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The Influence of Motor Imagery in Fine Motor Skills

NCT02725450 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 42

Last updated 2016-04-01

No results posted yet for this study

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.

Conditions

  • Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities With No Organic Condition

Interventions

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.

BEHAVIORAL

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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Pedro AD Mendes, Phd · Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
68 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-03-31
Primary Completion
2015-02-28
Completion
2015-09-30

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