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Mirror Illusion Training and Cross-education

NCT05084690 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2021-10-20

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Summary

Cross-education describes the transfer of motor performance to the opposite limb following unilateral training and is primarily explained by adaptations within the brain. The mirror training hypothesis suggests that illusionary mirror visual feedback may augment the cross-education of strength to the untrained, contralateral limb. The purpose of this project is to examine how the use of illusionary mirror visual feedback shapes the neuromuscular adaptations that occur for both limbs during unilateral (single-limb) strength training. Our hypothesis is that mirror training will augment the level of cross-education for the untrained arm.

Conditions

  • Exercise Therapy
  • Weight Lifting

Interventions

OTHER

Unilateral resistance training

Unilateral resistance training of the elbow flexors

OTHER

Illusionary mirror visual feedback

Modified Ramachandran's mirror box

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Texas Christian University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Joshua C Carr · Texas Christian University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
35 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-07-19
Primary Completion
2023-08-19
Completion
2023-08-19

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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