbar region with an initial pressure of 70 mmHg. Then, the patient will be asked to flex the hip and knee at 90 ° with one leg and then with the opposite one. It is a validated and reliable protocol for motor control of the lumbar region |
| Changes in the Left Lumbo-pelvic motor control | 1 week and 3 weeks | Lumbar motor control will be measured by a pressure biofeedback called Stabilizer TM. The measurement protocol in the following procedure; The patient should be supine position with the Stabilizer TM placed in the lumbar region with an initial pressure of 70 mmHg. Then, the patient will be asked to flex the hip and knee at 90 ° with one leg and then with the opposite one. It is a validated and reliable protocol for motor control of the lumbar region |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Perceived fatigue: changes in the Visual Analogue Scale-fatigue mid-intervention | 1 week and 3 weeks. | Perceived fatigue will be measured with Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). The VAS consists of a 100-mm line, the left side of which represents no fatigue whereas the right side represents maximal fatigue |
| Changes in the trunk muscles strength | 1 week and 3 weeks. | The strength of the lumbar region will be measured by a foot dynamometer (Takei TM 5420). The patient should stand on the dynamometer platform with knees extended, elbows extended, hips bent and index fingers holding the bar at knee height. Starting from this position the subject will have to make a previous adjustment of contraction of the musculature of the lumbar region and must perform a movement of lumbar extension. Subjects should maintain contraction for 3 seconds. It is a valid and reliable test to measure the muscular strength of the lumbar region |
Countries
Spain
Outcome results
None listed