Cortical Excitability and Typing Performance After Action Observation and Motor Execution
ConditionYoung Adults
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-26
SponsorUniversity of Sharjah
About this trial
Goal:
This study will aim to investigate the effects of different motor stimulation strategies-motor execution (ME) and action observation (AO)-on cortical excitability and typing performance in healthy individuals.
Recruitment:
A total of 60 healthy university students will be recruited and randomly assigned into three groups:
Motor Execution group (n=20) Action Observation group (n=20) Control group (n=20)
Evaluation Tools:
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) using DEYMED DuoMAG XT will be used to measure Resting Motor Threshold (RMT), Motor Evoked Potential (MEP) Amplitude, and MEP Latency of the First Dorsal Interosseous (FDI) muscle.
Online Typing Test will be used to assess typing speed (words per minute) and accuracy (percentage of correct characters).
Intervention:
The ME group will perform a 3-minute typing task. The AO group will observe a 3-minute first-person video of typing. The Control group will not receive any intervention between assessments.
All participants will undergo TMS and typing assessments twice, once before and once after the intervention.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Age between 18 and 26 years
Healthy university students with no known neurological, psychiatric, or musculoskeletal conditions
Intact motor functioning of the upper limbs
Basic typing proficiency using a 10-finger typing method
Disqualifiers
Typing speed less than 16 words per minute
Use of hunt-and-peck or single-finger typing style
History of seizures or epilepsy
Current use of neuroactive medications
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Motor Execution Typing Task
- Action Observation of Typing Task
Treatment groups
60 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov