Effects of Motor Imagery on Motor Learning and Motor Retention in Octogenarian. (IMAge-8)

Effects of Motor Imagery on Motor Learning and Motor Retention in Octogenarian "IMAge-8".

Aging is associated with impairments in cognitive function, particularly motor learning and memorizing, impacting functional capacities. Older adults are still able to learn new skills but at a slower rate, and they forget quickly the new-learned skill because of an alteration in motor memory. Motor imagery, which is a mental simulation of an action without actual execution, has been demonstrated to improve performance in young adults and stabilize performance after a short break in older adults. However, in very old adults (>80 years old) for whom the decline in motor and cognitive functions is greater, it is unknown whether motor imagery training during a short break is still efficient. Previous studies on old adults were performed on upper limb muscles. Because aging differentially affects upper and lower limb muscles, the present study will aim to explore the effects of motor imagery on motor memorizing in both upper and lower limb muscles.

Study Overview

• Status: Terminated
• Conditions: Aging
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: motor imagery as training manual task; Other: motor imagery as training motor task; Other: emotionally neutral film as training of manual task; Other: emotionally neutral film as training of motor task

Detailed Description

The primary purpose is to evaluate the effectiveness of motor imagery to improve the performance of very old people (> 80 years) through learning a task of the upper limbs.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 84
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• France
  • Saint-Étienne, France
    • CHU Saint-Etienne

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 80 years and older (Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being part of the Proof cohort
• Signed written consent form
• Affiliated to social security

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pathology or chirurgical intervention causing locomotor disorder
• Neurological or psychic pathology
• Use psychotropic drugs
• Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) < 20

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Other
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Experimental group; Patient aged over 80 years old will be included. They will have motor imagery training of manual task and motor imagery training of motor task.	Other: motor imagery as training manual task; They will have a motor imagery as training manual task for 30 minutes. They will have 3 tests for performing manual task before training (pretest) and after training (post-test).; Other Names: Nine Hole Peg Test (NHPT); Other: motor imagery as training motor task; They will have a motor imagery as training motor task for 30 minutes before performing this task. They will have 3 tests for performing motor task before training (pretest) and after training (post-test).; Other Names: hopscotch
Active Comparator: Control group; Patient aged over 80 years old will be included. They will have emotionally neutral film as training of manual task and emotionally neutral film as training of motor task.	Other: emotionally neutral film as training of manual task; They will have to watch an emotionally neutral as training manual task for 30 minutes before performing this task. They will have 3 tests for performing manual task before training (pretest) and after training (post-test).; Other Names: Nine Hole Peg Test (NHPT); Other: emotionally neutral film as training of motor task; They will have to watch an emotionally neutral as training motor task for 30 minutes before performing this task. They will have 3 tests for performing motor task before training (pretest) and after training (post-test).; Other Names: hopscotch

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Performance at the manual task (Nine Hole Peg Test (NHPT)) (s)	Comparison of performance at the manual task (Nine Hole Peg Test (NHPT)) results in post-test between experimental and control group. Measured in seconds when performing manual task.	Day: 0

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Performance at the motor task (s)	Comparison of performance at the motor task (hopscotch) results pre-test and post-test between experimental and control group. Measured in number of tests.	Day: 7
Learning capacity of manual task (Nine Hole Peg Test (NHPT))	Comparison of manual task (Nine Hole Peg Test (NHPT)) results between pre-test and post-test. Measured in seconds.	Day: 0
Learning capacity of motor task (hopscotch)	Comparison of motor task (hopscotch) results between pre-test and post-test. Measured in number of tests.	Day: 7
Test of 6 minutes walking (m)	Comparison of test of 6 minutes walking results between experimental and control group. Measured in meters.	Day: 0
Test of Get-up-and-Go (s)	Comparison of test of Get-up-and-Go results between experimental and control group. For test of Get-up-and-Go, participants will be asked to stand from a seated position, walk 3 meters at their usual pace, turn around, walk back to the chair, and sit down. Measured in seconds when performing test.	Day: 0

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): December 9, 2019
• Primary Completion (Actual): February 14, 2022
• Study Completion (Actual): February 15, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 11, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 11, 2019
• First Posted (Actual): July 12, 2019

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 15, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 1, 2022
• Last Verified: March 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Upper limb; Motor learning; Motor imagery; Lower limb; Very old adults; Memorizing; Motor task; Manual task
• Other Study ID Numbers: 18CH128; 2018-A02365-50 (Other Identifier: ANSM)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No