The Influence of Motor Imagery in Fine Motor Skills

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities With No Organic Condition Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Influence of Motor Imagery in Fine Motor Skills of Individuals With Disabilities

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02725450
• Other study ID #: ESE IPCB
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: March 23, 2016
• Last updated: March 31, 2016
• Start date: March 2014
• Est. completion date: September 2015

Study information

• Verified date: March 2016
• Source: Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Portugal: Data Protection Agency
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The main purpose of this study is to ascertain whether the application of Motor Imagery together with normal practice improves fine motor skills in disabled individuals.

Description:

Imagery is a cognitive process that can play an important role on the planning and execution of different movements or actions. The main purpose of this study is to ascertain whether the application of Motor Imagery together with normal practice improves fine motor skills in disabled individuals. In this study participated 42 subjects of both genders with disabilities, with a mean age of 37 (SD=12). Subjects were randomly divided in two groups: a control group and an experimental one. The study procedures were applied on five different tasks of the Psychomotor Battery of fine motor skills (BPM). This instrument was applied in two stages, at the beginning of the study (pretest) and at the end of the 4 weeks (posttest). Both groups performed the tasks twice a week for a month. Motor imagery sessions were added on in the experimental group. Participants on the experimental group were asked to mentally imagine themselves recreating tasks they had performed earlier on the initial assessment. For the analysis of the results, descriptive and inferential statistics were used. The T-test for independent samples, and the T-test for paired samples were applied.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 42
• Est. completion date: September 2015
• Est. primary completion date: February 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 68 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• institutionalized individuals

• individuals with disabilities who were able to perform motor tasks

Exclusion Criteria:

• individuals with hearing disability

• individuals with visual disability

• individuals without motor autonomy

Study Design

Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Developmental Disabilities
• Intellectual Disability
• Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities With No Organic Condition

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Motor Imagery + Psychomotor Battery of fine motor skills
Subjects were randomly divided in two groups: a control group and an experimental one. The study procedures were applied on five different tasks of the Psychomotor Battery of fine motor skills (BPM). This instrument was applied in two stages, at the beginning of the study (pretest) and at the end of the 4 weeks (posttest). Both groups performed the tasks twice a week for a month. Motor imagery sessions were added on in the experimental group. Participants on the experimental group were asked to mentally imagine themselves recreating tasks they had performed earlier on the initial assessment.
• Psychomotor Battery of fine motor skills Practice
Subjects were randomly divided in two groups: in the control group were applied on five different tasks of the Psychomotor Battery of fine motor skills (BPM). This instrument was applied in two stages, at the beginning of the study (pretest) and at the end of the 4 weeks (posttest). Both groups performed the tasks twice a week for a month.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Fine Motor Skill evaluated with Bateria Psicomotora (BPM)		16 weeks	No