The Immediate Effect of Mental Imagery on Upper Extremity Skills With the Patients of Parkinson's Disease

Status: Recruiting
Location: See location...
Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease, characterized pathologically by the progressive loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra and clinically by the presence of motor symptoms such as bradykinesia, resting tremor, and/or rigidity. Among the motor deficits frequently observed in PD, patients are known to frequently report difficulties with manual dexterity. Many upper extremity and manual dexterity deficits are present in PD. Motor imagery (MI) is the imaginal execution of motor activities or the activation of specific muscles in the absence of any explicit feedback. This area of rehabilitation has been shown to be effective in improving and developing motor skills in many neurological conditions where patients exhibit motor recognition and execution impairments. MI can be applied at all stages of recovery from PD, is highly effective in movement-related pathologies, and can be performed independently.There is sufficient evidence that MI improves motor performance and learning in individuals with neurological disorders such as multiple sclerosis, stroke, and spinal cord injury. The study was designed to investigate the immediate effects of mental imagery, which is thought to be effective in controlling difficulties in planning and initiating movements in PD, on upper extremity skills. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the effect of mental imagery on upper extremity skills in PD.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 40
Maximum Age: 75
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• Healthy individuals aged 40-75 years, diagnosed with idiopathic PD according to the UK Parkinson's Disease Association Brain Bank criteria by a specialist neurologist, with a Modified Hoehn \& Yahr (m-HY) scale stage ≤4, and with a Mini Mental State Examination score of ≥24 for those with training and ≥18 for those without training, and with no known disease, volunteered to participate in the study.

• PD individuals with no other known neurological and/or systemic disease

• PD individuals without any upper extremity contractures

Locations
Other Locations
Turkey
Kahramanmaraş Sütçü imam University
RECRUITING
Kahramanmaraş
Contact Information
Primary
Hatice adıgüzel tat, Associate Proffessor
fzthatis@gmail.com
+903443002647
Backup
hatice Adiguzel tat, Associate Proffessor
fzthatis@gmail.com
+903443002647
Time Frame
Start Date: 2025-07-01
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-10-30
Participants
Target number of participants: 30
Treatments
Experimental: 1/study group
Upper extremity skill tests will be performed on individuals diagnosed with idiopathic Parkinson's disease and recorded with a mental stopwatch using mental imagery.
No_intervention: 2/control group
Upper extremity skill tests will be performed on individuals diagnosed with idiopathic Parkinson's disease.
Sponsors
Leads: Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University

This content was sourced from clinicaltrials.gov