The Effect of Motor Imagery and Action Observation on Motor Skill Acquisition

Istanbul Medeniyet University120 enrolled

Overview

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of Motor Imagery and Action Observation on Motor Skill Acquisition in healthy adults.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

120

Conditions

Healthy

Interventions

Motor ImageryOTHER

Motor imagery is the mental execution of a movement without any overt movement or without any peripheral (muscle) activation. It has been shown that motor imagery leads to the activation of the same brain areas as an actual movement. Therefore, it is used to acquire new motor skills. Action Observation (AO) involves the dynamic process of observing purposeful actions with the intention of imitating and then practicing those actions.

Action ObservationDIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Action Observation (AO) involves the dynamic process of observing purposeful actions with the intention of imitating and then practicing those actions.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 35 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Right hand dominance Exclusion Criteria: * Individuals with neurological, orthopedic, or rheumatological disease (for example: stroke, essential tremor, tennis player, trigger finger, rheumatoid arthritis, etc.) * Severe cognitive problems

Locations (1)

Istanbul Medeniyet University

Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Finger Tapping Task

The finger tapping task is a motor sequence learning task in which participants are asked to tap with their non-dominant hand a 5-digits sequence (for example 4-1-3-2-4 or 2-4-13-2), as rapidly and accurately as possible, using the numeric key-buttons of a computer keyboard or a response box.

Time frame: 5 minutes

Secondary Outcomes

Movement Imagery Questionnaire-3

The Movement Imagery Questionnaire-3 is the most recent version of the Movement Imagery Questionnaire and the Movement Imagery Questionnaire-Revised. It is a 12-item questionnaire to assess individual's ability to image four movements using: Internal visual imagery External visual imagery Kinesthetic imagery. A 7 point scale used to score each item and the higher score indicates higher ability to perform motor imagery.

Time frame: 15 minutes

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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