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Motor imagery (MI), the mental practice of movements, has been suggested as a promising complement to other therapeutic approaches facilitating motor rehabilitation.

According to a pioneer in the field, Jon Kabat-Zinn, mindfulness is a mental practice of remaining present in the moment in a nonjudgmental way.

It has been largely stripped of its roots, which predominantly point back to the satipatthana sutta, a Buddhist discourse that outlines the physical and mental practice of mindfulness meditation.

Mental practice of this task was integrated in the experimental training programme above.

All patients were also asked at baseline assessment whether they did motor imagery or mental practice of movements of their own accord (spontaneous motor imagery).

The randomized controlled trial by Liu and colleagues (2004) examined the effect of combined physical and mental practice of activities of daily living, such as folding laundry and going to the park, in patients 2 weeks post-stroke compared to the control group performing the same activities physically only.

Objective: To investigate the effect of mental practice on line-tracing accuracy of persons with hemiparetic stroke.

No enhanced recovery of motor function was found following mental practice on standard measures of motor recovery, notably the Fugl Meyer Assessment of upper-limb motor function.

Attempts have also been made to consider how different aspects of motor imagery affect the impact of mental practice on skilled motor performance.

Effects of mental practice on affected limb use and function in chronic stroke.

Some researchers have found support for mental imagery to maintain muscle strength and flexibility [ 42, 44] Schott & Limberger: Effects of mental practice on gait after total hip endoprosthesis, in prep], while others have not [ 40, 41, 43, 45].