Evaluation of Motor Learning on a Sequence of Manual Motor Gestures of Increasing Complexity Through the Mental Practise

NCT ID: NCT03769974

Last Updated: 2019-03-29

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

45 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-12-06

Study Completion Date

2019-08-10

Brief Summary

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The main objective of this research is to evaluate and quantify successes and errors, as well as execution time, in a sequence of manual motor gestures of increasing complexity through mental practice training (observation of actions and motor imagery).

Detailed Description

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The motor programs stored in the procedural memory systems allow the generation of motor mental images without the need for an external stimulus, although it has been demonstrated that providing visual information, prior to a task of imagination, facilitates it and causes a greater neurophysiological activity than if it were done in an isolated manner. Some studies have shown that in the short term, in complex motor tasks of foot and hand in a coordinated manner, the action observation training provokes a greater motor learning compared to the motor imagery strategy.

However, these studies have only assessed short-term memory immediately after the intervention. No study has so far evaluated these improvements in motor learning through action observation training and motor imagery on consecutive days, nor has it been evaluated with short to medium-term follow-up.

It is therefore that there is a lack in the current scientific literature regarding which isolated method, without physical practice, of mental practice on motor learning is the most effective when exposed both on consecutive days, as well as to short-medium-term follow-up.

Conditions

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Motor Activity

Keywords

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motor imagery action observation motor learning

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Investigators
An independent blind assessor will perform the measurements and recorded the data. Finally, the participants will also be blinded.

Study Groups

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Motor imagery

A group of healthy subjects who meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria established for the study to which a first-person kinesthetic motor imagery training will be conducted on a sequence of manual motor gestures of increasing complexity for four consecutive days. The tasks of motor imagery will be 2 series of 30 seconds for each of the 12 manual positions to remember

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Motor imagery

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Two series of 30 seconds training of motor imagery in each manual engine gesture

Action observation

A group of healthy subjects who meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria established for the study to which a first-personaction observation training will be conducted on a sequence of manual motor gestures of increasing complexity for four consecutive days. The tasks of action observation will be 2 series of 30 seconds for each of the 12 manual positions to remember in video format.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Action observation

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Two series of 30 seconds training of action observation training in video format in each manual engine gesture

Placebo group

A group of healthy subjects who meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria established for the study to which an imagery training and placebo observation, inspired by a rural landscape, will be given for four consecutive days. This group will carry out the observation and imagination of a landscape during 2 series of 30 seconds for each manual motor sequence to remember.

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Two series of 30 seconds of observation and imagination of a landscape during for each manual motor sequence

Interventions

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Motor imagery

Two series of 30 seconds training of motor imagery in each manual engine gesture

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Action observation

Two series of 30 seconds training of action observation training in video format in each manual engine gesture

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Placebo intervention

Two series of 30 seconds of observation and imagination of a landscape during for each manual motor sequence

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age between 18 and 60
* Healthy and with no pain subjects

Exclusion Criteria

* Any cognitive impairment that hindered viewing of audiovisual material. Difficulty understanding or communicating.
* Presence of systemic pathology, Central Nervous System or rheumatic disease.
* Inadequate understanding of the Spanish language to follow instructions for measuring and treatment.
* Collaboration of pregnant women.
* Underage subjects
* Subjects with pain at the time of the study
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Universidad Autonoma de Madrid

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Roy La Touche Arbizu

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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CSEU La Salle

Madrid, , Spain

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Spain

Central Contacts

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Roy La Touche, PhD

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 917401980

Email: [email protected]

Ferran Cuenca-Martínez, MSc

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 628936505

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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Roy La Touche, physiotherapist

Role: primary

Other Identifiers

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Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id