An Integrated Motor Imagery Program in Rehabilitation - a RCT
试验速览
- 阶段
- 2 期
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 50
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Goal Attainment Scaling
研究概览
简要总结
Motor imagery is a technique widely used in learning skills. Its effectiveness has been proven in various sports and in musicians. A recent review (Braun et al. 2006) suggested that this technique may also be effective in rehabilitation of patients with neurological disease or damage, but that further research was needed.
The main purpose of this research is to discover whether motor imagery practice is beneficial in the rehabilitation of skills in patients who have some disability due to neurological disease or damage. The principal research question is: are physiotherapy and occupational therapy given incorporating motor imagery more effective than standard care (i.e., the same therapies but without integrated motor imagery) in re-training task specific performance for patients with neurological disease or damage?
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 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Participating in a rehabilitation program for problems arising secondary to disease or damage affecting the central nervous system (usually stroke, brain injury, multiple sclerosis)
- •Over 18 years of age
- •Have sufficient language and memory skills to undertake the intervention (i.e. score positive on the first three items of the Sheffield screening test)
排除标准
- •Any co-morbidity that would interfere with the ability to perform imagery as judged by the clinician or from the medical notes (e.g., schizophrenia)
研究组 & 干预措施
1
All patients will receive the occupational therapy and physiotherapy normally given in their setting.
In addition; the experimental group will receive 2 instruction DVD's introducing them to motor imagery practice, taking 35 minutes in total. The research therapist will also attend the first session with the physiotherapist and with the occupational therapist to help incorporate motor imagery within the therapy. Thereafter the therapist will help the patient use motor imagery as part of their normal treatment. The total amount spent on motor imagery during therapy sessions will be 6.5 hours in 6 weeks.
干预措施: Motor imagery practice (Behavioral)
2
All patients will receive the occupational therapy and physiotherapy normally given in their setting.
In addition; the control group will receive 2 DVDs for 35 minutes in total. These will show background information on their condition, explaining the importance of practice of activities, and on the principles of motor learning and phased movement which underlie most therapy.The research therapist will also attend the first session with the physiotherapist and with the occupational therapist to control for attention. The total amount the physiotherapist and occupational therapist spend with the patients should be the same in both groups.
干预措施: Standard physiotherapy and occupational therapy (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Goal Attainment Scaling
时间窗: After 6 and 12 weeks
次要结局
- Motor imagery questionnaire(Baseline, 6 weeks, 12 weeks)
- Timed up and go(Baseline, 6 weeks, 12 weeks)
- Action research arm test(Baseline, 6 weeks, 12 weeks)