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title: Improve hand dexterity with imagery
nct_id: NCT07193303
phase: NA
status: RECRUITING
sponsor: Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University
study_type: INTERVENTIONAL
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clinicaltrials_gov: "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07193303"
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# Improve hand dexterity with imagery

**Goal (in five words):** Improve hand dexterity with imagery

**Official Title:** The Immediate Effect of Mental Imagery on Upper Extremity Skills With the Patients of Parkinson's Disease

**Trial ID:** [NCT07193303](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07193303)

## Key Facts

- **Phase:** NA
- **Status:** RECRUITING
- **Study Type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Sponsor:** Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University
- **Target Enrollment:** 30 participants
- **Start Date:** 2025-07-01
- **Completion Date:** 2025-12-31
- **Conditions:** PARKINSON DISEASE (Disorder), Mental Imagery, Motor Imagery
- **Interventions:** mental imagination
- **Intervention Types:** OTHER

## Summary For Families

The goal is to find out whether guided mental imagery can produce immediate improvements in hand and arm skills that people with Parkinson's use for everyday tasks. The approach asks participants to mentally rehearse specific upper‑limb movements, which activates motor planning networks in the brain and can prime better movement execution without physical practice, and it is noninvasive so it can be used alongside usual medications like levodopa. Effects are measured right after the mental imagery on standard dexterity and motor tasks to see if there is a quick benefit. The trial is looking for people aged 40 to 75 with idiopathic Parkinson's, Hoehn and Yahr stage 4 or lower, adequate cognition (MMSE ≥24 for those receiving training, ≥18 for those not), no other neurologic or systemic disease, and no upper extremity contractures; people on neuroleptics or antidepressants, with treated psychiatric illness, or with orthopedic/other neurologic problems affecting the hands are excluded.

## Eligibility

- **Minimum age:** 40 Years
- **Maximum age:** 75 Years
- **Sex:** ALL

### Full Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria:

* Healthy individuals aged 40-75 years, diagnosed with idiopathic PD according to the UK Parkinson's Disease Association Brain Bank criteria by a specialist neurologist, with a Modified Hoehn \& Yahr (m-HY) scale stage ≤4, and with a Mini Mental State Examination score of ≥24 for those with training and ≥18 for those without training, and with no known disease, volunteered to participate in the study.
* PD individuals with no other known neurological and/or systemic disease
* PD individuals without any upper extremity contractures

Exclusion Criteria:

* Individuals with diagnosed and/or treated psychiatric illnesses who are considered unable to complete the tests.
* Individuals who is taking neuroleptic medications or antidepressants.
* Individuals with orthopedic conditions that interfere with manual dexterity tests, such as severe dyskinesia, carpal tunnel syndrome, tendon injuries, or finger amputations; rheumatological conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis; and individuals with any neurological condition other than PD.
```

## Locations (1)

- Kahramanmaraş Sütçü imam University, Kahramanmaraş, Onikişubat, Turkey (Türkiye) _(37.5847, 36.9264)_
  - Asiya Uzun, assistant professor — (CONTACT) — +903443002621 — asiyeaycicek@gmail.com
  - Hatice adıgüzel tat, Associate Professor — (SUB_INVESTIGATOR)
  - Asiya uzun, Asisstant Prof — (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)
  - Yusuf Şinasi Kırmacı, Asisstant Prof — (SUB_INVESTIGATOR)
  - Abdulkadir Ertürk, Msc — (SUB_INVESTIGATOR)
  - Tuğçe Simay Özbay, Msc — (SUB_INVESTIGATOR)
  - Buket Tuğan Yıldız, Associate Professor — (SUB_INVESTIGATOR)
  - Deniz Tuncel Berktaş, Proffessor — (SUB_INVESTIGATOR)

## Central Contacts

- Hatice adıgüzel tat, Associate Proffessor — (CONTACT) — +903443002647 — fzthatis@gmail.com
- hatice Adiguzel tat, Associate Proffessor — (CONTACT) — +903443002647 — fzthatis@gmail.com

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