Clinical trial NCT03376334: A Pilot Study to Investigate the Effect of Motor Imagery on Dynamic Balance of Asymptomatic Students
Official title: A Pilot Study to Investigate the Effect of Motor Imagery on Dynamic Balance of Asymptomatic University Students: An Experimental Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Balance
Keywords: Mental motor imagery
SEBT
Lead sponsor: Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2017-12-18
Enrollment: 25
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 25
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: One group received Mental Motor Imagery training, and the other group acted as a control with no specific intervention.
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: This study intended to investigate the effect of imagining a movement task on dynamic balance of sedentary university students. Two groups with good mental imaging ability were studied; one group receiving instructions on mental imagery and the other served as a control receiving no particular intervention. Any improvement in the balance ability was measured using the star excursion balance test (SEBT); for it has good to excellent test-retest reliability and validity as established by several researchers.

Detailed description: Motor imagery (MI) refers to a cognitive process during which the representation of a specific motor action is internally simulated without producing an overt body movement. Motor imagery is now widely used as a technique to enhance motor learning and to enhance recovery during rehabilitation of various conditions such as sports injuries, stroke, etc. Several studies have also shown improvement in strength, function, and use of both upper and lower extremities in chronic stroke. Present study aimed to identify its effectiveness in improving dynamic balance of individuals without any clinical problem. Such improvement, if any, may be useful in early balance and proprioceptive training during the maximum protection phase of joint injuries, fractures, or even rehabilitation of other clinical conditions affecting balance. It may have benefits in maintaining / improving movements in athletes after injuries as well as the general less active population, including the elderly population.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* No prior involvement in any physical or mental balance training
* Good mental imaging ability as determined using the motor imagery questionnaire

Exclusion Criteria:

* neuromusculoskeletal condition that may alter balance
* vestibular disorders or VBA related disorders
* painful conditions of the body
* H/o seizure, schizophrenia, meningitis, migraine, diplopia, spinal injuries, lower extremity injuries

Primary outcomes:
measure: Dynamic Balance
timeFrame: 24 days
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Time for improvement in balance
timeFrame: 7 to 24 days
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Cheras
country: Malaysia
facility: Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
state: Selangor
Study officials:
affiliation: Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
name: PRAMOD D SHENOY, MPT
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Alumnus of Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
name: Yee Mun Chang
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Hosseini SA, Fallahpour M, Sayadi M, Gharib M, Haghgoo H. The impact of mental practice on stroke patients' postural balance. J Neurol Sci. 2012 Nov 15;322(1-2):263-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2012.07.030. Epub 2012 Aug 1.