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Since the beginning of the new millennium, the use of mental practice and
movement imagery within several medical professions in rehabilitation and therapy
has received an increased attention. Before this introduction in healthcare, the
use of movement imagery was mainly researched in sports science. Mental practice
is a complex intervention. When a complex intervention is applied in a new target
group or population, the intervention is most likely needed to be adjusted,
developed, and evaluated. Recently, a dissertation has been published in which
the researchers describe their efforts to transfer the use of movement imagery in
sports to rehabilitation. This study reports two aspects from this research
project: (a) What did the researcher do? (b) What do the results mean for future
research? First, however, some background information is given, in which the use
of movement imagery in athletes is discussed.

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