Investigation of the Effects of Motor Imagery and Action Observation in People With Multiple Sclerosis

Hacettepe University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Multiple Sclerosis

Treatments: Other: Action Observation training; Other: Motor Imagery training; Other: standard rehabilitation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05377476

2022-5

Details and patient eligibility

About

It was planned to examine the effects of motor imagery and action observation applied in addition to standard rehabilitation in individuals with Multiple Sclerosis on walking, fatigue, and muscle oxygenation.

Enrollment: 48 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being between the ages of 18-65
• A definitive diagnosis of MS by a neurologist according to the 2017 McDonald Criteria
• Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score of 4.0 and below (it is determined routinely by the physician during the examination)
• Not having an attack in the last 3 months
• A minimum score of 4 in each motor imagery ability (internal visual imagery, external visual imagery, and kinesthetic imagery) on the Movement Imagery Questionnaire-3 (MIQ-3)

Exclusion criteria

• cognitive impairment, defined as a Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score of less than 24
• Having another musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, pulmonary, metabolic, or neurological disease severe enough to preclude participation in the study.
• Having severe vision and hearing problems

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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48 participants in 3 patient groups

Motor Imagery Group

Experimental group

Description:

Individuals included in this group will receive 20 minutes of motor imagery training in addition to 40 minutes of standard rehabilitation. Patients will be trained 3 days a week for 6 weeks.

Treatment:

Other: standard rehabilitation

Other: Motor Imagery training

Action Observation Group

Experimental group

Description:

Individuals included in this group will receive 20 minutes of action observation training in addition to 40 minutes of standard rehabilitation. Patients will be trained 3 days a week for 6 weeks.

Treatment:

Other: standard rehabilitation

Other: Action Observation training

Control Group

Other group

Description:

Individuals included in this group will receive only 40 minutes of standard rehabilitation. Patients will be trained 3 days a week for 6 weeks.

Treatment:

Other: standard rehabilitation