The Effect of Motor Imagery and Action Observation on Motor Skill Acquisition

The Effect of Motor Imagery and Action Observation on Motor Skill Acquisition in Healthy Adults

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05765708

Enrollment

120

Registered

2023-03-13

Start date

2023-03-01

Completion date

2023-08-15

Last updated

2023-07-19

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Conditions

Healthy

Brief summary

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of Motor Imagery and Action Observation on Motor Skill Acquisition in healthy adults.

Interventions

OTHERMotor Imagery

Motor imagery is the mental execution of a movement without any overt movement or without any peripheral (muscle) activation. It has been shown that motor imagery leads to the activation of the same brain areas as an actual movement. Therefore, it is used to acquire new motor skills. Action Observation (AO) involves the dynamic process of observing purposeful actions with the intention of imitating and then practicing those actions.

DIAGNOSTIC_TESTAction Observation

Action Observation (AO) involves the dynamic process of observing purposeful actions with the intention of imitating and then practicing those actions.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

OTHER

Masking

SINGLE (Subject)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 35 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Right hand dominance

Exclusion criteria

* Individuals with neurological, orthopedic, or rheumatological disease (for example: stroke, essential tremor, tennis player, trigger finger, rheumatoid arthritis, etc.) * Severe cognitive problems

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Finger Tapping Task	5 minutes	The finger tapping task is a motor sequence learning task in which participants are asked to tap with their non-dominant hand a 5-digits sequence (for example 4-1-3-2-4 or 2-4-13-2), as rapidly and accurately as possible, using the numeric key-buttons of a computer keyboard or a response box.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Movement Imagery Questionnaire-3	15 minutes	The Movement Imagery Questionnaire-3 is the most recent version of the Movement Imagery Questionnaire and the Movement Imagery Questionnaire-Revised. It is a 12-item questionnaire to assess individual's ability to image four movements using: Internal visual imagery External visual imagery Kinesthetic imagery. A 7 point scale used to score each item and the higher score indicates higher ability to perform motor imagery.

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026