RT Journal Article
T1 Implicit Motor Imagery for Chronic Pelvic Pain: A Cross-Sectional Case–Control Study.
A1 Díaz-Mohedo, Esther
A1 González-Roldán, Gloria
A1 Muñoz-Gámez, Inmaculada
A1 Padilla-Romero, Virginia
A1 Castro-Martín, Eduardo
A1 Cabrera-Martos, Irene
A1 Sánchez-García, Clara
K1 Ortopedia
K1 Dolor pélvico
AB Implicit motor imagery (IMI), with an image laterality discrimination (LD) task, has beenproposed as a useful therapeutic tool to restore body schema in patients with chronic pelvic pain(CPP). The aim of this study was to analyse the existence of differences between patients with CPPand healthy individuals in order to justify the use of IMI. An observational, cross-sectional study withnon-probabilistic sampling was designed as a one-to-one matched case–control study. Through a weblink designed for this purpose, a total of 40 abdominoperineal images were shown to 130 participantsduring the laterality task. Outcome measures were pain intensity (visual analogue scale, VAS), accuracy,response time (RT), and CPPQ-Mohedo score (Chronic Pelvic Pain Questionnaire—Mohedo). This wasan observational, cross-sectional study with a total of 64 CPP patients and 66 healthy individuals. Thecomparative analysis between groups revealed significant differences in accuracy, CPPQ-Mohedoand VAS (p < 0.001), but not in RT; in patients with CPP, accuracy was correlated with a lowerCPPQ-Mohedo score and RT and, the greater the pain intensity, the higher the CPPQ-Mohedo scoreand RT, and the lower the accuracy. In the LD task, the patients with CPP made more mistakes thanthe healthy individuals. IMI could be a useful and complementary tool in the therapeutic approachfor patients with CPP.
PB MDPI
YR 2023
FD 2023-07-18
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/32200
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/32200
LA eng
NO Díaz-Mohedo, E., González-Roldán, G., Muñoz-Gámez, I., Padilla-Romero, V., Castro-Martín, E., Cabrera-Martos, I., & Sánchez-García, C. (2023). Implicit Motor Imagery for Chronic Pelvic Pain: A Cross-Sectional Case–Control Study. Journal Of Clinical Medicine, 12(14), 4738. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12144738
NO Partial funding for open access charge: Universidad de Málaga
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 4 mar 2026