Effects of Motor Imagery on Motor Learning and Motor Retention in Octogenarian.

NCT ID: NCT04018196

Last Updated: 2022-03-15

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

84 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-12-09

Study Completion Date

2022-02-15

Brief Summary

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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.

Detailed Description

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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.

Conditions

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Aging

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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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.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

motor imagery as training manual task

Intervention Type OTHER

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).

motor imagery as training motor task

Intervention Type OTHER

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).

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.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

emotionally neutral film as training of manual task

Intervention Type OTHER

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).

emotionally neutral film as training of motor task

Intervention Type OTHER

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).

Interventions

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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).

Intervention Type 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).

Intervention Type 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).

Intervention Type 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).

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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Eligibility Criteria

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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
Minimum Eligible Age

80 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Léonard FEASSON, MD PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

CHU SAINT-ETIENNE

Locations

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CHU Saint-Etienne

Saint-Etienne, , France

Site Status

Countries

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France

Other Identifiers

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2018-A02365-50

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

18CH128

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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