Determination of the Effects of Motor Imagery on Learning Infant Massage

NCT05706142 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: ETK00-2022-0275
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 24
• Locations: 2 countries
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

Motor imagery is the mental rehearsal of simple or complex motor movements in which no clear body movement occurs. It can also be defined as the mental simulation of movement without revealing any real motor movement. Studies have shown that similar brain regions are activated during the performance of the movement and the imagery of the movement. According to the results obtained from advanced imaging techniques, it has been reported that activations occur in similar areas during motor imagery and physical performance, including brain areas such as premotor areas, parietal lobe, basal ganglia, anterior cingulate cortex, and cerebellum. When the literature is examined, it has been seen that motor imagery applications are used in many different areas. In 2021, the effect of motor imagery training on students' motor imagery levels and practice in the education of medical school students by Collet et al. was investigated. As a result of the training, it was reported that motor skills improved and it strengthened the learning of medical skills.

Conditions

Students

Keywords

physiotherapy and rehabilitation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Motion Imagery Questionnaire

  The Motion Imagery Questionnaire-3 is an adaptation of the Motion Imagery Questionnaire. It consists of 3 subscales and a total of 12 items evaluating external visual imagery, internal visual imagery and kinesthetic imagery. Before starting the evaluation, the participants are given the necessary information about the survey. Each of the 12 tasks in the questionnaire is performed physically first, then the participant returns to the starting position and visualization is performed according to the desired imagery type. The scoring is between 1 and 7, with 1 point: very difficult to see/feel, 7 points: very easy to see/feel. While calculating the score, the internal visual imagery, external visual imagery and kinesthetic imagery scores are added separately and divided by 4 and averaged. Higher scores show better imagery ability.

  change from baseline at two weeks study duration

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Chronometry for colic massage on baby doll

  change from baseline at two weeks study duration

• Mental Chronometry for colic massage

  change from baseline at two weeks study duration

• Proportion between real and mental chronometry

  change from baseline at two weeks study duration

• Qualitative effects

  at two weeks

Study Arms (2)

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

No motor imagery will be shown to these students. The same massage will only be shown as practically at class.

Intervention Group

EXPERIMENTAL

Within the scope of motor imagery training, a presentation will be made to the students of pediatric rehabilitation lecture in the intervention group about what motor imagery is. "PETTLEP" model will be used for imagery training. In this model, imagery training will be prepared in accordance with our purpose, taking into account the physical, environmental, time, task, learning, emotion and personal subheadings. In the training sessions, relaxation exercises will be given for 5 minutes first. After the relaxation exercises, special "colic massage" imagery training will be given to newborns for 10 minutes. The massage will also be shown as practically at class.

Other: Motor Imagery Education

Interventions

Motor Imagery Education OTHER

Within the scope of motor imagery training, a presentation will be made to the students of pediatric rehabilitation lecture in the intervention group about what motor imagery is. "PETTLEP" model will be used for imagery training. In this model, imagery training will be prepared in accordance with our purpose, taking into account the physical, environmental, time, task, learning, emotion and personal subheadings. In the training sessions, relaxation exercises will be given for 5 minutes first. After the relaxation exercises, special "colic massage" imagery training will be given to newborns for 10 minutes. The massage will also be shown as practically at class.

Intervention Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 25 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Individuals over the age of 18
• To be taking the Pediatric Rehabilitation course for the first time in the Fall semester of the academic year 2022-2023 at the Eastern Mediterranean University, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation.

You may not qualify if:

• Having serious vision and hearing problems,
• Having serious attention problems,
• Having a musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, pulmonary, metabolic, or other disease severe enough to preclude participation in the study.
• Prior participation in any kind of motor imagery training

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Eastern Mediterranean University: lead

Study Sites (2)

Eastern Mediterranean University

Famagusta, Güney Kampüs, 99628, Cyprus

Location

Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Department

Mersin, Famagusta, 99450, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Study Officials

• Zehra Güçhan Topcu, Assist.Prof.

  Lecturer at university

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 11, 2023
• First Posted: January 31, 2023
• Study Start: November 10, 2022
• Primary Completion: February 20, 2023
• Study Completion: March 15, 2023
• Last Updated: March 17, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CY (1); TU (1)