Effects of Mental Practice on Manual Gripping Motor Function

Hand Grasp Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effects of Mental Practice on Manual Gripping Motor Function: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04545684
• Other study ID #: uammadrid31
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: November 30, 2020
• Est. completion date: February 26, 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: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The main objective is to evaluate and quantify the manual gripping force caused by mental practice

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 30
• Est. completion date: February 26, 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:

• Age between 18 and 60

• Healthy and with no pain subjects

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any cognitive impairment that hindered viewing of audiovisual material.

• Difficulty understanding or communicating.

• Presence of systemic pathology, Central Nervous System or rheumatic disease.

• Inadequate understanding of the Spanish language to follow instructions for measuring and treatment.

• Collaboration of pregnant women.

• Underage subjects

• Subjects with pain at the time of the study.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Hand Grasp

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Motor imagery
The person will have to imagine different scenarios of manual gripping
• Placebo intervention
The placebo group will imagine a place without the presence of humans.

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	Hand grip strength	It is a variable of gripping force measured in the unit of Newtons	Change from baseline and immediately post-intervention
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
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.	Immediately before the 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.