NCT05886062

Effects of Motor Imagery Training on Performance and Heart Rate Variability in Adolescent Basketball Players

Investigation of the Effects of Motor Imagery to Facilitate Sensorimotor Re-Learning Training on Performance and Heart Rate Variability in Adolescent Basketball Players

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Ege University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 11 Years – 19 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to examine the investigation of the effects of motor imagery to facilitate sensorimotor re-learning training on performance and heart rate variability in adolescent basketball players.

Detailed description

Motor imagery is defined as the mental process of simulating a certain action without any movement. In one study, researchers showed that motor imagery training activates the sensorimotor system and that brain plasticity resulting from actual movement execution also occurs as a result of motor imagery. When the literature is examined, it has been reported in studies that muscle strength may increase as a result of imagery training. However, there are also studies reporting that imagery training is effective on performance in basketball players. Dynamic motor imagery, on the other hand, is a type of motor imagery in which the athletes adopt a harmonious body position and embody the spatial and/or temporal invariants of the movement without fully realizing it. According to a study, dynamic imagery training has a positive effect on free throw performance in basketball players. To facilitate sensorimotor relearning, which is a new training model, motor imagery training is an approach that approaches athletes with a holistic perspective, combining both physical exercises and dynamic motor imagery training. In a study, it was reported that training is more fun than just physical exercises . When the literature is examined; no study has been found examining the effects of motor imagery training on performance and heart rate changes in order to facilitate sensorimotor relearning in adolescent basketball players.

Conditions

• Motor Imagery

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Motor Imagery to Facilitate Sensorimotor Re-Learning Training	In order to motor imagery to facilitate sensorimotor re-learning training will be given for 20 minutes a day, 3 days a week, for a total of 8 weeks. Basketball-specific movement patterns will be used (squat, single leg jump, side stepping, standing on one leg, squat on one leg, etc.). Exercises will be started from easy and progressed to more advanced levels. During the exercise, the person will not only be physically active, but will be asked to dynamically visualize the determined scenario. Thus, a holistic exercise program will be applied both physically and psychologically.
OTHER	Control Group	They will only continue their routine basketball technical-tactical training.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-01-01
• Primary completion: 2023-12-01
• Completion: 2024-08-01
• First posted: 2023-06-02
• Last updated: 2024-02-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)