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| Interview | Interview part | Interview questions |
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| 1st interview | The first focused on the stroke event, patients’ rehabilitation process including therapy experiences and occurrence of falls. | When did your stroke occur? |
| How did you recognize that you had a stroke? What symptoms did you have? |
| How did you feel when the stroke happened? |
| How do you feel today? |
| How was your recovery process? |
| What is your main problem at the moment? |
| How do you feel when you are walking? |
| Have you been falling since you had the stroke? |
| The second interview part focussed on patients’ previous experiences and knowledge of MI. | How does it feel to you to do motor imagery? |
| What do you associate with motor imagery? |
| (a) Did you know motor imagery before you have done the assessments? |
| (b) How did you get to know about motor imagery? |
| (c) When do you do motor imagery? |
| (d) How do you do motor imagery? |
| (e) What do you imagine? |
| (f) What kind of experiences have you made with motor imagery? |
| In the third interview part, a practical example of MI was performed, which included a sit-to-stand task. After performing this task twice physically, it was twice mentally practiced and again twice physically practiced. Patients were asked to describe the content of the MI example. | Was it easy to imagine the movement (standing up, sitting down)? If yes, why was it easy? If not, why was it not easy? |
| What exactly have you imagined? |
| How detailed was the movement? |
| What kind of surroundings/environment have you imagined? |
| What kind of perspective have you used (internal, external)? |
| What comes to your mind if you remember the imagination of the movement? |
| (a) What have you seen? |
| (b) What have you felt? |
| (c) What have you heard? |
| (d) What have you smelled? |
| Do you think that motor imagery could help patients after stroke during the recovery process? If yes, why? |
| When and how often would you do motor imagery? |
| Where would you do imagery? |
| What expectations do you have regarding the MI intervention during the next weeks? |
| In the final phase, patients were asked to evaluate the interview, including questions on whether it was exhausting and how they liked it. Patients had the opportunity to comment on, add to, or omit statements. | What do you think about the interview? |
| Was the interview exhausting? |
| How do you feel now after the interview? |
| Would you like to add something? |
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| 2nd interview | The first part focused on questions regarding patients’ experiences with MI during the previous two interventions weeks. | How did you like the motor imagery intervention? |
| What do you think about motor imagery now? |
| Do you think motor imagery can help during the recovery process after a stroke? |
| How can motor imagery help during the recovery process? |
| Would you use motor imagery in the future to learn or improve a motor task? |
| (a) Why? |
| (b) When-how often? |
| (c) Where? |
| (d) What? |
| In the second part, the practical example from the first interview was repeated. Afterwards, patients were asked to describe the content of the MI example. | Was it easy to imagine the movement? |
| Why was it easy/not easy? |
| What exactly have you imagined? |
| How detailed was the movement? |
| What kind of surroundings/environment have you imagined? |
| What kind of perspective have you used? |
| What comes to your mind if you remember the imagination of the movement? |
| What have you seen? |
| What have you felt? |
| What have you heard? |
| What have you smelled? |
| Did you think that motor imagery helped you to improve the motor task? |
| Final phase | Please see first interview |
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