Effect of Motor Imagery Ability on Functionality and Proprioception in Amputees Using Myoelectric Prostheses"

Launched by MEDIPOL UNIVERSITY · Aug 6, 2024

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is looking at how well people who have lost their arm below the elbow can imagine moving their missing limb while using a special type of prosthesis that works with their muscle signals, called a myoelectric prosthesis. The study aims to compare the ability to imagine movement in these amputees with a control group of people without amputations. Researchers want to understand how this ability affects the participants' overall function and awareness of their body position, known as proprioception.

To be eligible for the study, amputees must be using a myoelectric prosthesis for at least six months and have a relatively low level of depression as measured by a specific questionnaire. Control participants need to be between the ages of 18 and 65 and also meet certain mental and literacy requirements. The trial is not yet recruiting participants, but those who join can expect to take part in assessments that will help researchers learn more about the connection between mental imagery and physical function in amputees.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Amputee group inclusion criteria
• • Being an amputee using a unilateral transradial and myoelectric prosthesis
• • Having at least 6 months of prosthesis experience
• • Having a maximum score of 15 on the Beck Depression Inventory
• • Having a minimum score of 26 on the Standardized Mini Mental Test
• • Being willing to participate in the study
• • Control Group inclusion criteria
• • Being between the ages of 18-65
• • Having a minimum score of 26 on the Standardized Mini Mental Test
• • Having signed the Informed Voluntary Consent Form
• • Having a maximum score of 15 on the Beck Depression Inventory
• • Being literate
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Amputee group exclusion criteria
• • Having another physical problem other than amputation
• • Having a diagnosed cognitive disorder
• • Not being able to read or write
• • Exclusion criteria for the control group from the study
• • Having any neurological, orthopedic, psychological (such as schizophrenia, psychosis) and systemic problems
• • Having an unchangeable visual or auditory disability