Clinical trial NCT04171271: Effects of Motor Imagery on Autonomic Function
Official title: Effects of Motor Imagery on Autonomic Function and Motor Imagery Abilities in Healthy Individuals
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Motor Imagery Training
Lead sponsor: Izmir Katip Celebi University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2019-11-20
Enrollment: 54
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 25
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Most studies on motor imagery suggested the effects of motor imagery are related to neuroplastic changes in the brain. In addition to that the neuroplastic changes, it is thought that motor imagery can alter metabolic responses just like in actual exercise. However, the level of evidence about the effect of motor imagery on autonomic functions is limited.

The aims of this study;

1. The primary aim of this study is to investigate the effects of activating and relaxing kinesthetic motor imagery on autonomic function in healthy individuals and to compare these two methods.
2. The secondary aim of this study is to explore the effects of these methods on motor imagery skills of individuals will also be investigated.

The participants will randomly be allocated into three groups: (1) Activating kinesthetic motor imagery training, (2) Relaxing kinesthetic motor imagery training, and (3) Control group.

Participants in the activating kinesthetic motor imagery training group will imagine high effort exercises (e.g. planking, boxing, jumping, squats, push-ups) in the sessions in home using the study audio-video motor imagery script. The relaxing kinesthetic motor imagery training group will imagine relaxing (low effort) exercises (e.g. breathing exercises, stretching, body awareness exercises) in home using the study audio-video motor imagery script. Prior the sessions, the participants will receive an introductory lecture about motor imagery. The intervention groups will practise 5 times per week for 17 minutes per day for 2 weeks. Phone calls will be performed for support and as a reminder for the assessment (after one week). The control group will receive no specific training. Data will be collected at baseline and after the two-week intervention by masked outcome assessors.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Being healthy (not having any known chronic disease)
* Volunteer to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

* Pregnancy
* Previous disorder/surgery history that can alter physical performance

Primary outcomes:
measure: Feasibility of the methods - minimum recruitment rate
timeFrame: through Study Completion, an Average of 8 Months
measure: Feasibility of the methods - minimum retention rate
timeFrame: through Study Completion, an Average of 8 Months
measure: Feasibility of the methods - minimum adherence rate
timeFrame: through Study Completion, an Average of 8 Months
measure: Feasibility of the methods - adverse events
timeFrame: through Study Completion, an Average of 8 Months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Edinburgh Handedness Inventory
timeFrame: at Baseline
measure: Movement Imagery Questionnaire-Revised
timeFrame: Change from Baseline at 2 Weeks
measure: Mental chronometry for walking task
timeFrame: Change from Baseline at 2 Weeks
measure: Mental chronometry for writing task
timeFrame: Change from Baseline at 2 Weeks
measure: Hand Laterality Judgement Measurement
timeFrame: Change from Baseline at 2 Weeks
measure: Resting Metabolic Rate Measurements - Oxygen Consumption
timeFrame: Change from Baseline at 2 Weeks
measure: Resting Metabolic Rate Measurements - Respiratory Exchange Ratio
timeFrame: Change from Baseline at 2 Weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: İzmir
country: Turkey
facility: Izmir Katip Celebi University
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