ArticlePeerJ2019
Mental practice in isolation improves cervical joint position sense in patients with chronic neck pain: a randomized single-blind placebo trial.
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- Effectiveness of Movement Representation Techniques in Chronic Non-Specific Spinal Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness of movement representation techniques in non-specific shoulder pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2025Pooled it
- The effect of movement representation techniques on ankle function and performance in persons with or without a lateral ankle sprain: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2023Pooled it
- A single session of action observation therapy versus observing a natural landscape in adults with chronic neck pain - a randomized controlled trial.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2023Trial
- Effects of Virtual Reality versus Exercise on Pain, Functional, Somatosensory and Psychosocial Outcomes in Patients with Non-specific Chronic Neck Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Trial
- Neurorehabilitation-Based Movement Representation Techniques in the Management of Craniocervical and Orofacial Pain: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- The Effects of Action Observation Speed on Motor Function in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain: From Observation to Execution.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- Action Observation Training to Improve Activities of Daily Living and Manipulation Skills in Children with Acquired Brain Injury Secondary to an Oncologic Process: A Prospective Case Series Clinical Study.Physical therapy research · 2022Article
- Effects of movement representation techniques on motor learning of thumb-opposition tasks.Scientific reports · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe main objective of this trial was to assess whether action observation (AO) training and motor imagery (MI) produced changes in the cervical joint position sense (CJPS) both at the end of the intervention and 10 min postintervention compared with a placebo intervention in patients with nonspecific chronic neck pain (NSCNP).
methodsA single-blind placebo clinical trial was designed. A total of 30 patients with NSCNP were randomly assigned to the AO group, MI group or placebo observation (PO) group. CJPS in flexion, extension and rotation movements in both planes were the main variables.
resultsThe results obtained in the vertical plane showed that the AO group obtained greater improvements than the PO group in the CJPS in terms of cervical extension movement both at the end of the intervention and 10 min postintervention (
conclusionsAlthough both AO and MI could be a useful strategy for CJPS improvement, the AO group showed the strongest results. The therapeutic potential of the application of mental practice in a clinical context in the early stages of rehabilitation of NSCNP should be considered.
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