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When the field of neurorehabilitation is examined, most of the current physiotherapy and rehabilitation approaches are based on real movements to stimulate damaged motor neural connections through neuroplasticity. However, since studies have shown that similar brain regions are activated during real movement with motor imagery, which is defined as imagining movement without actually revealing the movement, the findings of these studies suggest that motor functions can be improved through neuroplasticity, just like real movement. When the literature especially in the pediatric population is examined; The effectiveness of motor imagery training with children with cerebral palsy was examined and positive results were found. However, there are no such studies on children with DMD. In addition, telerehabilitation-based motor imagery training is a very rare treatment modality that requires further research. Therefore, the aim of the study is to investigate the effect of telerehabilitation-based motor imagery training on motor imagery ability, motor function and physical performance in children with DMD. The secondary aim of the study is to investigate the effects of telerehabilitation-based motor imagery training on psychosocial factors including fatigue and quality of life in children with DMD.


Clinical Trial Description

The primary aims of this study are; 1. To determine the motor imagery ability in children with DMD and compare it with healthy children, 2. To investigate the effect of telerehabilitation-based motor imagery training on motor imagery ability, motor function and physical performance in children with DMD. The secondary aim of the study is to investigate the effects of telerehabilitation-based motor imagery training on psychosocial factors including fatigue and quality of life in children with DMD. It is aimed that the data obtained as a result of this study will guide physiotherapists while preparing rehabilitation programs for DMD patients. When the literature is examined, it is reported that motor imagery training is used in many pediatric diseases such as cerebral palsy, brachial plexus, developmental coordination disorder and has positive effects. No study was found in which the effectiveness of motor imagery training was investigated in children with DMD. With this study, it is aimed to contribute to the literature by investigating the effects of motor imagery training to be applied to children with DMD on motor imagery skills, motor function and physical performance. After determining the functional levels of the children with DMD included in our study according to the Brooke Lower Extremity Functional Classification, a stratified randomization method will be applied by a researcher who was not involved in the evaluation and treatment intervention based on these levels. Thus, patients with DMD will be divided into 2 groups as Group 1 and Group 2. The above-mentioned evaluations of children with DMD will be made twice, before and after the treatment, by a researcher other than the researcher who performed the patient selection and randomization. In order to compare the pre-educational motor imagery skills of children with DMD with healthy children, the group of healthy children will be evaluated only once and no training will be applied to this group. The interventions to be applied to the groups in the study are summarized below; Group 1 (children with DMD): Telerehabilitation-based physiotherapy program + telerehabilitation-based motor imagery training Group 2 (children with DMD): Telerehabilitation-based physiotherapy program Healthy child group: No intervention will be applied Sessions will be planned three (3) times a week for eight (8) weeks, and session times will be planned by considering the fatigue levels of the children and school hours. ;


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NCT number NCT06109103
Study type Interventional
Source Hacettepe University
Contact merve bora zereyak
Phone 05058625335
Email mervebora95@gmail.com
Status Not yet recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date December 15, 2023
Completion date December 1, 2025

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