Effects of Mental Practice and Therapeutic Exercise in Mild Smokers

Smokers Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effects of Mental Practice and Therapeutic Exercise in Mild Smokers: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06123598
• Other study ID #: 2023-FIS-2731776-2
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 30, 2023
• Est. completion date: December 2024

Study information

• Verified date: May 2024
• Source: University of Valencia
• Contact: Francisco Martinez Arnau, PhD
• Phone: 0034963983853
• Email: francisco.m.martinez[@]uv.es
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the effects who would add mental practice based on action observation to a therapeutic exercise program in young mild smokers. The main question it aims to answer is whether the observation of actions prior to the implementation of a therapeutic exercise program improves the response to it on respiratory, strength and muscle function variables. Participants will be assigned to one of 2 study groups: G1) Therapeutic exercise plus action observation training (n=20) G2) Therapeutic exercise plus sham action observation training (n=20)

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 40
• Est. completion date: December 2024
• Est. primary completion date: April 28, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• >18 years old
• Had a pack per year index of <5 (mild smoking index). Exclusion Criteria:

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

• Smokers

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Therapeutic exercise program plus action observation training
Participants make an observation of actions related to the training they are going to perform before each session. Subsequently, they perform the therapeutic exercise program of 6 sessions in a period of 2 weeks.
• Therapeutic exercise program plus sham action observation training
Participants make a sham observation before each session. Subsequently, they perform the therapeutic exercise program of 6 sessions in a period of 2 weeks.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Spain	Universitat de Valencia	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	Respiratory strength	Maximal respiratory pressures (in H2O centimeters)	Before the start of the program, in the middle of the program (1 week) and at the end of the program (2 weeks)
Secondary	Spirometric parameters	Forced expiratory volume in the first second FEV1 (in liters/second) and forced expiratory volume FVC (In liters/second) obtained from a spirometry	Before the start of the program, in the middle of the program (1 week) and at the end of the program (2 weeks)
Secondary	Physical function	5 times sit-to-stand test (in seconds)	Before the start of the program, in the middle of the program (1 week) and at the end of the program (2 weeks)