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Mental Imagery Enhances Proprioception in Patients With Low Back Pain

NCT ID: NCT01469949

Last Updated: 2011-11-10

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

55 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-05-31

Study Completion Date

2011-07-31

Brief Summary

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Mental imagery has been used in a variety of pathological instances in support to classical therapeutic treatments. The aim of the present study was to observe the effect of internal Kinesthetic and external Visual Imagery to improve proprioceptive feedback in low back pain. Fifty-five subjects with a history of low back pain were included in two experimental groups who used mental imagery and one control group who did not. The results showed the effectiveness of the Internal Kinesthetic Imagery to improve the accuracy of repositioning of lumbo-sacral spine that may subsequently improve the quality of the proprioceptive input. The possibility to use effectively mental imagery, as a part of proprioceptive rehabilitation process, is the principal outcome of this study.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Low Back Pain

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Kinesthetic Imagery group

Subjects receiving Kinesthetic Imagery

Watching or imagining movement

Intervention Type OTHER

Mental imagery are administered in two forms : kinesthetic when subjects imagine the movement of flexion and extension of the lumbar spine and Visual when subjects watch a video of a third person doing the flexion and extension movement

Visual Imagery Group

Subjects receiving visual imagery

Watching or imagining movement

Intervention Type OTHER

Mental imagery are administered in two forms : kinesthetic when subjects imagine the movement of flexion and extension of the lumbar spine and Visual when subjects watch a video of a third person doing the flexion and extension movement

Control group

Subjects receiving measurement with intervention

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Watching or imagining movement

Mental imagery are administered in two forms : kinesthetic when subjects imagine the movement of flexion and extension of the lumbar spine and Visual when subjects watch a video of a third person doing the flexion and extension movement

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Subjects suffering from common non-specific low back pain

Exclusion Criteria

* Recent history of inner ear infection causing associated balance or coordination problems
* History of cerebral trauma followed by unresolved neurosensory symptoms
* Recent history of vestibular disorder and previous spinal surgery
* An involvement in specific balance or stabilization training during the 6 months prior testing. Patients taking pain medication were excluded from the study.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

21 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Lebanese University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Ahmad Rifai Sarraj

Head of Department of Physical Therapy

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Center of Physical Therapy

Beirut, Hadath, Lebanon

Site Status

Countries

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Lebanon

Other Identifiers

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LEBUNIV001

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id