Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT03330431
Do Videos That Aim to Optimize Expectations Alter the Effectivess of PMR?
Effects of Videos Aiming to Optimize Expectations on Effectiveness of Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR)
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 66 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Philipps University Marburg · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 65 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
The study's aim is to determine whether a short video aiming to optimize expectations regarding the effectiveness of progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) ist able to improve the actual effectiveness of PMR in comparison with a neutral (no video) control group.
Conditions
- Experimental Group 1 (Video Personal Expert)
- Experimental Group 2 (Video Factual Expert)
- Control Group
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR) | All groups undergo a PMR session, but they differ regarding the treatment before the PMR session. Two groups watch a video before undergoing PMR, the control group reads a text before undergoing PMR. Progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) is a technique for learning to monitor and control the state of muscular tension. It was developed by American physician Edmund Jacobson in the early 1920s. The technique involves learning to monitor tension in each specific muscle group in the body by deliberately inducing tension in each group. This tension is then released, with attention paid to the contrast between tension and relaxation. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2017-07-01
- Primary completion
- 2017-09-15
- Completion
- 2017-11-30
- First posted
- 2017-11-06
- Last updated
- 2020-07-02
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Germany
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03330431. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.