Effects of Motor Imagery Intervention on Functional Recovery Following Total Knee Arthroplasty

In detail, they were advised to imagine maximal voluntary isometric contractions (MViC). MViC imagery practice was planned in a progressive manner. Thus, it was performed in two sets of 25 repetitions with 2 minutes of inter-sets rest period, for two weeks, and 10 additional repetitions were added on week three and four, respectively. Each MViC repetition was sustained for 5 seconds, followed by 5 seconds of inter-repetition rest periods. Additionally, after every fifth contraction, participants had a 20 seconds of rest. Following 5 days of MI practice, the participants were advised to take a break from MI for two consecutive days. After hospital discharge, the participants in the MIp group were supplied with an audio description of the exercises to be performed.