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

Batman University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Lumbar Instability

Treatments: Other: core stabilization exercises; Other: motor imagery training group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06981884

BATMANU-FTR-ASA-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full 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.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• The primary caregiver of the disabled child is the mother
• The prone lumbar instability test is (+)
• Not receiving any medical treatment for pain
• Not having any obstacles to exercise
• VAS ≥4 low back pain at baseline

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnancy
• History of previous back surgery in the last year
• Having peripheral vascular diseases,radiculopathy, spondylolisthesis, tumor, systemic inflammatory diseases.
• Having cognitive disorders.
• Having central or peripheral neurological disease affecting mobility.
• Having received physical therapy due to back pain in the last 6 months.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

core stabilization exercises group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Group 1: Core stabilization exercise group 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.

Treatment:

Other: core stabilization exercises

motor imagery training group

Experimental group

Description:

Group 2: 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. At the end of 2 months, the outcome measurements will be taken by the same evaluator physiotherapist who is not present during the treatment.

Treatment:

Other: motor imagery training group

Other: core stabilization exercises