Effectivity of Motor Imagery and MirrorTherapy in Amputees

NCT ID: NCT02761447

Last Updated: 2019-10-14

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

40 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-01-31

Study Completion Date

2019-10-31

Brief Summary

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This study evaluates the effectiveness of imagery motor on phantom pain and amputation process

Detailed Description

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The expected increase in the number of amputations in the coming decades requires special attention to the common effect after called phantom limb amputation. That term refers to the phenomena covering the sensations that occur in the affected limb and whose prevalence rate is an important part of amputees subjects. Developed theories about their origin focus their attention on the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system. Thus, the imaginary movement is a complex cognitive, sensory and proprioceptive process leading to a mental representation of movement and it is a widely used technique in neurological rehabilitation and complex pain syndrome.

Conditions

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Amputees

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Treatment Traditional and Motor Imaginary Program

Amputees patients also conservative protocol will undergo physiotherapy techniques work Motor Imaginary Program, based on a system of two videos that allow the patient to recreate the "normal" way. The first video will include two sequences of a harmonic gear that will allow the patient to examine, with the physiotherapist, the characteristics of the different body segments involved in locomotion and place the member in space. The second video include an analysis in five phases. This protocol will be applied 3 days a week (25-30minutos) for one month.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Treatment Traditional and Imaginary Motor Program

Intervention Type OTHER

Amputees patients also conservative protocol will undergo physiotherapy techniques work Imaginary Motor. The first video will include two sequences of a harmonic gear that will allow the patient to examine, with the physiotherapist, the characteristics of the different body segments involved in locomotion and place the member in space. The second video include an analysis in five phases: a) relaxation of Benson, b) phase external imagination where cycles of normal running on a video provided by the physiotherapist, c) phase internal imagination where the patient will identify the problem discussed compared with the normal course presented in the video, d) recreation of images in the first person made an e normalized locomotion) closing his eyes, prompted the patient to mentally recreate sequences normal gait and analyzed and subsequently verbalize differences of these with respect to their own way of getting around.

Treatment Traditional and Mirror Therapy

Amputees patients also conservative protocol will undergo physical therapy techniques mirror therapy work. The protocol will consist of mirror therapy sessions three days a week (25-30 minutes) for a month, where participants will move the intact limb looking in the mirror and imagining the movement of the limb with phantom sensation.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Treatment Traditional and Mirror Therapy

Intervention Type OTHER

Amputees patients also conservative protocol will undergo physiotherapy techniques mirror therapy work. The protocol will consist of mirror therapy sessions three days a week (25-30 minutes) for a month, where participants will move the intact limb looking in the mirror and imagining the movement of the limb with phantom sensation.

Interventions

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Treatment Traditional and Imaginary Motor Program

Amputees patients also conservative protocol will undergo physiotherapy techniques work Imaginary Motor. The first video will include two sequences of a harmonic gear that will allow the patient to examine, with the physiotherapist, the characteristics of the different body segments involved in locomotion and place the member in space. The second video include an analysis in five phases: a) relaxation of Benson, b) phase external imagination where cycles of normal running on a video provided by the physiotherapist, c) phase internal imagination where the patient will identify the problem discussed compared with the normal course presented in the video, d) recreation of images in the first person made an e normalized locomotion) closing his eyes, prompted the patient to mentally recreate sequences normal gait and analyzed and subsequently verbalize differences of these with respect to their own way of getting around.

Intervention Type OTHER

Treatment Traditional and Mirror Therapy

Amputees patients also conservative protocol will undergo physiotherapy techniques mirror therapy work. The protocol will consist of mirror therapy sessions three days a week (25-30 minutes) for a month, where participants will move the intact limb looking in the mirror and imagining the movement of the limb with phantom sensation.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Pain in the stump area ≥ 3 months, no intermittent
2. Have three months elapsed amputation,
3. Submit subjective sensation of phantom limb not blinking

Exclusion Criteria

* Clinical signs of radiculopathy.
* Lumbar stenosis, fibromyalgia, spondylolisthesis.
* History of spinal surgery.
* Corticosteroid therapy in the past two weeks.
* Disease of the central nervous system or peripheral.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Universidad de Almeria

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Adelaida María Castro-Sánchez

PhD,

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Adelaida María Castro-Sánchez, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Universidad de Almeria

Locations

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Hospital de Puerto Real

Cadiz, , Spain

Site Status

Countries

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Spain

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Other Identifiers

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CEI15_25

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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