Naslov
Zagreb study on beneficial effects of knitting

Autori
Šantić, Ana Marija ; Vidović, Domagoj ; Brečić, Petrana ; Kerovec, Sandra ; Mimica, Ninoslav

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, stručni

Izvornik
Neurologia Croatica 71 (Suppl. 3) / Šimić, Goran ; Mimica, Ninoslav - Zagreb : Denona, 2022, 70-70

Skup
Hrvatski kongres o Alzheimerovoj bolesti (CROCAD-22) s međunarodnim sudjelovanjem

Mjesto i datum
Supetar, Hrvatska, 05.10.2022. - 08.10.2022

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Domaća recenzija

Ključne riječi
knitting ; therapeutic ; study ; EEG ; EWE Foundation

Sažetak
The concept of “therapeutic knitting” originally is defined by Betsan Corkhill from the UK, @ Stitchlinks (http://www.stitchlinks.com). There are numerous benefits for mental health and well-being to the practice of activity like knitting. Studies done on patients with chronic pain due to osteoarthritis show that even short periods of knitting alleviate reported psychological and physiological symptoms (1). The extent to which such a practice is linked to psychological dimensions, such as stress, depression, or anxiety is still unclear, and so are the precise mechanisms that may support such benefits to wellbeing. The proposed study builds on the hypothesis that the practice of knitting is akin to the training of attention in the practice of meditation, which itself has many benefits for mental health and wellbeing: in many meditative traditions, the practitioner focuses their attention for extended periods of time ; a consequence of this training lies in cognitive restructuring, alleviating ruminations and supporting changes to the brain substrate itself (neuroplasticity) in the longer term. Neural correlates of the meditating brain have been studied since the 1970s, and clear biomarkers in electroencephalography and functional magnetic resonance imaging have been described (2). This study will be conducted in cooperation with Carlo Besta Neurological Institute in Milan, Italy. It will involve the recording of neural correlates of the practice of knitting using electroencephalography (EEG) ; we will record EEG signals from knitters before and after an acute session of “meditative knitting” and the performance on specific visual tasks will be measured. In both pre and post EEG recording sessions, we will record 1) resting state activity with both eyes open and eyes closed, and 2) signal from the brain while the participant takes a computerized task measuring visuospatial attention and time to the reaction by determining the direction of an arrow which repeatedly reappears in the visual field. After that, the participants will be asked to knit during the period of 20 minutes and the protocol will be repeated. We hypothesize that the acute practice of knitting will yield the same patterns of activity reported for meditation and that participants’ performance on the visual task will be better in the post-sessions compared to the pre- sessions. Up to 40 volunteer participants will be recruited from local knitting groups, and through the Štrikeraj cafe program in OZANA. EEG recording with simultaneous visual task measurement will be performed in the EEG laboratory of University Psychiatric Hospital Vrapče. Acknowledgment: We thank EWE Foundation for their generous and unrestricted support. Literature: 1. Guitard P, Brosseau L, Wells GA, Paquet N, Paterson G, Toupin-April K, Cavallo S, Aydin SZ, Léonard G, De Angelis G. The knitting community-based trial for older women with osteoarthritis of the hands: design and rationale of a randomized controlled trial. BMC Muskuloskelet Disord. 2018 Feb 14 ; 19(1):56. 2. Cahn BR, Polich J. Meditation states and traits: EEG, ERP, and neuroimaging studies. Psychol Bull. 2006 Mar ; 132(2):180- 211.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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