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

NCT03769974 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: 4
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 45
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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).

Conditions

Motor Activity

Keywords

motor imagery; action observation; motor learning

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Percentage of successes in finger positions

  During the measurements, the percentage of hits and errors achieved in each hand position in each of the manual engine sequences will be evaluated.

  changes in the success rates at the end of the intervention, 7 days, 1 month and 4 months after the end of the intervention

• Execution time

  During each measurement, the time required for each participant to place their hands will be recorded.

  changes in the success rates at the end of the intervention, 7 days, 1 month and 4 months after the end of the intervention

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• Visual and Kinesthetic Motor Imagery Ability

  Pre-intervention

• Mental Chronometry

  Pre-intervention

• The degree of physical activity

  Pre-intervention

• Laterality task

  Pre-intervention

• Memory Operation Questionnaire

  Pre-intervention

Study Arms (3)

Motor imagery

EXPERIMENTAL

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

Behavioral: Motor imagery

Action observation

EXPERIMENTAL

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.

Behavioral: Action observation

Placebo group

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

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.

Behavioral: Placebo intervention

Interventions

Motor imagery BEHAVIORAL

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

Motor imagery

Action observation BEHAVIORAL

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

Action observation

Placebo intervention BEHAVIORAL

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

Placebo group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 60 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

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

You may not qualify if:

• 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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Universidad Autonoma de Madrid: lead

Study Sites (1)

CSEU La Salle

Madrid, 28023, Spain

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Activity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Central Study Contacts

Roy La Touche, PhD

CONTACT

917401980; roylatouche@lasallecampus.es

Ferran Cuenca-Martínez, MSc

CONTACT

628936505; fecuen2@gmail.com

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR
• Masking Details: An independent blind assessor will perform the measurements and recorded the data. Finally, the participants will also be blinded.
• Purpose: BASIC SCIENCE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 6, 2018
• First Posted: December 10, 2018
• Study Start: December 6, 2018
• Primary Completion: July 10, 2019
• Study Completion: August 10, 2019
• Last Updated: March 29, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

ES (1)