NCT04018196

Effects of Motor Imagery on Motor Learning and Motor Retention in Octogenarian.

Effects of Motor Imagery on Motor Learning and Motor Retention in Octogenarian "IMAge-8".

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 84 (actual)
• Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Aging is associated with impairments in cognitive function, particularly motor learning and memorizing, impacting functional capacities. Older adults are still able to learn new skills but at a slower rate, and they forget quickly the new-learned skill because of an alteration in motor memory. Motor imagery, which is a mental simulation of an action without actual execution, has been demonstrated to improve performance in young adults and stabilize performance after a short break in older adults. However, in very old adults (\>80 years old) for whom the decline in motor and cognitive functions is greater, it is unknown whether motor imagery training during a short break is still efficient. Previous studies on old adults were performed on upper limb muscles. Because aging differentially affects upper and lower limb muscles, the present study will aim to explore the effects of motor imagery on motor memorizing in both upper and lower limb muscles.

Detailed description

The primary purpose is to evaluate the effectiveness of motor imagery to improve the performance of very old people (\> 80 years) through learning a task of the upper limbs.

Conditions

• Aging

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	motor imagery as training manual task	They will have a motor imagery as training manual task for 30 minutes. They will have 3 tests for performing manual task before training (pretest) and after training (post-test).
OTHER	motor imagery as training motor task	They will have a motor imagery as training motor task for 30 minutes before performing this task. They will have 3 tests for performing motor task before training (pretest) and after training (post-test).
OTHER	emotionally neutral film as training of manual task	They will have to watch an emotionally neutral as training manual task for 30 minutes before performing this task. They will have 3 tests for performing manual task before training (pretest) and after training (post-test).
OTHER	emotionally neutral film as training of motor task	They will have to watch an emotionally neutral as training motor task for 30 minutes before performing this task. They will have 3 tests for performing motor task before training (pretest) and after training (post-test).

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-12-09
• Primary completion: 2022-02-14
• Completion: 2022-02-15
• First posted: 2019-07-12
• Last updated: 2022-03-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France