NCT05946252

Motor Imagery in High-Risk Pregnants

Acute Effect of Motor Imagery in High-Risk Pregnants: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 76 (actual)
• Sponsor: Izmir University of Economics · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to determine the acute effects of motor imagery exercises on fetal heart rate, uterine contractions, maternal heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen saturation and well-being in high-risk pregnant women.

Detailed description

Bed rest is often recommended in high-risk pregnant women to prevent complications from reaching dangerous levels. Pregnant women recommended bed rest can benefit from exercise in order to overcome this process more easily, to reduce the negative consequences of inactivity and to prevent possible risks. However, there may be differences between the view of high-risk pregnant women and the view of healthy pregnant women. Motor imagery refers to a mental process in which an individual mentally imagines that movement without actually eliciting an active movement. Studies have shown that similar brain regions are activated during movement performance and movement imagery. It has been reported in the literature that progressive relaxation exercises performed under mental/motor imagery guidance in healthy pregnant women and pregnant women lead to an improvement in maternal anxiety, stress and fetal attachment scales and a decrease in maternal systolic/diastolic blood pressure. However, as far as the investigators know, there is no study that applies the exercise protocol that can be given to healthy pregnant women to high-risk pregnant women with motor imagery and examines acute responses on fetal and maternal parameters.

Conditions

• Pregnancy, High Risk

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Motor imagery	Motor imagery will be performed according to the PETTLEP (Physical,Environment,Task,Time,Learn,Emotion,Perspective) model for 15 minutes. 1. To imagine walking activity in different environments (seaside, beach, walking path). 2. The rest activity will be imagined by sitting on a bench. 3. Upper extremity strengthening exercises with dumbbells, lower extremity strengthening exercises with elastic band and trunk-oriented bridging, posterior pelvic tilt and table top stabilization exercises will be visualized. 4. The rest activity will be imagined by sitting on a bench. 5. Imagination will end with homecoming and domestic activities.
OTHER	Diaphragmatic breathing	Diaphragmatic breathing will be shown to pregnant women in the supine position, eyes closed, with one hand on the chest and the other hand on the abdomen. This practice will last for five minutes.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-08-01
• Primary completion: 2023-10-02
• Completion: 2024-01-05
• First posted: 2023-07-14
• Last updated: 2024-01-31

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)