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NCT Number: NCT00618085

Motor Imagery Practice in Neurological Rehabilitation

Motor imagery is a technique widely used in learning skills. Its effectiveness has been proven in various sports and in musicians. A recent review (Braun et al. 2006) suggested that this technique may also be effective in rehabilitation of patients with neurological disease or damage, but that further research was needed.

The main purpose of this research is to discover whether motor imagery practice is beneficial in the rehabilitation of skills in patients who have some disability due to neurological disease or damage. The principal research question is: are physiotherapy and occupational therapy given incorporating motor imagery more effective than standard care (i.e., the same therapies but without integrated motor imagery) in re-training task specific performance for patients with neurological disease or damage?

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Key information

Conditions

Stroke Autoimmune Diseases Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System Brain Diseases Brain Injuries Brain Injury Cardiovascular Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Cerebrovascular Disorders Craniocerebral Trauma Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNS Demyelinating Diseases Immune System Diseases Multiple Sclerosis Nervous System Diseases Trauma, Nervous System Vascular Diseases Wounds and Injuries

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

Oxford Centre for Enablement

Oxford, OX3 7LD, United Kingdom

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Participating in a rehabilitation program for problems arising secondary to disease or damage affecting the central nervous system (usually stroke, brain injury, multiple sclerosis)
  • Over 18 years of age
  • Have sufficient language and memory skills to undertake the intervention (i.e. score positive on the first three items of the Sheffield screening test)

Exclusion criteria

  • Any co-morbidity that would interfere with the ability to perform imagery as judged by the clinician or from the medical notes (e.g., schizophrenia)

Treatment and study plan

Motor Imagery Practice

Behavioral

During motor imagery practice a person imagines performing a skill or movement with all its sensory consequences without actually moving. In this study the therapists follow a motor imagery guideline designed for rehabilitation of skills and movement performance in subjects with neurological disease or damage. The guideline offers therapists structure and a strategy to deliver subject-specific imagery. The guideline is based on three major frameworks, namely; principles of motor learning, phased process of human movement and a training guide for sports coaches and performers from the National Coaching Foundation.

Standard physiotherapy and occupational therapy

Other

Patients with neurological disease or damage will receive standard physiotherapy and occupational therapy.

Primary outcomes

  1. Goal Attainment Scaling

    Time frame: After 6 and 12 weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. Motor imagery questionnaire

    Time frame: Baseline, 6 weeks, 12 weeks

  2. Timed up and go

    Time frame: Baseline, 6 weeks, 12 weeks

  3. Action research arm test

    Time frame: Baseline, 6 weeks, 12 weeks

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre NHS Trust

Other

Collaborators

  • Oxford Brookes University

Registry information

Official study title

An Integrated Motor Imagery Program in Rehabilitation - a RCT

Important dates

Study start
2008
Primary completion
2009
Study completion
2009
First posted
Feb 18, 2008
Registry last updated
May 4, 2009

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