Motor imagery training improves balance and mobility in older adults who do not have a neurological condition .
These results suggest that motor imagery training could be an adjunct to st and ard physiotherapy care in older adults , although it is unclear whether or not the effects are clinical ly worthwhile .
QUESTION Does motor imagery training improve measures of balance , mobility and falls in older adults without a neurological condition ?
INVITED COMMENTARY: Rating the Quality of Trials in Systematic Reviews of Physical Therapy Interventions
& NA ; Physical therapists seeking to use evidence to guide their practice may have limited time to read research reports . One way to reduce the time required to identify and read about the research that is relevant to a particular clinical question is to read a systematic review that summarizes multiple studies . This paper explains the process that is used to conduct systematic review s , which includes the establishment of a protocol , comprehensive search ing , appraisal of the quality of the included studies , data extraction and meta analysis , and consideration of the clinical and research implication s of the findings . We also consider how the reader of a systematic review can determine whether the review is likely to provide an unbiased ( believable ) estimate of the treatment effect . A systematic review of r and omized trials of a  cardiopulmonary physical therapy intervention is used as an example . The issue of appraisal of quality is then discussed further , with a demonstration of how one vali date d tool for quality appraisal ‐‐the PEDro scale‐‐can be used to evaluate a r and omized trial in cardiopulmonary physical therapy
Motor imagery training improves balance and mobility in older adults who do not have a neurological condition .
These results suggest that motor imagery training could be an adjunct to st and ard physiotherapy care in older adults , although it is unclear whether or not the effects are clinical ly worthwhile .
QUESTION Does motor imagery training improve measures of balance , mobility and falls in older adults without a neurological condition ?