Mental Practice and Therapeutic Exercise in Young Nulliparous Women

Motor Imagery Clinical Trial

Official title:

Mental Practice and Therapeutic Exercise in Young Nulliparous Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06073210
• Other study ID #: UV0001
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 30, 2023
• Est. completion date: April 30, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: October 2023
• Source: University of Valencia
• Contact: Ferran Cuenca Martinez, PhD
• Phone: 913456781
• Email: ferran.cuenca[@]uv.es
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

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 this study we want to offer some interesting data regarding the effectiveness of mental practice combined with physical practice.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 45
• Est. completion date: April 30, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: April 30, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 30 Years

Eligibility

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.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Motor Imagery
• Therapeutic Exercise

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Motor Imagery plus therapeutic exercise
Aerobic exercise (20 minutes) and strengthening exercise (15 minutes) to which will be added a motor imagery intervention (imagining movements without actually doing them).
• Action observation plus therapeutic exercise
Aerobic exercise (20 minutes) and strengthening exercise (15 minutes) to which will be added a action observation intervention (observing movements without actually doing them).
• Sham action observation plus therapeutic exercise
Aerobic exercise (20 minutes) and strengthening exercise (15 minutes) to which will be added a sham action observation intervention (observing space planets).

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Spain	Ferran Cuenca Martínez	Valencia

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Valencia

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Spain, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Pelvic Floor Muscle Strength	maximum pelvic floor strength	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).
Primary	Pain Pressure Threshold	Pain sensitivity	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).
Primary	Lumbopelvic Motor Control	Sensorimotor control of lower limbs	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).