Hypoalgesic Effects of Walking and Running Imagined

Analgesia Clinical Trial

Official title:

Hypoalgesic Effects of Walking and Running Imagined in Sedentary Subjects and With High Levels of Physical Activity: A Prospective Cohort Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04548323
• Other study ID #: uammadrid32
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Start date: September 30, 2020
• Est. completion date: July 30, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: September 2020
• Source: Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
• Contact: Roy A La Tocuhe, physiotherapist PhD
• Phone: 917401980
• Email: roylatouche[@]lasallecampus.es
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The main objective is to identify the hypoalgesic effect of the imagination of actions in sedentary subjects with high levels of physical activity.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 40
• Est. completion date: July 30, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: December 30, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• asymptomatic participants

• men and women aged 18 to 65 years

Exclusion Criteria:

• insomnia

• nausea

• headache

• pregnancy

• use of painkillers in the last 24 hours

• presence of metal inside the head

• pacemaker

• wound on the area of electrodes' application

• drug consumption; (j) recent application of tDCS

• psychiatric disease impeding understanding of the study.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Analgesia

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Motor imagery
Subjects will perform motor imagery tasks on the motor gestures of running and walking.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Spain	CSEU La Salle	Madrid

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid	Centro Universitario La Salle

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Spain, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	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	Change from baseline and immediately post-intervention
Primary	Temporal sumation	Temporal summation is a somatosensory measure that is performed by making small punctures in the area of interest.	Change from baseline and immediately post-intervention
Primary	Electrodermal activity	Electrodermal Activity will be measured through the use of two electrodes that recorded changes in conductance through the skin located at the back of the dominant hand	Change from baseline and immediately post-intervention
Primary	Respiration Rate	Respiration Rate will be measured through a pressure transducer located in the centre of the chest, where it was fixed by a strap.	Change from baseline and immediately post-intervention
Primary	Heart rate	Heart Rate will be measured by three electrodes located in the left area of the chest. One of the electrodes was placed in the middle zone while a second electrode was positioned on the lateral side, and a third one on the lower left side, below the first electrode.	Change from baseline and immediately post-intervention.
Primary	Salivary stress	The Salivary Stress Test is a study that assesses fatigue and the type of stress (acute, moderate or chronic) presented by the subject.	Change from baseline and immediately post-intervention.
Secondary	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 a coefficients ranging above 0.84 for the total scale, 0.80 for de visual subscale and 0.84 for the kinesthetic subscale.	Change from baseline and immediately post-intervention
Secondary	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.	Immediately before the intervention.