Mental Imagery on Upper Extremity Skills
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: mental imagination.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: PARKINSON DISEASE (Disorder), Mental Imagery, Motor Imagery. Basic parameters: 40 years — 75 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
The Immediate Effect of Mental Imagery on Upper Extremity Skills With the Patients of Parkinson's Disease
Overview
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease, characterized pathologically by the progressive loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra and clinically by the presence of motor symptoms such as bradykinesia, resting tremor, and/or rigidity. Among the motor deficits frequently observed in PD, patients are known to frequently report difficulties with manual dexterity. Many upper extremity and manual dexterity deficits are present in PD. Motor imagery (MI) is the imaginal execution of motor activities or the activation of specific muscles in the absence of any explicit feedback. This area of rehabilitation has been shown to be effective in improving and developing motor skills in many neurological conditions where patients exhibit motor recognition and execution impairments. MI can be applied at all stages of recovery from PD, is highly effective in movement-related pathologies, and can be performed independently.There is sufficient evidence that MI improves motor performance and learning in individuals with neurological disorders such as multiple sclerosis, stroke, and spinal cord injury. The study was designed to investigate the immediate effects of mental imagery, which is thought to be effective in controlling difficulties in planning and initiating movements in PD, on upper extremity skills. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the effect of mental imagery on upper extremity skills in PD.
Interventions
- Other mental imagination
The Nine-Hole Peg Test (9 DPT) will be performed with a mental chronometer.the duration between actually physically performing the movement and mentally imagining the same movement will be recorded.
Primary outcome measures
- The Nine-Hole Peg Test (9PPT) with Mental Chronometry [Time frame: first day of the assesment]
Secondary outcome measures (7)
- sosyodemographic form [Time frame: first day of the assesment]
- Modified Hoehn & Yahr (m-HY) scale [Time frame: first day of the assesment]
- Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) [Time frame: first day of the asessment]
- Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) [Time frame: first day of the assessment]
- Muscle Strength Measurement [Time frame: first day of the assesment]
- Grip Strength Measurement [Time frame: first day of the assesment]
- The Kinesthetic and Visual Imagery Questionnaire (KVIQ) [Time frame: first day of the assesment]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Healthy individuals aged 40-75 years, diagnosed with idiopathic PD according to the UK Parkinson's Disease Association Brain Bank criteria by a specialist neurologist, with a Modified Hoehn \& Yahr (m-HY) scale stage ≤4, and with a Mini Mental State Examination score of ≥24 for those with training and ≥18 for those without training, and with no known disease, volunteered to participate in the study.
- PD individuals with no other known neurological and/or systemic disease
- PD individuals without any upper extremity contractures
Exclusion criteria
- Individuals with diagnosed and/or treated psychiatric illnesses who are considered unable to complete the tests.
- Individuals who is taking neuroleptic medications or antidepressants.
- Individuals with orthopedic conditions that interfere with manual dexterity tests, such as severe dyskinesia, carpal tunnel syndrome, tendon injuries, or finger amputations; rheumatological conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis; and individuals with any neurological condition other than PD.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Other
Study locations
Turkey (Türkiye) · 1 center
- Kahramanmaraş Sütçü imam University — Kahramanmaraş
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07193303 · mental imagination