Impact of Motor Imagery in the Functional Rehabilitation of Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain: a Randomised Controlled Trial

"Before and after the programme :~* Self-questionnaires: assessment of pain (visual analogue scale), functional disability (Oswestry), kinesiophobia (Tampa scale of Kinesiophobia), mood (Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale), quality of life (SF12), level of physical activity (Simple Physical Activity Questionnaire), and level of motor imagery (Kinesthesic and Visual Imagery Questionnaire-10)~* Functional tests: Sorensen test, Shirado test, Time Up and Go test (TUG), 6-minute walk test, 200-metre fast walk test, measurement of maximum isometric strength of back extensors/flexors, 3D analysis of locomotion, posture and trunk flexion.~* Evaluation of excitability and inhibition mechanisms within the primary motor cortex at rest and during motor imagery using single and double pulse TMS. Excitability between the brain and the erector spinae muscles and inhibition of the primary motor cortex will be measured at rest and during imagery of back flexion and extension movements"

3 sessions of 30 minutes per week

3 sessions of 30 minutes per week

During the final assessment, which will take place after the programme. Satisfaction and tolerance will be assessed using a visual analogue scale.