Movement Simulation Techniques and Therapeutic Exercise in Young Nulliparous Women

Motor Imagery Clinical Trial

Official title:

Movement Simulation Techniques and Therapeutic Exercise in Young Nulliparous Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06090435
• Other study ID #: UV0002
• 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 Martínez, PhD
• Phone: 913456780
• Email: ferran.cuenca[@]uv.es
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Both motor imagery and action observation training, either alone or in combination with physical practice, have been shown to improve some clinical variables of interest such as strength and motor control. However, this has not yet been investigated in the pelvic floor musculature.

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:
• Therapeutic exercise plus motor imagery
Therapeutic exercise programme (aerobic exercise and strengthening exercise) to which is added a motor imagery intervention (which consists of imagining the same movements but not performing them for real).
• Therapeutic exercise plus action observation
Therapeutic exercise programme (aerobic exercise and strengthening exercise) to which is added an action observation intervention (which consists of observing the same movements but not performing them for real).
• Therapeutic exercise
Therapeutic exercise programme (aerobic exercise and strengthening exercise) to which is added a sham action observation intervention (which consists of observing planets in space).

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	maximal pelvic floor muscle strength (measured in grams and with the phenix device)	Three measurements of maximal pelvic floor strength shall be performed with an intracavitary probe and the mean of the three measurements of maximal pelvic floor muscle strength shall be considered.	pre-intervention (T0), at one week after the intervention (T1) and at two weeks after starting the intervention (post-intervention (T2)).
Primary	Algometry for assessing pressure pain thresholds (Pain sensitivity)	An algometer shall be used to assess pain thresholds to pressure, i.e. squeezing so that pressure is converted into pain at four points. Two points in the symphysis pubis area, one point in the lumbar area and one point near the tibial tuberosity.	pre-intervention (T0), at one week after the intervention (T1) and at two weeks after starting the intervention (post-intervention (T2)).
Primary	Motor control of the lumbopelvic area assessed with a biofeedback device.	A protocol to assess lumbopelvic dissociation (i.e. moving the legs without moving the lower back) of both legs of the participants will be performed with a biofeedback device that assesses the pressure exerted on the lower back during leg mobilisation (in mmHg).	pre-intervention (T0), at one week after the intervention (T1) and at two weeks after starting the intervention (post-intervention (T2)).