Clinical trial NCT05886062: Effects of Motor Imagery Training on Performance and Heart Rate Variability in Adolescent Basketball Players
Official title: Investigation of the Effects of Motor Imagery to Facilitate Sensorimotor Re-Learning Training on Performance and Heart Rate Variability in Adolescent Basketball Players
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Motor Imagery
Keywords: Imagery
Exercise
Adolescent Basketball Players
Lead sponsor: Ege University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-06-02
Enrollment: 30
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 11
Maximum age (years): 19
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The aim of this study is to examine the investigation of the effects of motor imagery to facilitate sensorimotor re-learning training on performance and heart rate variability in adolescent basketball players.

Detailed description: Motor imagery is defined as the mental process of simulating a certain action without any movement. In one study, researchers showed that motor imagery training activates the sensorimotor system and that brain plasticity resulting from actual movement execution also occurs as a result of motor imagery. When the literature is examined, it has been reported in studies that muscle strength may increase as a result of imagery training. However, there are also studies reporting that imagery training is effective on performance in basketball players.

Dynamic motor imagery, on the other hand, is a type of motor imagery in which the athletes adopt a harmonious body position and embody the spatial and/or temporal invariants of the movement without fully realizing it. According to a study, dynamic imagery training has a positive effect on free throw performance in basketball players. To facilitate sensorimotor relearning, which is a new training model, motor imagery training is an approach that approaches athletes with a holistic perspective, combining both physical exercises and dynamic motor imagery training. In a study, it was reported that training is more fun than just physical exercises . When the literature is examined; no study has been found examining the effects of motor imagery training on performance and heart rate changes in order to facilitate sensorimotor relearning in adolescent basketball players.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Being between the ages of 11-19
2. Playing licensed basketball for at least 2 years
3. Being a man

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Coming to the hospital with a musculoskeletal injury in the last 3 months
2. Not being willing to participate in the study

Primary outcomes:
measure: Balance
timeFrame: change from baseline at 8 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Muscle Power
timeFrame: change from baseline at 8 weeks
measure: Muscle Strength
timeFrame: change from baseline at 8 weeks
measure: Shooting Performance
timeFrame: change from baseline at 8 weeks
measure: Agility
timeFrame: change from baseline at 8 weeks
measure: Heart Rate Variability
timeFrame: change from baseline at 8 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: İzmir
country: Turkey
facility: Ege University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation
Study officials:
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