Motor ControlPub Date : 2022-04-01Epub Date: 2022-02-25DOI: 10.1123/mc.2021-0082
Yan-Xia Li, Lin Li, Zhi-Qiang Cai, Xu-Xue Zhou, Xiu-Jun Hao, Li Li
{"title":"Exploring Sex Differences and Force Level Effects on Grip Force Perception in Healthy Adults.","authors":"Yan-Xia Li, Lin Li, Zhi-Qiang Cai, Xu-Xue Zhou, Xiu-Jun Hao, Li Li","doi":"10.1123/mc.2021-0082","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1123/mc.2021-0082","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aimed to explore the effect of sex and force level on grip force reproduction in healthy adults by conducting a force reproduction task. Participants (n = 28) were instructed to replicate a range of reference grip force levels (10-130 N in 10 N increments). We found that women (absolute error: 16.2 ± 8.7 N) replicated these force levels more accurately than men (absolute error: 23.1 ± 9.5 N) at higher force levels (90-130 N). Furthermore, the force reproductions were most accurate at the 30-50 N range for men and the 50-60 N range for women. These results may offer significant insights into the higher rates of musculoskeletal disorders among women, enabling researchers and clinicians to design novel interventions and tools that can improve grip force perception and reduce hand injury rates in both men and women.</p>","PeriodicalId":49795,"journal":{"name":"Motor Control","volume":"26 2","pages":"241-257"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39657687","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Motor ControlPub Date : 2022-04-01DOI: 10.1123/mc.2021-0034
I. H. Duiser, A. Ledebt, J. van der Kamp, G. Savelsbergh
{"title":"The Effects of Number and Separation of Support Lines on the Size, Velocity, and Smoothness of Handwriting.","authors":"I. H. Duiser, A. Ledebt, J. van der Kamp, G. Savelsbergh","doi":"10.1123/mc.2021-0034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1123/mc.2021-0034","url":null,"abstract":"We examined the effects of number of and separation between support lines on handwriting characteristics of primary school students with satisfactory and unsatisfactory handwriting. Students (mean age 7.9 years) copied a text on paper with a baseline and with two or four support lines with a separation of 3 or 4 mm between the central lines. Handwriting size, velocity, and smoothness were determined for the four conditions relative to baseline. Children with unsatisfactory handwriting wrote larger and had more lifts during baseline condition. Writing between support lines, especially with small separation, immediately reduced the size of handwriting, but also adversely affected velocity and smoothness. Future research is needed to assess long-term effects.","PeriodicalId":49795,"journal":{"name":"Motor Control","volume":"1 1","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47123918","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Motor ControlPub Date : 2022-04-01Epub Date: 2022-01-11DOI: 10.1123/mc.2021-0076
Chia-Cheng Lin, Sunghan Kim, Paul DeVita, Matt Becker, Stacey Meardon
{"title":"The Feasibility of Using the Virtual Time-to-Contact Measure of Postural Stability to Examine Postural Recovery in People With Diabetes Mellitus.","authors":"Chia-Cheng Lin, Sunghan Kim, Paul DeVita, Matt Becker, Stacey Meardon","doi":"10.1123/mc.2021-0076","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1123/mc.2021-0076","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aimed to examine the feasibility of using time-to-contact measures during the perturbation protocol in people with diabetes mellitus. Three-dimension motion capture and force data were collected during 0.5-s perturbations in four directions (forward, backward, right, and left) and at two accelerations (20 and 40 cm/s2) to compute the time-to-contact. Time-to-contact analysis was divided into three phases: perturbation, initial recovery, and final recovery. The statistical analysis showed the main effects of Direction and Phase (p < .01) as well as a Direction by Phase interaction (p < .01). Backward perturbation with lower acceleration and backward/forward perturbation with higher acceleration had deleterious effects on postural stability in people with diabetes mellitus.</p>","PeriodicalId":49795,"journal":{"name":"Motor Control","volume":"26 2","pages":"181-193"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39924688","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Motor ControlPub Date : 2022-04-01Epub Date: 2022-01-05DOI: 10.1123/mc.2021-0079
Hiroki Obata, GeeHee Kim, Tetsuya Ogawa, Hirofumi Sekiguchi, Kimitaka Nakazawa
{"title":"Effect of Long-Term Classical Ballet Dance Training on Postactivation Depression of the Soleus Hoffmann-Reflex.","authors":"Hiroki Obata, GeeHee Kim, Tetsuya Ogawa, Hirofumi Sekiguchi, Kimitaka Nakazawa","doi":"10.1123/mc.2021-0079","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1123/mc.2021-0079","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Classical ballet dancing is a good model for studying the long-term activity-dependent plasticity of the central nervous system in humans, as it requires unique ankle movements to maintain ballet postures. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether postactivation depression is changed through long-term specific motor training. Eight ballet dancers and eight sedentary subjects participated in this study. The soleus Hoffmann reflexes were elicited at after the completion of a slow, passive dorsiflexion of the ankle. The results demonstrated that the depression of the soleus Hoffmann reflex (i.e., postactivation depression) was larger in classical ballet dancers than in sedentary subjects at two poststretch intervals. This suggests that the plastic change through long-term specific motor training is also expressed in postactivation depression of the soleus Hoffmann reflex. Increased postactivation depression would strengthen the supraspinal control of the plantarflexors and may contribute to fine ankle movements in classical ballet dancers.</p>","PeriodicalId":49795,"journal":{"name":"Motor Control","volume":"26 2","pages":"169-180"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39663833","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Motor ControlPub Date : 2022-03-29DOI: 10.1123/mc.2021-0128
F. González-Férnandez, H. Sarmento, S. González-Víllora, J. C. Pastor-Vicedo, L. M. Martínez-Aranda, F. Clemente
{"title":"Cognitive and Physical Effects of Warm-Up on Young Soccer Players.","authors":"F. González-Férnandez, H. Sarmento, S. González-Víllora, J. C. Pastor-Vicedo, L. M. Martínez-Aranda, F. Clemente","doi":"10.1123/mc.2021-0128","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1123/mc.2021-0128","url":null,"abstract":"This study analyzed the effects of with (WC) or without conducting a warm up on youth soccer players immediately before performing physical and cognitive tests. Fourteen youth soccer player (age 11.64 ± 0.50) participated in a counterbalanced cross-sectional study in which three conditions were tested: (a) basal lineal condition; (b) WC (immediately before the physical and cognitive tests); and (c) without WC (passive resting for 15 min between the warm-up and physical and cognitive tests). A 30-m sprint test, countermovement jump, and psychomotor vigilance task were also applied. The WC revealed significant improvements in countermovement jump (p < .05), 30-m sprint test performance (p < .05), and reaction time in psychomotor vigilance task (p < .05) in comparison to basal lineal condition and without WC. A 15-min rest after a warm-up has a meaningfully decremental effect on the physical and cognitive readiness of youth soccer players, in comparison with when they warm-up immediately before the demands are imposed.","PeriodicalId":49795,"journal":{"name":"Motor Control","volume":"1 1","pages":"1-19"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45801415","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Motor ControlPub Date : 2022-03-29DOI: 10.1123/mc.2021-0008
Alireza Alizadeh, A. Jafarpisheh, M. Mohammadi, A. H. Kahlaee
{"title":"Visual, Vestibular, and Proprioceptive Dependency of the Control of Posture in Chronic Neck Pain Patients.","authors":"Alireza Alizadeh, A. Jafarpisheh, M. Mohammadi, A. H. Kahlaee","doi":"10.1123/mc.2021-0008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1123/mc.2021-0008","url":null,"abstract":"Sensory reweighting of postural control was compared in participants with and without neck pain. Center of pressure variables of 60 volunteers, the same in each group, were calculated under four standing conditions: (a) eyes open, neutral head posture; (b) foam interface, eyes open; (c) cervical extension, eyes open; and (d) cervical extension, eyes closed. All center of pressure variables except anterior posterior range/velocity increased significantly in Condition 2 compared with Conditions 1 and 3 (p < .001) and in Condition 4 compared with Conditions 1 and 3. The mediolateral range/velocity and path length in both groups, anterior posterior range in patients, and center of pressure area in the control group were significantly different between Conditions 2 and 4 (p < .001). No overweighting was observed on the vestibular or visual afferents in patients. Compensatory strategies seem to lie within the proprioceptive system.","PeriodicalId":49795,"journal":{"name":"Motor Control","volume":"1 1","pages":"1-16"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48156714","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Motor ControlPub Date : 2022-03-15DOI: 10.1123/mc.2021-0127
T. Tapajčíková, D. Líška, L. Baťalík, Clea Tucker, A. Kobesova
{"title":"Levels of Gnostic Functions in Top Karate Athletes-A Pilot Study.","authors":"T. Tapajčíková, D. Líška, L. Baťalík, Clea Tucker, A. Kobesova","doi":"10.1123/mc.2021-0127","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1123/mc.2021-0127","url":null,"abstract":"High-quality sensory perception and body scheme (somatognosis) are important aspects for sport performance. This study compares stereognosis, body scheme, and kinesthesia in a group of 36 competitive karate athletes against a control group of 32 general population participants. The stereognosis Petrie test, two body scheme tests, and three kinesthesia tests served as outcome measurement tools. No significant difference was found in the stereognosis Petrie test, for the dominant (p = .389) or the nondominant (p = .791) hand, nor in the kinesthesia test (dominant, p = .661 and nondominant, p = .051). Karate athletes performed significantly better in the body scheme tests, that is, fist width estimation (p = .024) and shoulder width estimation (p = .019), as well as in karate-specific kinesthesia tests, that is, single punch (p = .010) and triple punch (p = .001). This study confirms competitive karate athletes have significantly better somatognosis, and better accuracy when performing quick dynamic movements compared with the general population.","PeriodicalId":49795,"journal":{"name":"Motor Control","volume":"1 1","pages":"1-20"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"64069630","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Motor ControlPub Date : 2022-03-11DOI: 10.1123/mc.2021-0095
Carolina Gutiérrez-Álvarez, Joshua Colomar, E. Baiget, S. Villafaina, J. P. Fuentes-García
{"title":"Effects of 4 Weeks of Variability of Practice Training in Padel Double Right Wall: A Randomized Controlled Trial.","authors":"Carolina Gutiérrez-Álvarez, Joshua Colomar, E. Baiget, S. Villafaina, J. P. Fuentes-García","doi":"10.1123/mc.2021-0095","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1123/mc.2021-0095","url":null,"abstract":"This study aimed to analyze the effect of a variable practice training in the double wall right forehand by using wrist weights. Thirty-four experienced padel players participated in this study. Players were randomly distributed in two groups (control group [CG] and training group [TG]). The TG performed 1 month of variable training, induced by weighted wrist bands, twice a week, with the same number of sessions and volume of training as the CG. TG obtained significant difference in posttest measurements (effect size = 0.437) in terms of the number of successful shots compared to CG (effect size = 0.027). These findings showed a significant effect of the TG with respect to the CG. Results reinforce the role of variability in the exploration and reinforcement of motor learning.","PeriodicalId":49795,"journal":{"name":"Motor Control","volume":"1 1","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48552251","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Motor ControlPub Date : 2022-03-09DOI: 10.1123/mc.2021-0139
D. Janicijevic, A. García-Ramos
{"title":"Feasibility of Volitional Reaction Time Tests in Athletes: A Systematic Review.","authors":"D. Janicijevic, A. García-Ramos","doi":"10.1123/mc.2021-0139","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1123/mc.2021-0139","url":null,"abstract":"This systematic review aimed to synthesize the current evidence on the feasibility of volitional reaction time (RT) tests to evaluate the information processing abilities of athletes. Four databases were searched, and, finally, 38 studies exploring the reliability, validity, or sensitivity of RT tests were included. Seven studies explored the reliability, which ranged from poor to excellent, while only three studies explored the validity of RT tests. The most important downside of the majority of the implemented RT tests is their nonspecific nature (i.e., stimulus and response did not resemble the sports actions). Sports scientists should focus on developing RT tests that are specific for each sport and refine the testing procedures to obtain accurate, reproducible, and sensitive measurements of RT.","PeriodicalId":49795,"journal":{"name":"Motor Control","volume":"1 1","pages":"1-24"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-03-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42730420","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Motor ControlPub Date : 2022-01-01Epub Date: 2021-12-10DOI: 10.1123/mc.2020-0031
S Balamurugan, Rachaveti Dhanush, S K M Varadhan
{"title":"Role of Post-Trial Visual Feedback on Unintentional Force Drift During Isometric Finger Force Production Tasks.","authors":"S Balamurugan, Rachaveti Dhanush, S K M Varadhan","doi":"10.1123/mc.2020-0031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1123/mc.2020-0031","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A reduction in fingertip forces during a visually occluded isometric task is called unintentional drift. In this study, unintentional drift was studied for two conditions, with and without \"epilogue.\" We define epilogue as the posttrial visual feedback in which the outcome of the just-concluded trial is shown before the start of the next trial. For this study, 14 healthy participants were recruited and were instructed to produce fingertip forces to match a target line at 15% maximum voluntary contraction. The results showed a significant reduction in unintentional drift in the epilogue condition. This reduction is probably due to the difference in the shift in λ, the threshold of the tonic stretch reflex, the hypothetical control variable that the central controller can set.</p>","PeriodicalId":49795,"journal":{"name":"Motor Control","volume":"26 1","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39589642","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}