NCT07067710

The Use of Combined Motor Imagery and Action Observation to Evaluate the Influence on Functional Parameters Such as Strength, Range of Motion, Pain or Fear of Movement Among Others, in Females Breast Cancer Survivors.

Effectiveness of Combined Motor Imagery and Action Observation in Improving Pain, Range of Motion, and Upper Limb Lymphedema in Breast Cancer Survivors. Efectividad de Las Terapias de imaginería Motora y observación de la acción en la Mejora Del Dolor, la Movilidad y el Linfedema de la Extremidad Superior en Supervivientes de cáncer de Mama.

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 108 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Fundacion Miguel Servet · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectivity of the combined motor imagery and action observation therapies to improve functional parameters such as strenght, range of motion, pain or fear of movements among others in relation to upper limb in breast cancer survivors. The main question it aims to answer is: Will a combined therapy of motor imagery and action observation improve the strenght, rang of motion, pain, limb diameter and fear of movement of the upper limb in breast cancer survivor females? The participants will be part of the IM-OA23 proyect that consist on seeing some diferent videos about upper limb mobility and then they'll have to imagine the movements and to performed themselves. Researches will compare two groups (control group and intervention group) to evaluate the diferences between them.

Detailed description

Purpose: The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectivity of a combined motor imagery and action observation protocol at strength, range of motion, limb diamter, and fear of movement of the upper limb of breast cancer survivors. Methods: A randomised controlled clinical trial will be conducted. Subjects will be randomly assigned to the two randomly assigned to the two treatment groups: intervention (IM-OA23 programme) and control group (usual care). This study will have pre and post measurements. The intervention consist on a display of diferent videos of upper limb movements and at daily living activities and in a excercise of imagine and doing this movements. The're will be used diferent tools such as a dynamometer, a goniometer, Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) of pain, or TSK questionnaire.

Conditions

• Breast Cancer Survivor

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Motor imagery combined with action observation	To observe and imaging one action with a video resource. Not virtual reality.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-02-25
• Primary completion: 2025-04-28
• Completion: 2026-02-01
• First posted: 2025-07-16
• Last updated: 2025-07-16

Locations

3 sites across 1 country: Spain