Effect of Multisensory Motor Imagery Training on Muscle Performance and Coordination in Children With Spastic Diplegia

February 15, 2025 updated by: Mayada Ibraheem Elmahdy, Cairo University

PURPOSE:

The current study aims to:

  • Determine the effect of multisensory motor imagery training on muscle performance including (peak torque, work, power) of trunk and knee flexors and extensors in children with spastic diplegia.
  • Determine the effect of multisensory motor imagery training on coordination, strength and agility in children with spastic diplegia.

BACKGROUND: Multisensory motor imagery training has an effect on muscle performance and coordination in children with spastic diplegia

HYPOTHESES: There will be no effect of multisensory motor imagery training on muscle performance, coordination and strength and agility in children with spastic diplegic CP.

RESEARCH QUESTION: Is there an effect of multisensory motor imagery training on coordination, strength and agility in children with spastic diplegia?

Study Overview

Status

Recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

30

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Locations

  • Egypt
      • Cairo, Egypt
        • Recruiting
        • Mayada Elshahawy

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Their age will be ranged from 8-12 years.
  • Mild degree of spasticity ranged from 1 to 1+ according to Modified Ashworth Scale
  • Their motor function will be at level I and II according to Gross Motor Function Classification System GMFCS
  • They will be able to follow instructions during evaluation and treatment.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • - Cardiovascular or respiratory disorders.
  • Botulinium muscular injection in the last 6 months
  • Surgical interference in lower limbs and/or spine.
  • Muscloskeletal problems or fixed deformities in the spine and/or lower extremities.
  • Seizures.
  • Visual or hearing impairment

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Quadruple

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Sham Comparator: control
traditional physical therapy program
Other: traditional physical therapy
traditional physical therapy training program
Experimental: motor imagery
multisensory motor imagery training plus the traditional physical therapy program
Other: traditional physical therapy
traditional physical therapy training program
Other: motor imagery training

Children in the study group will receive multisensory motor imagery training program 45 minutes. The training protocol consists of several parts that will be run through every training session according to Kumar et al. (2016):

  • Watching videos of selected multisensory motor skills for 10 minutes.
  • Mental rehearsal of these motor skills 10 minutes.
  • Overt practice of the multisensory motor skills for 25 minutes. On the videos, the performance of the skill by a child aged 8-12 years will be shown. All the exercises will be looped to repeat for six to seven times. While projecting the video on the laptop screen, it will be ensured that the children are in a comfortable seating position and the screen is in their visual field. Repetition of the exercises was based on their ability which could be a minimum of five repetitions per session to a maximum of ten repetitions per exercise session.
Other Names:
  • mental rehearsal exercises

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
muscle performance
Time Frame: through study completion average 3 months
muscle performance of knee and trunk muscles will be assessed by Isokinetic dynamometer
through study completion average 3 months
coordination
Time Frame: through study completion average 3 months
coordination ill be assessed using BOT-2
through study completion average 3 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Cairo University

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

November 16, 2024

Primary Completion (Estimated)

February 1, 2025

Study Completion (Estimated)

May 1, 2025

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 9, 2024

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 4, 2024

First Posted (Actual)

November 6, 2024

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 25, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 15, 2025

Last Verified

February 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 005278

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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