NCT05479539

Action Observation Therapy in Patients Undetgoing Surgery for Shoulder Instability

Effects of Action Observation Therapy in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Shoulder-instability

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Istituto Clinico Humanitas · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The study will aim at investigating the effects of action observation therapy (action observation plus motor imagery) in patients with shoulder instability undergoing capsulo-plastic surgery. Forty subjects scheduled for capsulo-plastic surgery will be randomized into an AOT or Control group. AOT group will undergo action observation followed by motor imagery of upper limb motor tasks for 4 weeks after surgery, whereas Control group will perform no intervention. In addition, both groups will undergo postoperative usual care including immobilization with a brace and passive upper limb mobilization. All participants will be assessed for shoulder pain, function, range of motion, fear of movement and quality of life the day before surgery, at training end and 3 months after training end.

Conditions

• Shoulder Instability

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Action observation therapy	Participants will watch 12-minute video-clips followed by 8 minutes of motor imagery. Video-clips observation and imagination will be focused un shoulder tasks occuring on the three planes of motion.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-09-01
• Primary completion: 2023-05-01
• Completion: 2023-09-01
• First posted: 2022-07-29
• Last updated: 2022-07-29