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

Ege University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Motor Imagery

Treatments: Other: Control Group; Other: Motor Imagery to Facilitate Sensorimotor Re-Learning Training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05886062

2022-1251

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full 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.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 11 to 19 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Being between the ages of 11-19
2. Playing licensed basketball for at least 2 years
3. Being a man

Exclusion criteria

1. Coming to the hospital with a musculoskeletal injury in the last 3 months
2. Not being willing to participate in the study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental Group

Experimental group

Description:

In addition to routine basketball technical-tactical training, the athletes in the experimental group will be given motor imagery training to facilitate sensorimotor relearning.

Treatment:

Other: Motor Imagery to Facilitate Sensorimotor Re-Learning Training

Control Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Individuals in the control group will only continue their routine basketball technical-tactical training.

Treatment:

Other: Control Group