The effects of combined action observation and motor imagery on corticospinal excitability and movement outcomes: Two meta-analyses

Samantha Chye; Ashika Chembila Valappil; David J Wright; Cornelia Frank; David A Shearer; Christopher J Tyler; Ceri E Diss; Omar S Mian; Neale A Tillin; Adam M Bruton

doi:10.1101/2022.05.23.493106

The effects of combined action observation and motor imagery on corticospinal excitability and movement outcomes: Two meta-analyses

Samantha Chye, Ashika Chembila Valappil, David J Wright, Cornelia Frank, David A Shearer, Christopher J Tyler, Ceri E Diss, Omar S Mian, Neale A Tillin, Adam M Bruton

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Motor simulation interventions involving motor imagery (MI) and action observation (AO) have received considerable interest in the behavioral sciences. A growing body of research has focused on using AO and MI simultaneously, termed 'combined action observation and motor imagery' (AOMI). The current paper includes two meta-analyses that quantify changes in corticospinal excitability and motor skill performance for AOMI compared to AO, MI and control conditions. Specifically, the first meta-analysis collated and synthesized existing motor evoked potential (MEP) amplitude data from transcranial magnetic stimulation studies and the second meta-analysis collated and synthesized existing movement outcome data from behavioral studies. AOMI had a positive effect compared to control and AO but not MI conditions for both MEP amplitudes and movement outcomes. No methodological factors moderated the effects of AOMI, indicating a robust effect of AOMI across the two outcome variables. The results of the meta-analyses are discussed in relation to existing literature on motor simulation and skill acquisition, before providing viable directions for future research on this topic.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	104911
Journal	Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
Volume	143
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.05.23.493106 https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.05.23.493106 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104911
Publication status	Published - Dec 2022

Keywords

Humans
Imagination/physiology
Muscle, Skeletal/physiology
Evoked Potentials, Motor/physiology
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Movement
Pyramidal Tracts/physiology

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Chye, S., Valappil, A. C., Wright, D. J., Frank, C., Shearer, D. A., Tyler, C. J., Diss, C. E., Mian, O. S., Tillin, N. A., & Bruton, A. M. (2022). The effects of combined action observation and motor imagery on corticospinal excitability and movement outcomes: Two meta-analyses. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 143, 104911. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.05.23.493106, https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.05.23.493106, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104911

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Chye, S, Valappil, AC, Wright, DJ, Frank, C, Shearer, DA, Tyler, CJ , Diss, CE , Mian, OS , Tillin, NA & Bruton, AM 2022, 'The effects of combined action observation and motor imagery on corticospinal excitability and movement outcomes: Two meta-analyses', Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, vol. 143, pp. 104911. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.05.23.493106, https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.05.23.493106, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104911

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