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Motor Imagery and Rehabilitation of Orthopaedic Patients

NCT03370146 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2017-12-13

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

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.

Conditions

  • Orthopedic Disorder

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Mental training based on Motor Imagery

Patients of the experimental group will be instructed to imagine walking, from a first person perspective, focusing on the kinaesthetic sensations typically associated with the movement. The motor imagery training will be performed using the support of a laptop, on which there will be presented complex static scenes, representing different kind of paths with different landmarks to reach during the mental walking.

BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive training

Patients of the control group 1 will undergo a general cognitive training, not based on motor imagery.

BEHAVIORAL

Evaluation of gait abilities

All the subjects included in the trial will undergo a series of behavioral test for the evaluation of gai abilities

Sponsors & Collaborators

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

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
45 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-03-17
Primary Completion
2018-07-30
Completion
2018-10-30

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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