Effects of Motor Imagery Training on Performance and Heart Rate Variability in Adolescent Basketball Players
Investigation of the Effects of Motor Imagery to Facilitate Sensorimotor Re-Learning Training on Performance and Heart Rate Variability in Adolescent Basketball Players
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Motor imagery is defined as the mental process of simulating a certain action without any movement. In one study, researchers showed that motor imagery training activates the sensorimotor system and that brain plasticity resulting from actual movement execution also occurs as a result of motor imagery. When the literature is examined, it has been reported in studies that muscle strength may increase as a result of imagery training. However, there are also studies reporting that imagery training is effective on performance in basketball players.
Dynamic motor imagery, on the other hand, is a type of motor imagery in which the athletes adopt a harmonious body position and embody the spatial and/or temporal invariants of the movement without fully realizing it. According to a study, dynamic imagery training has a positive effect on free throw performance in basketball players. To facilitate sensorimotor relearning, which is a new training model, motor imagery training is an approach that approaches athletes with a holistic perspective, combining both physical exercises and dynamic motor imagery training. In a study, it was reported that training is more fun than just physical exercises . When the literature is examined; no study has been found examining the effects of motor imagery training on performance and heart rate changes in order to facilitate sensorimotor relearning in adolescent basketball players.
Study Type
Enrollment (Estimated)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Contact
- Name: Emre Uysal, M. Sc.
- Phone Number: 05058640474
- Email: emre.uysal@ege.edu.tr
Study Locations
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İzmir, Turkey
- Recruiting
- Ege University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation
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Contact:
- Emre Uysal, M. Sc.
- Phone Number: 05058640474
- Email: emre.uysal@ege.edu.tr
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
- Child
- Adult
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Being between the ages of 11-19
- Playing licensed basketball for at least 2 years
- Being a man
Exclusion Criteria:
- Coming to the hospital with a musculoskeletal injury in the last 3 months
- Not being willing to participate in the study
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Experimental Group
In addition to routine basketball technical-tactical training, the athletes in the experimental group will be given motor imagery training to facilitate sensorimotor relearning.
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In order to motor imagery to facilitate sensorimotor re-learning training will be given for 20 minutes a day, 3 days a week, for a total of 8 weeks.
Basketball-specific movement patterns will be used (squat, single leg jump, side stepping, standing on one leg, squat on one leg, etc.).
Exercises will be started from easy and progressed to more advanced levels.
During the exercise, the person will not only be physically active, but will be asked to dynamically visualize the determined scenario.
Thus, a holistic exercise program will be applied both physically and psychologically.
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Active Comparator: Control Group
Individuals in the control group will only continue their routine basketball technical-tactical training.
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They will only continue their routine basketball technical-tactical training.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Balance
Time Frame: change from baseline at 8 weeks
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The balance of the athletes will be evaluated with the Y balance test.
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change from baseline at 8 weeks
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Muscle Power
Time Frame: change from baseline at 8 weeks
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The muscular power of the athletes will be evaluated with the vertical jump test.
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change from baseline at 8 weeks
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Muscle Strength
Time Frame: change from baseline at 8 weeks
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The muscular strength of the athletes will be evaluated with a hand-held dynamometer.
In this context, it will be done separately for the quadriceps femoris, hamstring and gastracnemius muscle groups.
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change from baseline at 8 weeks
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Shooting Performance
Time Frame: change from baseline at 8 weeks
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Shooting performance of the athletes will be evaluated with the free throw test.
Athletes shall attempt 10 free throws as successfully as possible.
The researcher will hand the ball to the players before each shot.
The number of successful free throws will be recorded from 0 to 10
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change from baseline at 8 weeks
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Agility
Time Frame: change from baseline at 8 weeks
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The agility of the athletes will be evaluated with the hexagonal agility test.
The test will be started while the athlete is standing on the tape strip placed in the middle of the hexagon marking the starting position.
The researcher will start the stopwatch after giving the command "Ready, start" to the athlete.
Each athlete will jump from the center of the hexagon to the outside of the hexagon with both legs.
In this way, the athlete will turn around the hexagon 3 times and return to the center.
The stopwatch will be stopped when the athlete returns to the center mark after 3 laps around the hexagon.
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change from baseline at 8 weeks
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Heart Rate Variability
Time Frame: change from baseline at 8 weeks
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The heart rate variability will be performed with a heart rate monitor (Polar H10).
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change from baseline at 8 weeks
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Study record dates
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Primary Completion (Actual)
Study Completion (Estimated)
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Study Record Updates
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More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
Other Study ID Numbers
- 2022-1251
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
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