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From mind to body: is mental practice effective on strength gains? A meta-analysis

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dc.contributor.authorManochio, João Paulo
dc.contributor.authorLattari, Eduardo
dc.contributor.authorPortugal, Eduardo Matta Mello
dc.contributor.authorMonteiro-Junior, Renato Sobral
dc.contributor.authorPaes, Flávia
dc.contributor.authorBudde, Henning
dc.contributor.authorTarso Veras Farinatti, Paulo de
dc.contributor.authorArias-Carrión, Oscar
dc.contributor.authorWegner, Mirko
dc.contributor.authorCarta, Mauro Giovanni
dc.contributor.authorMura, Gioia
dc.contributor.authorRocha, Nuno
dc.contributor.authorAlmada, Leonardo Ferreira
dc.contributor.authorNardi, Antonio Egidio
dc.contributor.authorYuan, Ti-Fei
dc.contributor.authorMachado, Sergio
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-08T17:21:50Z
dc.date.available2016-11-01T01:30:09Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractMental practice is an internal reproduction of a motor act (whose intention is to promote learning and improving motor skills). Some studies have shown that other cognitive strategies also increase the strength and muscular resistance in healthy people by the enhancement of the performance during dynamic tasks. Mental training sessions may be primordial to improving muscle strength in different subjects. The aim of this study was to systematically review and meta-analiyze studies that assessed whether mental practice is effective in improving muscular strength. We conducted an electronic-computed search in Pub-Med/Medline and ISI Web of Knowledge, Scielo and manual searchs, searching papers written in English between 1991 and 2014. There were 44 studies in Pub-Med/Medline, 631 in ISI Web of Knowledge, 11 in Scielo and 3 in manual searchs databases. After exclusion of studies for duplicate, unrelated to the topic by title and summary, different samples and methodologies, a meta-analysis of 4 studies was carried out to identify the dose-response relationship. We did not find evidence that mental practice is effective in increasing strength in healthy individuals. There is no evidence that mental practice alone can be effective to induce strength gains or to optimize the training effects.pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.2174/1871527315666151111125847pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/7347
dc.language.isoporpt_PT
dc.publisherBentham Science Publisherspt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/ben/cnsnddt/2015/00000014/00000009/art00007pt_PT
dc.subjectMental practicept_PT
dc.subjectimagerypt_PT
dc.subjectmotor imagerypt_PT
dc.subjectmuscle strengthpt_PT
dc.subjectresistance trainingpt_PT
dc.subjectstrengthpt_PT
dc.subjectstrength trainingpt_PT
dc.titleFrom mind to body: is mental practice effective on strength gains? A meta-analysispt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage1151pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage1145pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleCNS and Neurological Disorders - Drug Targetspt_PT
oaire.citation.volume14pt_PT
person.familyNameRocha
person.givenNameNuno
person.identifier192266
person.identifier.ciencia-idAE16-A494-5F8B
person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-3139-2786
person.identifier.ridM-9821-2013
person.identifier.scopus-author-id32867975300
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