Motor Imagery and Rehabilitation of Orthopaedic Patients

I.R.C.C.S Ospedale Galeazzi-Sant'Ambrogio

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Orthopedic Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: Cognitive training; Behavioral: Evaluation of gait abilities; Behavioral: Mental training based on Motor Imagery

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03370146

L3020

Details and patient eligibility

About

Motor imagery is increasingly used as a plasticity-booster to complement conventional rehabilitation. Here the investigators test the hypothesis that the combination of mental training with conventional rehabilitation may speed up the recovery in patients with total knee arthroplasty. The investigators also characterize the brain correlates of such recovery with imagery tasks for virtual reality environments.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 45 to 80 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Right handed
• No contraindication to the fMRI exam

Exclusion criteria

• Contraindication to the fMRI exam

Trial design

100 participants in 3 patient groups

TKA patients - Experimental Group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Evaluation of gait abilities

Behavioral: Mental training based on Motor Imagery

TKA patients - Control Group 1

Treatment:

Behavioral: Cognitive training

Behavioral: Evaluation of gait abilities

Healthy subjects - Control Group 2

Treatment:

Behavioral: Evaluation of gait abilities