The effect of motor imagery training on individuals with unilateral cerebral palsy on motor imagery ability, functional mobility and muscle activity.

Autor: Gözaçan Karabulut D; Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Gaziantep Islam Science and Technology University Faculty of Health Sciences, Gaziantep, Turkey., Tütün Yümin E; Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University Faculty of Health Sciences, Bolu, Turkey., Öztürk Y; Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Diseases, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University Medical Faculty, Bolu, Turkey.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Somatosensory & motor research [Somatosens Mot Res] 2022 Mar; Vol. 39 (1), pp. 62-69. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Nov 03.
DOI: 10.1080/08990220.2021.1997983
Abstrakt: Aim: This study aims to examine the effect of motor imagery (MI) training on MI abilities, functional mobility, and lower extremity muscle activity in children with unilateral cerebral palsy (UCP).
Method: 34 UCP and 17 typically developing participants were included. UCP was randomised into 2 groups as UCP MI and UCP control. Participants typically developing were included for baseline comparisons. UCP MI group received 8 weeks of physiotherapy and MI training, the UCP control group 8 weeks of physiotherapy training. The MI abilities, functional mobility, and lower extremity muscle activation were assessed in all groups.
Results: It was found that MI training made a significant difference in favour of the UCP MI group in terms of Movement Imagery Questionnaire-For Children (MIQ-C), mental chronometry, functional mobility, and resting muscle activation ( p  < 0.05). There was no such significant change in the UCP control group.
Conclusion: This current approach in UCP is a feasible method, beneficial to include it in the rehabilitation process.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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