Exploring the impact of aging on motor imagery abilities: a systematic review with meta-analysis
ObjectiveExplore motor imagery (MI) abilities in healthy older adults compared with healthy younger adults.MethodsA systematic review with meta-analysis.ResultsTwenty-seven cross-sectional studies were included. Meta-analyses explored MI abilities between healthy older and younger adults for the abi...
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| author | José Fierro-Marrero José Fierro-Marrero José Fierro-Marrero Mario González-Iglesias Alberto Melis-Romeu Javier Andrés López-Vidal Alba Paris-Alemany Alba Paris-Alemany Alba Paris-Alemany Roy La Touche Roy La Touche Roy La Touche |
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| description | ObjectiveExplore motor imagery (MI) abilities in healthy older adults compared with healthy younger adults.MethodsA systematic review with meta-analysis.ResultsTwenty-seven cross-sectional studies were included. Meta-analyses explored MI abilities between healthy older and younger adults for the ability to generate kinesthetic (60–70 years: g = −0.24, 95%CI = −1.61, 1.13; 70–80 years: g = −1.29, 95%CI = −2.75, 0.17), and visual modality (g = −0.08, 95%CI = −0.71, 0.86); vividness in kinesthetic (g = 0.14, 95%CI = −0.13, 0.41), IV (g = 0.11, 95%CI = −0.16, 0.38), and EV modalities (g = 0.05, 95%CI = −0.15, 0.24); mental chronometry in timed-up and go (seconds = 0.63, 95%CI = −0.02, 1.27), and linear walk (seconds = 0.75, 95%CI = −0.55, 2.06); and MI-execution time congruence (performance overestimation) in linear walk (g = −0.02, 95%CI = −0.73, 0.69). Mental chronometry in upper limb movements was analyzed visually in forest plot indicating tendencies of greater time in older adults. Hand recognition in hand laterality judgment task visual analysis revealed a poorer accuracy, greater response time and lower efficiency in older adults.ConclusionVividness of MI in kinesthetic and visual modalities appears to be preserved in older adults. Tendencies for greater time in mental chronometry were observed in older adults in TUG, linear walk and upper limb tasks. Implicit MI assessed with hand laterality showed older adults have lower accuracy, longer response times and lower efficiency. The ability to generate MI in kinesthetic and visual modalities presented imprecise results, and no clear conclusions could be drawn on MI-execution temporal congruence due to imprecision. Further research is needed to potentially clarify these findings.Systematic review registrationPROSPERO: CRD42023384916. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-54eb3b78cd1f4aa7afb2ad45543dd6f82025-01-23T15:55:48ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652025-01-011210.3389/fpubh.2024.14057911405791Exploring the impact of aging on motor imagery abilities: a systematic review with meta-analysisJosé Fierro-Marrero0José Fierro-Marrero1José Fierro-Marrero2Mario González-Iglesias3Alberto Melis-Romeu4Javier Andrés López-Vidal5Alba Paris-Alemany6Alba Paris-Alemany7Alba Paris-Alemany8Roy La Touche9Roy La Touche10Roy La Touche11Departamento de Fisioterapia, Centro Superior de Estudios Universitarios La Salle, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, SpainMotion in Brains Research Group, Centro Superior de Estudios Universitarios La Salle, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, SpainPhD Program in Medicine and Surgery, Doctoral School, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, SpainDepartamento de Fisioterapia, Centro Superior de Estudios Universitarios La Salle, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, SpainDepartamento de Fisioterapia, Centro Superior de Estudios Universitarios La Salle, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, SpainDepartamento de Fisioterapia, Centro Superior de Estudios Universitarios La Salle, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, SpainMotion in Brains Research Group, Centro Superior de Estudios Universitarios La Salle, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, SpainDepartment of Radiology, Rehabilitation and Physiotherapy, Faculty of Nursery, Physiotherapy and Podiatry, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, SpainInstituto de Dolor Craneofacial y Neuromusculoesquelético (INDCRAN), Madrid, SpainDepartamento de Fisioterapia, Centro Superior de Estudios Universitarios La Salle, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, SpainMotion in Brains Research Group, Centro Superior de Estudios Universitarios La Salle, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, SpainInstituto de Dolor Craneofacial y Neuromusculoesquelético (INDCRAN), Madrid, SpainObjectiveExplore motor imagery (MI) abilities in healthy older adults compared with healthy younger adults.MethodsA systematic review with meta-analysis.ResultsTwenty-seven cross-sectional studies were included. Meta-analyses explored MI abilities between healthy older and younger adults for the ability to generate kinesthetic (60–70 years: g = −0.24, 95%CI = −1.61, 1.13; 70–80 years: g = −1.29, 95%CI = −2.75, 0.17), and visual modality (g = −0.08, 95%CI = −0.71, 0.86); vividness in kinesthetic (g = 0.14, 95%CI = −0.13, 0.41), IV (g = 0.11, 95%CI = −0.16, 0.38), and EV modalities (g = 0.05, 95%CI = −0.15, 0.24); mental chronometry in timed-up and go (seconds = 0.63, 95%CI = −0.02, 1.27), and linear walk (seconds = 0.75, 95%CI = −0.55, 2.06); and MI-execution time congruence (performance overestimation) in linear walk (g = −0.02, 95%CI = −0.73, 0.69). Mental chronometry in upper limb movements was analyzed visually in forest plot indicating tendencies of greater time in older adults. Hand recognition in hand laterality judgment task visual analysis revealed a poorer accuracy, greater response time and lower efficiency in older adults.ConclusionVividness of MI in kinesthetic and visual modalities appears to be preserved in older adults. Tendencies for greater time in mental chronometry were observed in older adults in TUG, linear walk and upper limb tasks. Implicit MI assessed with hand laterality showed older adults have lower accuracy, longer response times and lower efficiency. The ability to generate MI in kinesthetic and visual modalities presented imprecise results, and no clear conclusions could be drawn on MI-execution temporal congruence due to imprecision. Further research is needed to potentially clarify these findings.Systematic review registrationPROSPERO: CRD42023384916.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1405791/fullmotor imagerymovement imagerymental representationolder adultsaginggeriatrics |
| spellingShingle | José Fierro-Marrero José Fierro-Marrero José Fierro-Marrero Mario González-Iglesias Alberto Melis-Romeu Javier Andrés López-Vidal Alba Paris-Alemany Alba Paris-Alemany Alba Paris-Alemany Roy La Touche Roy La Touche Roy La Touche Exploring the impact of aging on motor imagery abilities: a systematic review with meta-analysis Frontiers in Public Health motor imagery movement imagery mental representation older adults aging geriatrics |
| title | Exploring the impact of aging on motor imagery abilities: a systematic review with meta-analysis |
| title_full | Exploring the impact of aging on motor imagery abilities: a systematic review with meta-analysis |
| title_fullStr | Exploring the impact of aging on motor imagery abilities: a systematic review with meta-analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring the impact of aging on motor imagery abilities: a systematic review with meta-analysis |
| title_short | Exploring the impact of aging on motor imagery abilities: a systematic review with meta-analysis |
| title_sort | exploring the impact of aging on motor imagery abilities a systematic review with meta analysis |
| topic | motor imagery movement imagery mental representation older adults aging geriatrics |
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