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

The Effect of Motor Imagery and Action Observation on Motor Skill Acquisition in Healthy Adults

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

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Healthy
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Motor Imagery; Diagnostic test: Action Observation

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 120
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Istanbul, Turkey
    • Recruiting
    • İstanbul medeniyet University
    • Contact: Esma Nur Kolbaşı, MSc; Phone Number: 4529 +902162883333; Email: esmanur.kolbasi@medeniyet.edu.tr

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 35 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

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

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Other
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

4

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control
Experimental: Motor imagery group; Motor imagery group. Only motor imagery intervention will be applied to participants.	Other: Motor Imagery; 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.; Other Names: Action Observation
Experimental: Action Observation Group; Action Observation Group. Only action observation intervention will be applied to participants	Diagnostic test: Action Observation; Action Observation (AO) involves the dynamic process of observing purposeful actions with the intention of imitating and then practicing those actions.; Other Names: Movement Observation
Experimental: Action Observation + Motor imagery Group; Action Observation + Motor imagery Group. Both action observation and motor imagery interventions will be applied for 5 minutes each.	Other: Motor Imagery; 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.; Other Names: Action Observation; Diagnostic test: Action Observation; Action Observation (AO) involves the dynamic process of observing purposeful actions with the intention of imitating and then practicing those actions.; Other Names: Movement Observation

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
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.	5 minutes

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
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.	15 minutes

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Istanbul Medeniyet University
• Collaborators: Istinye University; Ufuk University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): March 1, 2023
• Primary Completion (Estimated): August 1, 2023
• Study Completion (Estimated): August 15, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 1, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 1, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): March 13, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): July 19, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 17, 2023
• Last Verified: July 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: IstanbulMU87

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