Motor Imagery and Action Observation on Lumbar Motor Variables

Efficacy of an Intensive Exercise Program Combined With Training on Action Observation and Motor Imagery for Improving Lumbopelvic Motor Control and Strengthening Trunk Muscles: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Motor imagery is defined as a dynamic mental process of an action, without its real motor execution. Action observation evokes an internal, real-time motor simulation of the movements that the observer is perceiving visually. Both MI and AO have been shown to produce a neurophysiological activation of the brain areas related to the planning and execution of voluntary movement in a similar manner how the real action.

Inclusion Criteria:

The inclusion criteria were as follows:

• asymptomatic participants
• men and women aged 18 to 65 years.

Exclusion Criteria:

The exclusion criteria included the following:

• participants who had any knowledge of Physical Therapy or Occupational Therapy
• underage participants
• participants with any symptomatology in the lumbo-pelvic region at the time of the study -participants with lumbo-pelvic pain in at least the prior six months
• subjects who have been treated for lumbo-pelvic pain in the previous 6 months
• participants with any type of neurological disease.