Effects of Motor Imagery on Autonomic Function and Motor Imagery Abilities in Healthy Individuals
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 54
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Feasibility of the methods - adverse events
研究概览
简要总结
Most studies on motor imagery suggested the effects of motor imagery are related to neuroplastic changes in the brain. In addition to that the neuroplastic changes, it is thought that motor imagery can alter metabolic responses just like in actual exercise. However, the level of evidence about the effect of motor imagery on autonomic functions is limited.
The aims of this study;
- The primary aim of this study is to investigate the effects of activating and relaxing kinesthetic motor imagery on autonomic function in healthy individuals and to compare these two methods.
- The secondary aim of this study is to explore the effects of these methods on motor imagery skills of individuals will also be investigated.
The participants will randomly be allocated into three groups: (1) Activating kinesthetic motor imagery training, (2) Relaxing kinesthetic motor imagery training, and (3) Control group.
Participants in the activating kinesthetic motor imagery training group will imagine high effort exercises (e.g. planking, boxing, jumping, squats, push-ups) in the sessions in home using the study audio-video motor imagery script. The relaxing kinesthetic motor imagery training group will imagine relaxing (low effort) exercises (e.g. breathing exercises, stretching, body awareness exercises) in home using the study audio-video motor imagery script. Prior the sessions, the participants will receive an introductory lecture about motor imagery. The intervention groups will practise 5 times per week for 17 minutes per day for 2 weeks. Phone calls will be performed for support and as a reminder for the assessment (after one week). The control group will receive no specific training. Data will be collected at baseline and after the two-week intervention by masked outcome assessors.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 25 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Being healthy (not having any known chronic disease)
- •Volunteer to participate in the study
排除标准
- •Pregnancy
- •Previous disorder/surgery history that can alter physical performance
结局指标
主要结局
Feasibility of the methods - adverse events
时间窗: through Study Completion, an Average of 8 Months
A record sheet was prepared for possible adverse events during the tests and intervention. It includes information about seriousness, expectedness, severity, causality, time, duration of the event and clinical action taken. The numbers of adverse events will be reported.
Feasibility of the methods - minimum recruitment rate
时间窗: through Study Completion, an Average of 8 Months
A minimum recruitment rate of 10 participants per month will be accepted as feasiable.
Feasibility of the methods - minimum retention rate
时间窗: through Study Completion, an Average of 8 Months
A target retention rate of 80% will be accepted as feasiable.
Feasibility of the methods - minimum adherence rate
时间窗: through Study Completion, an Average of 8 Months
A target minimum adherence rate of 70% of the overall practice sessions will be accepted as feasiable.
次要结局
- Resting Metabolic Rate Measurements - Respiratory Exchange Ratio(Change from Baseline at 2 Weeks)
- Edinburgh Handedness Inventory(at Baseline)
- Movement Imagery Questionnaire-Revised(Change from Baseline at 2 Weeks)
- Mental chronometry for walking task(Change from Baseline at 2 Weeks)
- Mental chronometry for writing task(Change from Baseline at 2 Weeks)
- Hand Laterality Judgement Measurement(Change from Baseline at 2 Weeks)
- Resting Metabolic Rate Measurements - Oxygen Consumption(Change from Baseline at 2 Weeks)
研究者
Turhan Kahraman
Principal Investigator
Izmir Katip Celebi University