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Table 1 The first-person perspective mental practice tasks applied during the intervention-phase sessions

From: Influence of functional task-oriented mental practice on the gait of transtibial amputees: a randomized, clinical trial

Group A

Group B

Sitting down and arising from a chair

Imagining and thinking of life goals

Walking with the prosthesis

Walking fast

Imagining trips

Jumping over obstacles

Running

Walking up a staircase

Imagining and thinking about one’s family relationships

Walking up a ramp

Walking and running in a “zig-zag” manner

Walking down a staircase

Thinking and remembering moments of happiness

Walking down a ramp

  1. Group A: Oriented-gait motor functional tasks according to a continuum of intensity and effort; Group B: non-motor tasks