Motor Imagery and Rehabilitation of Orthopaedic Patients

• Conditions: Orthopedic Disorder
• Interventions: Behavioral: Cognitive training; Behavioral: Mental training based on Motor Imagery; Behavioral: Evaluation of gait abilities

• Registration Number: NCT03370146
• Lead Sponsor: I.R.C.C.S Ospedale Galeazzi-Sant'Ambrogio

Brief Summary

Motor imagery is increasingly used as a plasticity-booster to complement conventional rehabilitation. Here the investigators test the hypothesis that the combination of mental training with conventional rehabilitation may speed up the recovery in patients with total knee arthroplasty. The investigators also characterize the brain correlates of such recovery with imagery tasks for virtual reality environments.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-03-17
• Study First Submitted: 2017-11-29
• Status Verified: 2017-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-12-06
• Study First Posted: 2017-12-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-12-12
• Last Update Posted: 2017-12-13
• Primary Completion: 2018-07-30
• Study Completion: 2018-10-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• Right handed
• No contraindication to the fMRI exam

Exclusion Criteria

• Contraindication to the fMRI exam

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
TKA patients - Control Group 1	Cognitive training	-
TKA patients - Experimental Group	Mental training based on Motor Imagery	-
TKA patients - Control Group 1	Evaluation of gait abilities	-
TKA patients - Experimental Group	Evaluation of gait abilities	-
Healthy subjects - Control Group 2	Evaluation of gait abilities	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Speed of walking	20 days	The speed of walking recorded in total knee arthroplasty patients of the experimental group will be compared with the same measure recorded in both control groups.
BOLD (blood oxygen level-dependent) activity	20 days	The BOLD activity recorded during functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in TKA patients of the experimental group will be compared with the same measure recorded in both control groups.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

IRCCS Galeazzi Orthopedic Hospital; 🇮🇹 Milan, Italy