Investigation of the Reliability and Validity of the Movement Imagination Questionnaire - Revised Second in Acute Stroke Patients

Investigation of the Reliability and Validity of the Movement Imagination Questionnaire - Revised Second in Acute Stroke Patients

Our study was planned to investigate the reliability validity of the Movement Imagery Questionnaire- RS in acute stroke patients.

For our study, the Turkish version of the Movement Imagery Questionnaire-RS will be established first. Then, the reliability and validity of the questionnaire in acute stroke patients will be examined.

The study included 70 stroke patients hospitalized in the Stroke Unit of the Neurology Department of Hacettepe University Hospitals and individuals between 50-75 years of age who do not have any disease in Ankara.

Motor imagery is a cognitive process that the person continues mentally without actually performing a particular motor movement. The concept of motor imaging has become more and more important in recent years and has allowed us to obtain different ideas about the emergence of motor movements. When the literature is analyzed, it was reported that the brain areas activated during the motor movement of individuals overlap with the active areas in the imaging process.As an individual's ability to imagine movement increases, the centers participating in the motor system become so activated. In the literature, it has been stated that this motor imaging ability may decrease in people who have had a stroke. For this reason, the motor imagination ability of the person should be evaluated before a suitable rehabilitation program is decided.When we look at the literature, it was seen that the Movement Imagery Questionnaire - Revised Second was used to evaluate the patients with subacute and chronic stroke, and there was no validity and reliability study in patients with acute stroke. Considering this situation, it was planned to translate the Movement Imagery Questionnaire -RS questionnaire into our language within the scope of our study and then to investigate the reliability and validity of patients with acute stroke.

Inclusion Criteria:

Acute Stroke Patients:

• Ischemic stroke diagnosis by the relevant neurologist,
• At least 24 hours after stroke,
• Stroke for the first time
• Stable vital signs and no improvement in symptoms for 48 hours
• 50 to 75 years of age
• 15 points from Glaskow Coma Scale (GCS),
• Absence of apraxia and aphasia (apraxia and aphasia will be evaluated by the relevant neurologist.)
• Being able to walk at least 10 m independently
• A maximum score of 15 from the Beck Depression Inventory
• To score 24 or more from Mini Mental Test
• Signing the Informed Volunteer Consent Form

Healthy Group:

• Being in the 50-75 age range
• Signing the Informed Volunteer Consent Form
• A maximum score of 15 from the Beck Depression Inventory
• Not having a known neurological disease

Exclusion Criteria:

• Supplement for stroke patients; any neurological, orthopedic, psychological (such as schizophrenia, psychosis) and systemic problems for the healthy group
• Use of drugs to affect epilepsy, seizure attacks and cognition
• Cerebellum or mesencephalon lesion
• The presence of contractures or excessive spasticity in the joints to limit movement
• Neglect of a body half
• Irreversible visual (hemianopsia, blindness), presence of auditory disability
• Participate in another experimental or drug study during the study