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Not Yet RecruitingNCT06708026
Evaluation of a Home-based AOMI Intervention on Cognitive Function and Depression Among Adults with SCI
Evaluation of a Home-based Action Observation and Motor Imagery Intervention on Cognitive Function and Depression Among Adults with Spinal Cord Injury: a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
- Status
- Not Yet Recruiting
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 46 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
The investigators propose a pilot randomized clinical trial to determine if adults with spinal cord injury (SCI) show improved cognitive function and depression following home-based Action Observation and Motor Imagery (AOMI) training. It is hypothesized that the home-based AOMI intervention will show satisfactory feasibility and acceptability. They also hypothesize that AOMI training can be used as a rehabilitative tool for improving cognitive function and depression in adults with SCI, because it engages and strengthens similar neural systems as actual exercise.
Detailed description
This study is an assessor-blinded, two-arm pilot randomized controlled trial with repeated measures (pre-, post-intervention, and 1-month follow-up). This study aims to evaluate the preliminary effects of a home-based AOMI intervention on SCI adults' cognitive function and depression. Forty-six SCI adults will be randomized into the intervention group, receiving an 8-week AOMI intervention combined with basic wheelchair exercises, or the control group, receiving basic wheelchair exercises with the same duration, number of sessions, and frequency as the intervention group. One-on-one qualitative interviews will be implemented post-intervention to evaluate participants' feelings about the effectiveness of their cognitive function and emotional status, their views about opinions of the study's acceptability, strengths, limits, and recommendations for further improvement of the program. The primary outcomes of intervention effectiveness include cognitive function and depression; secondary outcomes include multi-model magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) acquisition, chronic pain, motor imagery ability, and self-efficacy for exercise.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | Action Observation and Motor Imagery (AOMI) training | Participants will watch home-based exercise videos and simultaneously imagine themselves performing these exercises in their minds by following verbal instructions in the videos, without actual execution. |
| BEHAVIORAL | Basic wheelchair exercises | A set of low-intensity warm-up wheelchair exercises developed specifically for survivors with spinal cord injury |
| BEHAVIORAL | Watch landscape videos | A set of landscape videos |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2025-03-01
- Primary completion
- 2026-06-30
- Completion
- 2026-06-30
- First posted
- 2024-11-27
- Last updated
- 2025-02-06
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Hong Kong
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT06708026. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.