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Immediate Effects of PETTLEP-Based AOMI on Upper Limb Kinematics in Stroke Survivors

NCT07507552 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 28

Last updated 2026-04-09

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the immediate effects of a mental practice technique, called Physical, Environment, Task, Timing, Learning, Emotion, Perspective (PETTLEP)-based Action Observation and Motor Imagery (AOMI), on arm movement in stroke survivors. Stroke often causes difficulty in moving the arm smoothly, leading patients to compensate by using their back or shoulder. In this study, participants will either receive a single session of the AOMI training (watching and mentally practicing a reach-to-grasp movement) or a control relaxation task. The researchers will use a smartphone-based motion capture system (OpenCap) to measure if the mental practice immediately improves the smoothness of the arm movement and reduces compensatory body movements.

Conditions

  • Stroke
  • Hemiplegia
  • Hemiplegia and/or Hemiparesis Following Stroke

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

PETTLEP-based Action Observation and Motor Imagery (AOMI)

A mental practice protocol involving sensory priming, action observation, and motor imagery of a reach-to-grasp task with selective functional constraints (Smoothness, Dissociation/Glued Back, and Relaxed Shoulder).

BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive and Somatic Control Tasks

Structured operations including somatic attention (body scanning) and visuospatial control (spatial navigation) timed and paired to exhaust attention without motor system participation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Istinye University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Begüm Kara Kaya, Asst. Prof · Istinye University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-04-01
Primary Completion
2027-03-20
Completion
2027-03-20

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