Evaluation of Motor Learning on a Sequence of Manual Motor Gestures of Increasing Complexity Through the Action Observation Training and Motor Imagery: a Randomized Controlled Trial.
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Motor Activity
- Sponsor
- Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
- Enrollment
- 45
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Execution time
- Last Updated
- 7 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The main objective of this research is to evaluate and quantify successes and errors, as well as execution time, in a sequence of manual motor gestures of increasing complexity through mental practice training (observation of actions and motor imagery).
Detailed Description
The motor programs stored in the procedural memory systems allow the generation of motor mental images without the need for an external stimulus, although it has been demonstrated that providing visual information, prior to a task of imagination, facilitates it and causes a greater neurophysiological activity than if it were done in an isolated manner. Some studies have shown that in the short term, in complex motor tasks of foot and hand in a coordinated manner, the action observation training provokes a greater motor learning compared to the motor imagery strategy. However, these studies have only assessed short-term memory immediately after the intervention. No study has so far evaluated these improvements in motor learning through action observation training and motor imagery on consecutive days, nor has it been evaluated with short to medium-term follow-up. It is therefore that there is a lack in the current scientific literature regarding which isolated method, without physical practice, of mental practice on motor learning is the most effective when exposed both on consecutive days, as well as to short-medium-term follow-up.
Investigators
Roy La Touche Arbizu
Principal Investigator
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Age between 18 and 60
- •Healthy and with no pain subjects
Exclusion Criteria
- •Any cognitive impairment that hindered viewing of audiovisual material. Difficulty understanding or communicating.
- •Presence of systemic pathology, Central Nervous System or rheumatic disease.
- •Inadequate understanding of the Spanish language to follow instructions for measuring and treatment.
- •Collaboration of pregnant women.
- •Underage subjects
- •Subjects with pain at the time of the study
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Execution time
Time Frame: changes in the success rates at the end of the intervention, 7 days, 1 month and 4 months after the end of the intervention
During each measurement, the time required for each participant to place their hands will be recorded.
Percentage of successes in finger positions
Time Frame: changes in the success rates at the end of the intervention, 7 days, 1 month and 4 months after the end of the intervention
During the measurements, the percentage of hits and errors achieved in each hand position in each of the manual engine sequences will be evaluated.
Secondary Outcomes
- The degree of physical activity(Pre-intervention)
- Visual and Kinesthetic Motor Imagery Ability(Pre-intervention)
- Mental Chronometry(Pre-intervention)
- Laterality task(Pre-intervention)
- Memory Operation Questionnaire(Pre-intervention)