Home-based Motor Imagery for Gait Stability in Older Adults. A Cross-over Feasibility Study. (MIGS-F) (MIGS-F)
Gait, Unsteady
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Gait, Unsteady
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- 40 years old or older
- Able to walk bout 100 meter, with or without walking aids, but without the help of a person or an ambulator
Exclusion Criteria:
- Walking with an ambulator (Rollator)
- No able to understand German
Sites / Locations
- Hochschule für Gesundheit HES-SO Valais-WallisRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
No Intervention
Experimental
Control
Motor imagery
Participants will be allowed to perform all usual activities but should refrain from performing the motor imagery exercises.
The motor imagery intervention is a non-pharmacological and non-invasive treatment often used in sport, music, or physical rehabilitation (Schuster, Hilfiker et al. 2011). Proposed tasks to be imagined by the participants are for example: "Imagine you are walking on ice. During the first steps, you are slipping quite often, but as you walk on, your steps become more stable and you walk without problems over the ice. Try to imagine how you react when you slip on ice, how you try not to fall and to continue to walk normally" The motor imagery intervention will be performed independently by the study participants at home without supervision three times a week for three weeks.