NCT06981884

Motor Imagery as a Supportive Strategy for Caregiving Mothers: A Randomized Controlled Study on Physical and Somatic Outcomes

The Effect of Motor Imagery Training on Functional Status, Body Awareness, Quality of Life, and Anxiety Levels in Mothers of Children With Physical Disabilities

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: Batman University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to examine the effectiveness of core stabilization exercises applied with motor imagery training on motor imagery skills, functional status, body awareness, dynamic balance, quality of life and anxiety level parameters in mothers with physically disabled children within a biopsychosocial framework and to determine whether motor imagery training given in addition to core stabilization training has an effect on these parameters.

Detailed description

Mothers with special needs children provide physical support to their children in every period of their lives, while meeting their daily care and needs, especially in transfer activities. Staying in the same position for a long time, lifting heavy objects disrupts body mechanics, causes negativities in endurance, flexibility, strength and muscle structure, and reduces the quality of life by increasing anxiety and worry levels. Various applications are needed to cope with these problems and support mothers in this sense. It is known that regular exercise has a positive effect on muscle strength, the body's physiological system, general health and reducing pain. In addition, it has been observed as a result of different studies that it has positive effects on reducing fatigue and increasing the ability to cope with depression and high anxiety levels. In recent years, in addition to classical physiotherapy applications in the mentioned parameters, applications in which cognitive participation is important have begun to be used in physiotherapy. The motor imagery approach is a method created to improve function and increase body awareness and quality of life.The aim of this study is to examine the effectiveness of motor imagery training on motor imagery skills, functional status, body awareness, dynamic balance, quality of life and anxiety level parameters in mothers of physically disabled children.

Conditions

• Lumbar Instability

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	core stabilization exercises	Participants will be given core stabilization exercises 2 days a week, 45 minutes per session, for 2 months. At the end of 2 months, the outcome measurements will be taken by an evaluator physiotherapist who is not present during the treatment.
OTHER	motor imagery training group	core stabilization exercise + motor imagery training group Participants will be given core stabilization exercises and motor imagery training 2 days a week, 60 minutes per session, for 2 months. Motor imagery training will be applied for 15 minutes immediately after the core stabilization exercisesAt the end of 2 months, the outcome measurements will be taken by the same evaluator physiotherapist who is not present during the treatment

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-05-15
• Primary completion: 2025-05-20
• Completion: 2025-06-05
• First posted: 2025-05-21
• Last updated: 2025-09-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)