NCT00618085

Motor Imagery Practice in Neurological Rehabilitation

An Integrated Motor Imagery Program in Rehabilitation - a RCT

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre NHS Trust · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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?

Conditions

• Stroke
• Brain Injury
• Multiple Sclerosis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Motor imagery practice	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.
OTHER	Standard physiotherapy and occupational therapy	Patients with neurological disease or damage will receive standard physiotherapy and occupational therapy.

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-02-01
• Primary completion: 2009-04-01
• Completion: 2009-04-01
• First posted: 2008-02-18
• Last updated: 2009-05-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom