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NCT Number: NCT05236244

Motor Imagery in Healthy Individuals

The research will be the first to examine the relationship between mental fatigue induced by motor imagery and upper extremity performance. This study, it is aimed to examine whether the effects of mental fatigue created by motor imagery on upper extremity performance can be reduced by diaphragmatic breathing exercises.

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Key information

Age range

18 year–30 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

BandırmaOnyediEylulU

Balıkesir, 10200, Turkey (Türkiye)

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Right-handed dominance (it will be decided according to Edinburgh Hand Questionnaire Result)
  • Volunteer to participate in the study.
  • To be sedentary
  • Not having any problems that prevent breathing exercises
  • Be between the ages of 18-30

Exclusion criteria

  • Have any mental or sensory problems in the past 6 months
  • Presence of acute infection or chronic disease of neurological, psychiatric, orthopedic, cardiological, rheumatological, etc.
  • Having had Covid-19
  • Having any respiratory disease (asthma, COPD, etc.)
  • Having any upper extremity injury and/or operation (trauma, surgery, fracture, etc.) in the -Last 6 months doing regular exercises (at least 30 minutes a day / 5 times a week for a total of at least 150 minutes)
  • Be on regular medication
  • Be smoking

Treatment and study plan

İntervention group

Other

Diaphragmatic Breathing Exercises

Primary outcomes

  1. 1-Isometric Elbow Flexion Force

    Time frame: 8 weeks

    1-Isometric Elbow Flexion Force: The participant will try to move their hands towards their shoulder as forcefully as possible for 2-3 seconds with their upper arms at their sides, elbow bent at 90 degrees and forearm in supination.

  2. 2-Handgrip strength

    Time frame: 8 weeks

    2-Handgrip strength: Handgrip strength will be assessed using a Jamar hand dynamometer (Lafayette Instrument Company, USA).

  3. 3-Upper extremity reaction test

    Time frame: 8 weeks

    3-Upper extremity reaction test: It is planned to use a validated BlazePod sensor for upper extremity reaction time test

  4. 4-Finger reaction test

    Time frame: 8 weeks

    4-Finger reaction test: By placing the dominant hand index finger on the left button of a computer mouse, the participant will be asked to press the left button as soon as the traffic light pattern glows green on the screen.

  5. 5-Hand performance test

    Time frame: 8 weeks

    5-Hand performance test: A nine-hole peg test will be used.

  6. 6-Position Sense

    Time frame: 8 weeks

    6-Position Sense: The height of the laser track marker test target board can be adjusted according to the height of the person, and the zero point will be aligned for each patient's glenohumeral joint separately. A standardized coordinate system drawn on the target board will show the different angles of motion calculated using a formula.

  7. 7-Tactile sense

    Time frame: 8 weeks

    7-Tactile sense: The calibrated Semmes Weinstein monofilament test (North Coast Medical, USA) will be used to measure perceptual thresholds for cutaneous stimuli (Bell-Krotoski, Fess, Figarola, & Hiltz, 1995; Dannenbaum, Michaelsen, Desrosiers, & Levin, 2002).

  8. 8-Two-point discrimination

    Time frame: 8 weeks

    8-Two-point discrimination: The two-point discrimination test is the evaluation of the ability to detect stimuli applied from two different points at the same time.

  9. 9-Upper extremity endurance test

    Time frame: 8 weeks

    9-Upper extremity endurance test: After weighing the body weight, the weight to be held in the hand will be calculated as 2% of the body weight and if it is fractional, it will be rounded to the nearest 0.5 kg. The participant will hang the test arm out of the bed. Here he has to take the weight in his hand and raise it so that the "thumb faces up" and the arm is 90° horizontally. A metronome set to 60 Hz will then be used to standardize the test; in this way, participants will be instructed to raise their arms at the first beep, to keep the arm in 90 abduction during the next beep, and then to lower them to the starting position with the third beep. The test will be terminated as a result of fulfilling any of the following termination criteria (Moore, Uhl, & Kibler, 2013).

Secondary outcomes

  1. Mental Fatigue (VAS)

    Time frame: 8 weeks

    VAS: In our study, mental fatigue level will be evaluated with VAS. VAS is a valid and reliable method for measuring the severity of fatigue and is a one-dimensional scale widely used in the clinic. In practice, patients are asked to choose the number that best describes the severity of fatigue they feel. Zero means not tired, 10 means very tired.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Does the Effect of Mental Fatigue Created by Motor Imagery on Upper Extremity Functions Change With Diaphragmatic Breathing Exercises

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2023
First posted
Feb 11, 2022
Registry last updated
Oct 13, 2023

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