The Movement Imagery Ability in Patients With Familial Mediterranean Fever
The Movement Imagery Ability in Patients With Familial Mediterranean Fever
Motor imagery is the mental representation of movement without any doing body movement. A
 main function of imagery is to aid the self-regulation of thoughts, feelings, and behaviours.
 Studies have shown to be more effective for individuals displaying a higher level of imagery
 ability when using imagery to improve motor and motivational outcomes, including
 self-efficacy. The aim of this study is to measure the movement imagery ability in patients
 with Familial Mediterranean Fever and compare it with healthy individuals.
Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by
 recurrent and self-limited attacks of fever associated with abdominal, chest, and joint pain.
 Previous studies have shown that individuals with FMF are more limited in terms of physical
 function than the normal population, and depression and anxiety are more common in these
 individuals. Being a lifetime disease, quality of life, and mental health can be affected due
 to serious complications such as attack frequency, disease resistance, and sometimes
 amyloidosis. Mental imagery is the ability to imaging the movement without doing the physical
 execution of the movement. During the last years, mental imagery is used in clinical practice
 as a tool for the treatment of chronic pain. Pain differs in patients with rheumatic
 diseases. Stress is one of the predictors of pain in patients with FMF. Even if the frequency
 is variable when attacks happen they may affect patients physically and their mental health
 and the ability to cope. A main function of imagery is to aid the self-regulation of
 thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. To use imagery for motor and motivational outcomes firstly
 the imagery ability levels should be measured.
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  having had at least one attack last year

 -  co-operated individuals

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  patients with a neurological disorder,

 -  diagnosed with cancer,

 -  cognitive impairment,

 -  having a primary pathology of the musculoskeletal system,

 -  having previous imagery practice,

 -  having an additional rheumatic disease