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- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT00618085
Motor Imagery Practice in Neurological Rehabilitation
An Integrated Motor Imagery Program in Rehabilitation - a RCT
Motor imagery is a technique widely used in learning skills. Its effectiveness has been proven in various sports and in musicians. A recent review (Braun et al. 2006) suggested that this technique may also be effective in rehabilitation of patients with neurological disease or damage, but that further research was needed.
The main purpose of this research is to discover whether motor imagery practice is beneficial in the rehabilitation of skills in patients who have some disability due to neurological disease or damage. The principal research question is: are physiotherapy and occupational therapy given incorporating motor imagery more effective than standard care (i.e., the same therapies but without integrated motor imagery) in re-training task specific performance for patients with neurological disease or damage?
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Study Type
Enrollment (Anticipated)
Phase
- Phase 2
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Oxford, United Kingdom, OX3 7LD
- Oxford Centre for Enablement
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Participating in a rehabilitation program for problems arising secondary to disease or damage affecting the central nervous system (usually stroke, brain injury, multiple sclerosis)
- Over 18 years of age
- Have sufficient language and memory skills to undertake the intervention (i.e. score positive on the first three items of the Sheffield screening test)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Any co-morbidity that would interfere with the ability to perform imagery as judged by the clinician or from the medical notes (e.g., schizophrenia)
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
- Allocation: RANDOMIZED
- Interventional Model: PARALLEL
- Masking: SINGLE
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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EXPERIMENTAL: 1
All patients will receive the occupational therapy and physiotherapy normally given in their setting. In addition; the experimental group will receive 2 instruction DVD's introducing them to motor imagery practice, taking 35 minutes in total. The research therapist will also attend the first session with the physiotherapist and with the occupational therapist to help incorporate motor imagery within the therapy. Thereafter the therapist will help the patient use motor imagery as part of their normal treatment. The total amount spent on motor imagery during therapy sessions will be 6.5 hours in 6 weeks. |
During motor imagery practice a person imagines performing a skill or movement with all its sensory consequences without actually moving.
In this study the therapists follow a motor imagery guideline designed for rehabilitation of skills and movement performance in subjects with neurological disease or damage.
The guideline offers therapists structure and a strategy to deliver subject-specific imagery.
The guideline is based on three major frameworks, namely; principles of motor learning, phased process of human movement and a training guide for sports coaches and performers from the National Coaching Foundation.
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ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: 2
All patients will receive the occupational therapy and physiotherapy normally given in their setting. In addition; the control group will receive 2 DVDs for 35 minutes in total. These will show background information on their condition, explaining the importance of practice of activities, and on the principles of motor learning and phased movement which underlie most therapy.The research therapist will also attend the first session with the physiotherapist and with the occupational therapist to control for attention. The total amount the physiotherapist and occupational therapist spend with the patients should be the same in both groups. |
Patients with neurological disease or damage will receive standard physiotherapy and occupational therapy.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Time Frame |
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Goal Attainment Scaling
Time Frame: After 6 and 12 weeks
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After 6 and 12 weeks
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Time Frame |
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Motor imagery questionnaire
Time Frame: Baseline, 6 weeks, 12 weeks
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Baseline, 6 weeks, 12 weeks
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Timed up and go
Time Frame: Baseline, 6 weeks, 12 weeks
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Baseline, 6 weeks, 12 weeks
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Action research arm test
Time Frame: Baseline, 6 weeks, 12 weeks
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Baseline, 6 weeks, 12 weeks
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Collaborators and Investigators
Collaborators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Thamar J Bovend'Eerdt, MSc, Oxford Centre for Enablement
- Study Director: Derick T Wade, MD, Oxford Centre for Enablement
Publications and helpful links
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start
Primary Completion (ACTUAL)
Study Completion (ACTUAL)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (ESTIMATE)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (ESTIMATE)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
- Brain Diseases
- Central Nervous System Diseases
- Nervous System Diseases
- Immune System Diseases
- Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNS
- Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System
- Demyelinating Diseases
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Wounds and Injuries
- Craniocerebral Trauma
- Trauma, Nervous System
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Brain Injuries
Other Study ID Numbers
- 07/H0605/84NOC
- 07/H0605/84
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