Motor Imagery
Conditions
Keywords
Imagery, Exercise, Adolescent Basketball Players
Brief summary
The aim of this study is to examine the investigation of the effects of motor imagery to facilitate sensorimotor re-learning training on performance and heart rate variability in adolescent basketball players.
Detailed description
Motor imagery is defined as the mental process of simulating a certain action without any movement. In one study, researchers showed that motor imagery training activates the sensorimotor system and that brain plasticity resulting from actual movement execution also occurs as a result of motor imagery. When the literature is examined, it has been reported in studies that muscle strength may increase as a result of imagery training. However, there are also studies reporting that imagery training is effective on performance in basketball players. Dynamic motor imagery, on the other hand, is a type of motor imagery in which the athletes adopt a harmonious body position and embody the spatial and/or temporal invariants of the movement without fully realizing it. According to a study, dynamic imagery training has a positive effect on free throw performance in basketball players. To facilitate sensorimotor relearning, which is a new training model, motor imagery training is an approach that approaches athletes with a holistic perspective, combining both physical exercises and dynamic motor imagery training. In a study, it was reported that training is more fun than just physical exercises . When the literature is examined; no study has been found examining the effects of motor imagery training on performance and heart rate changes in order to facilitate sensorimotor relearning in adolescent basketball players.
Interventions
OTHERMotor Imagery to Facilitate Sensorimotor Re-Learning Training
In order to motor imagery to facilitate sensorimotor re-learning training will be given for 20 minutes a day, 3 days a week, for a total of 8 weeks. Basketball-specific movement patterns will be used (squat, single leg jump, side stepping, standing on one leg, squat on one leg, etc.). Exercises will be started from easy and progressed to more advanced levels. During the exercise, the person will not only be physically active, but will be asked to dynamically visualize the determined scenario. Thus, a holistic exercise program will be applied both physically and psychologically.
OTHERControl Group
They will only continue their routine basketball technical-tactical training.
Sponsors
Ege University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
MALE
Age
11 Years to 19 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
1. Being between the ages of 11-19 2. Playing licensed basketball for at least 2 years 3. Being a man
Exclusion criteria
1. Coming to the hospital with a musculoskeletal injury in the last 3 months 2. Not being willing to participate in the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Balance | change from baseline at 8 weeks | The balance of the athletes will be evaluated with the Y balance test. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Muscle Power | change from baseline at 8 weeks | The muscular power of the athletes will be evaluated with the vertical jump test. |
| Muscle Strength | change from baseline at 8 weeks | The muscular strength of the athletes will be evaluated with a hand-held dynamometer. In this context, it will be done separately for the quadriceps femoris, hamstring and gastracnemius muscle groups. |
| Shooting Performance | change from baseline at 8 weeks | Shooting performance of the athletes will be evaluated with the free throw test. Athletes shall attempt 10 free throws as successfully as possible. The researcher will hand the ball to the players before each shot. The number of successful free throws will be recorded from 0 to 10 |
| Agility | change from baseline at 8 weeks | The agility of the athletes will be evaluated with the hexagonal agility test. The test will be started while the athlete is standing on the tape strip placed in the middle of the hexagon marking the starting position. The researcher will start the stopwatch after giving the command Ready, start to the athlete. Each athlete will jump from the center of the hexagon to the outside of the hexagon with both legs. In this way, the athlete will turn around the hexagon 3 times and return to the center. The stopwatch will be stopped when the athlete returns to the center mark after 3 laps around the hexagon. |
| Heart Rate Variability | change from baseline at 8 weeks | The heart rate variability will be performed with a heart rate monitor (Polar H10). |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Contacts
Primary ContactEmre Uysal, M. Sc.
Outcome results
None listed