Research Article

Functional Role of Internal and External Visual Imagery: Preliminary Evidences from Pilates

Table 2

Mean time and standard deviation of the three experimental groups in the shoulder bridge (SB) and the standing roll down (SRD) Pilates exercises.

GroupSBSRD
VMI-IVMI-EExecutionVMI-IVMI-EExecution

Expert11.54 ± 3.529.50 ± 2.9911.65 ± 3.6712.99 ± 1.9710.44 ± 2.4913.25 ± 1.84
Novice6.98 ± 1.758.68 ± 1.679.12 ± 1.678.53 ± 1.7410.59 ± 0.7310.40 ± 1.01
no-Practice7.29 ± 2.496.63 ± 2.479.79 ± 3.529.24 ± 4.337.18 ± 3.3513.76 ± 7.59