Clinical trial NCT05004272: IOBA - Impact on Body Awareness
Official title: Impact of Therapeutic Measures on Body Awareness
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Perception, Self
Body Image
Self-Assessment
Lead sponsor: Johannes Kepler University of Linz
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Medical University of Graz
First posted: 2021-08-13
Enrollment: 96
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: BASIC_SCIENCE

Brief summary: Due to social isolation and increased stress factors during the COVID-19 pandemic an increase of psychological and psychosomatic complaints in the population can be observed. There is growing evidence of the importance of body awareness (BA) in these complaints. The question arises how BA can be modified through therapeutic measures. The Awareness Body Chart (ABC), an innovative non-verbal tool for investigating subjective body awareness, implemented in clinical practice brings to light astonishing findings of patients' bodily experiences which have not been collected through verbal communication so far. In a randomized controlled study with 96 healthy adults in three groups (massage, gymnastics and control group), the use of the ABC questionnaire and further German questionnaires (Short questionnaire on self-perception of the body, self-rating mood scale - revised) concerning body awareness and well-being should analyse the following hypotheses: Primary hypothesis: There is a difference in the change of BA between the massage group and the control group, and there is a difference in the change of BA between the gymnastics group and the control group. Secondary hypothesis: There is a difference in the change of BA between the massage group and the gymnastics group. Before interventions demographic data and further questionnaires concerning health conditions of the participants (Simple Physical Activity Questionnaire, Short Form Health Survey, Brief Symptom Inventory and additional questions) are administered. Correlations between BA and the results of these tests will be investigated too. All these analyses can provide innovative information about BA and be indicative in the use of physiotherapeutic measures.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Healthy volunteers
* Signing of informed consent by participants and head of the study
* Understanding of German language in order to be able to follow a lecture and complete questionnaires

Exclusion Criteria:

* Current sick leave
* Pregnancy
* Acute physical or psychological complaints on the day of study participation
* Chronic illnesses / disabilities which make it difficult to participate in a moderate exercise while standing
* Chronic diseases / impairments that make it difficult to lie prone for a massage
* Current illnesses or injuries that are a contraindication for hand massages or gymnastics

Primary outcomes:
measure: Awareness Body Chart Questionnaire
timeFrame: Before intervention
measure: Awareness Body Chart Questionnaire
timeFrame: Immediately after intervention
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Short questionnaire on self-perception of the body
timeFrame: Before intervention
measure: Short questionnaire on self-perception of the body
timeFrame: Immediately after intervention
measure: Self-rating mood scale - revised
timeFrame: Before intervention
measure: Self-rating mood scale - revised
timeFrame: Immediately after intervention
Other outcomes:
measure: Simple Physical Activity Questionnaire
timeFrame: Before intervention
measure: Short Form Health Survey (SF-12)
timeFrame: Before intervention
measure: Brief Symptom Inventory
timeFrame: Before intervention
measure: Body Mass Index
timeFrame: Before intervention
measure: Additional questions
timeFrame: Before intervention
measure: Charlson Comorbidity Index
timeFrame: Before intervention
measure: Feedback form
timeFrame: Immediately after investigation
Locations:
city: Linz
country: Austria
facility: Kepler University Hospital
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