Journal of Motor BehaviorPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2023-08-16DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2023.2245352
Ozkan Beyaz, Virginie Eyraud, Gıyasettin Demirhan, Selcuk Akpinar, Andrzej Przybyla
{"title":"Effects of Short-Term Novice Archery Training on Reaching Movement Performance and Interlimb Asymmetries.","authors":"Ozkan Beyaz, Virginie Eyraud, Gıyasettin Demirhan, Selcuk Akpinar, Andrzej Przybyla","doi":"10.1080/00222895.2023.2245352","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00222895.2023.2245352","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Previous studies showed numerous evidence for the interlimb asymmetries in motor performance during arm reaching movements. Furthermore, these interlimb asymmetries have been shown to associate with spatial patterns of hand selection behavior. Importantly, these interlimb asymmetries can be modified systematically by occlusion of visual feedback, or a long-term sports training. In this study, we asked about the effects of a short-term training on interlimb asymmetries. Eighteen healthy young participants underwent a 12-week novice traditional archery training (TAT). Their unimanual dominant and nondominant arm reaching movement performance was assessed before and after TAT. We found that movement accuracy, movement precision, and movement efficiency in the experimental group have all improved significantly as a result of TAT. These improvements were comparable across both arms, thus the interlimb differences in movement performance were not affected by the short-term TAT and remained similar. These results suggest that while short-term training may contribute positively to reaching performance, it is unlikely to have a significant impact on the differences observed between the dominant and nondominant arms. This unique characteristics of dominant and nondominant arm should be taken into consideration when developing targeted sports and rehabilitation programs for athletes or individuals with acute or chronic motor deficits.</p>","PeriodicalId":50125,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Motor Behavior","volume":" ","pages":"78-90"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10069938","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of Motor BehaviorPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2023-07-25DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2023.2237920
Danny Shin, Chi-Whan Choi, Phillip C Desrochers, Simone V Gill
{"title":"Factors Mediating or Moderating the Effects of Obesity on Walking: Targeting Areas for Rehabilitation.","authors":"Danny Shin, Chi-Whan Choi, Phillip C Desrochers, Simone V Gill","doi":"10.1080/00222895.2023.2237920","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00222895.2023.2237920","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Increased physical activity, such as walking, is often prescribed to address obesity. Several factors that may influence the connection between obesity and walking include the biomechanics of gait, pain, depressive symptoms, physical health, and activity. The objective of this study was to assess the moderation and mediation effects of knee pain and buckling, depressive symptoms, physical activity, and physical health on spatiotemporal gait parameters in individuals with obesity. Forty participants with obesity performed a task in which they walked on flat ground and crossed an obstacle. Measures of knee pain and buckling, depressive symptoms, physical activity, and physical health were collected. We conducted mediation analyses with knee buckling and pain as mediators of the effect of the BMI on spatiotemporal gait parameters. Moderation analyses were performed with depressive symptoms, physical activity, and physical health as moderators of the effect of BMI on spatiotemporal gait parameters. We found that depressive symptoms and physical health moderated the relationship between BMI and Step Width in people with obesity. These effects were pronounced when participants crossed an obstacle. In conclusion, depressed mood and physical health influence the relationship between obesity and walking. These factors present potential avenues for rehabilitation interventions to aid individuals with obesity.</p>","PeriodicalId":50125,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Motor Behavior","volume":" ","pages":"62-68"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10808260/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10126703","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of Motor BehaviorPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2023-10-12DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2023.2265869
Matteo Giuriato, Luca Filipas, Mariele Crociani, Vittoria Carnevale Pellino, Matteo Vandoni, Gabriele Gallo, Antonio La Torre, Carlo Rossi, Nicola Lovecchio, Roberto Codella
{"title":"Inter-Trial Rest Interval Affects Learning Throwing Skills among Adolescents.","authors":"Matteo Giuriato, Luca Filipas, Mariele Crociani, Vittoria Carnevale Pellino, Matteo Vandoni, Gabriele Gallo, Antonio La Torre, Carlo Rossi, Nicola Lovecchio, Roberto Codella","doi":"10.1080/00222895.2023.2265869","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00222895.2023.2265869","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Newly acquired motor skills can be critically driven by different rest periods during practice. Specifically, in the initial stages of motor skill acquisition, the interval between individual trials plays a pivotal role in facilitating effective motor performance, such as in the case of throwing. The objective of this research was to determine the optimal inter-trial rest period promoting efficient motor performance, focusing on two specific motor task actions. In a randomized counterbalanced cross-over research design 169 high-school students aged 14 were studied (<i>M</i> = 150; <i>F</i> = 19). In one block, participants performed 10 basketball free throws with a short rest interval (< 5 s) and 10 other throws with a long rest interval (∼50-60 s). In a second block, they threw a regular size tennis ball into a 1-m diameter circle on the floor at 6.75 m, again throwing 10 times with a short inter-trial rest interval and 10 times with a long inter-trial rest interval. The order of the rest intervals within each block was randomized and counterbalanced. With a repeated measures two-way analysis of variance, greater accuracy seemed to be associated with short intra-set rest intervals as there were significant main effects of both conditions (F<sub>1,167</sub> = 368.0, <i>p</i> < 0.001, η<sup>2</sup><sub>p</sub> = 0.271) and resting time (F<sub>1,167</sub> = 18.6, <i>p</i> < 0.001, η<sup>2</sup><sub>p</sub> = 0.192) and no significant interaction \"condition by time\". Fast practice was efficient independently of the complexity of the throwing task, suggesting robust support for schema theory.</p>","PeriodicalId":50125,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Motor Behavior","volume":" ","pages":"132-138"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41218949","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of Motor BehaviorPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-07-23DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2024.2364657
Bennett L Alterman, Saif Ali, Emily Keeton, Katrina Binkley, William Hendrix, Perry J Lee, John T Johnson, Shuo Wang, James Kling, Mary Kate Gale, Lewis A Wheaton
{"title":"Grasp Posture Variability Leads to Greater Ipsilateral Sensorimotor Beta Activation During Simulated Prosthesis Use.","authors":"Bennett L Alterman, Saif Ali, Emily Keeton, Katrina Binkley, William Hendrix, Perry J Lee, John T Johnson, Shuo Wang, James Kling, Mary Kate Gale, Lewis A Wheaton","doi":"10.1080/00222895.2024.2364657","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00222895.2024.2364657","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Motor behaviour using upper-extremity prostheses of different levels is greatly variable, leading to challenges interpreting ideal rehabilitation strategies. Elucidating the underlying neural control mechanisms driving variability benefits our understanding of adaptation after limb loss. In this follow-up study, non-amputated participants completed simple and complex reach-to-grasp motor tasks using a body-powered transradial or partial-hand prosthesis simulator. We hypothesised that under complex task constraints, individuals employing variable grasp postures will show greater sensorimotor beta activation compared to individuals relying on uniform grasping, and activation will occur later in variable compared to uniform graspers. In the simple task, partial-hand variable and transradial users showed increased neural activation from the early to late phase of the reach, predominantly in the hemisphere ipsilateral to device use. In the complex task, only partial-hand variable graspers showed a significant increase in neural activation of the sensorimotor cortex from the early to the late phase of the reach. These results suggest that grasp variability may be a crucial component in the mechanism of neural adaptation to prosthesis use, and may be mediated by device level and task complexity, with implications for rehabilitation after amputation.</p>","PeriodicalId":50125,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Motor Behavior","volume":" ","pages":"579-591"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11343659/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141749468","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reciprocal Inhibition and Coactivation of Ankle Muscles in Low- and High-Velocity Forward and Backward Perturbations.","authors":"Caluê Papcke, Elisangela Ferretti Manffra, Luís Augusto Teixeira, Percy Nohama, Eduardo Mendonça Scheeren","doi":"10.1080/00222895.2024.2360515","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00222895.2024.2360515","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Reciprocal inhibition and coactivation are strategies of the central nervous system used to perform various daily tasks. In automatic postural responses (APR), coactivation is widely investigated in the ankle joint muscles, however reciprocal inhibition, although clear in manipulative motor actions, has not been investigated in the context of APRs. The aim was to identify whether reciprocal inhibition can be observed as a strategy in the recruitment of gastrocnemius Medialis (GM), Soleus (So) and Tibialis Anterior (TA) muscles in low- and high-velocity forward and backward perturbations. We applied two balance perturbations with a low and a high velocity of displacement of the movable platform in forward and backward conditions and we evaluated the magnitude and latency time of TA, GM and So activation latency, measured by electromyography (EMG). In forward perturbations, coactivation of the three muscles was observed, with greater activation amplitude of the GM and lesser amplitude of the So and TA muscles. For backward, the pattern of response observed was activation of the TA muscle, a decrease in the EMG signal, which characterizes reciprocal inhibition of the GM muscle and maintenance of the basal state of the So muscle. This result indicates that backward perturbations are more challenging.</p>","PeriodicalId":50125,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Motor Behavior","volume":" ","pages":"655-664"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141903436","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of Motor BehaviorPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2023-06-12DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2023.2220665
Yusuke Oyama, Toshio Murayama, Tamaki Ohta
{"title":"The Effect of the Postural Control Strategy on the Recognition Error of Center-of-Pressure Sway.","authors":"Yusuke Oyama, Toshio Murayama, Tamaki Ohta","doi":"10.1080/00222895.2023.2220665","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00222895.2023.2220665","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of postural control strategies on the recognition error (RE) of center-of-pressure (COP) sway forward based on perceived exertion. Participants were 43 middle-aged or elderly people. We measured the maximum COP sway forward (100% center-of-pressure distance(COP-D)), 60% and 30% COP-D of 100% COP-D based on perceived exertion, and participants were classified into the good balance group and bad balance group by RE. The RE and trunk and leg angles were evaluated during COP sway forward. Results showed that RE being significantly higher for 30% COP-D and the group with a larger RE had a significantly larger trunk angle. Therefore, they may have used hip strategy predominantly to perform postural control ability, not only maximum values, but also on perceived exertion.</p>","PeriodicalId":50125,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Motor Behavior","volume":" ","pages":"14-21"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9612889","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of Motor BehaviorPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2023-07-02DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2023.2210530
Quinn Malone, Cheryl M Glazebrook, Steven R Passmore
{"title":"A Violation of Fitts' Law is Maintained in Ecologically Valid Settings.","authors":"Quinn Malone, Cheryl M Glazebrook, Steven R Passmore","doi":"10.1080/00222895.2023.2210530","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00222895.2023.2210530","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A 'violation' of Fitts' Law, or Fitts' Equation, occurs when each potential target location is outlined before and during a reaching movement. Past studies have measured the violation in highly controlled laboratory environments, limiting the generalizability of findings. The purpose of the study was to replicate the violation of Fitts' Equation in the homes of participants using a novel portable apparatus during the COVID-19 pandemic. Movements were measured independently with an accelerometer and touch screen, which allowed for kinematic, temporal, and spatial outcomes to be measured in remote environments. The violation of Fitts' Equation was found with the touch and acceleration measurements and was thus seen in ecologically valid environments. The apparatus used may be used as a model for future field research.</p>","PeriodicalId":50125,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Motor Behavior","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9740007","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of Motor BehaviorPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2023-11-23DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2023.2285888
Lauren I Gulley Cox, Nicholas Dias, Chuan Zhang, Yingchun Zhang, Stacey L Gorniak
{"title":"Effects of Type II Diabetes on Proprioception during a Reach to Pinch Task.","authors":"Lauren I Gulley Cox, Nicholas Dias, Chuan Zhang, Yingchun Zhang, Stacey L Gorniak","doi":"10.1080/00222895.2023.2285888","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00222895.2023.2285888","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Older adults with type II diabetes (T2D) are at risk of developing nerve disorders that result in functional impairment. Most work in proprioceptive dysfunction in older adults with T2D has focused on functional deficits of the lower limb. The purpose of this study was to examine proprioceptive effects of T2D on the upper limb in older adults. Kinematic performance of a reach-to-pinch action toward a virtual target was assessed in a T2D group (60+ years old with T2D) and a healthy age- and sex-matched control group. Tactile and vibratory thresholds did not differ between T2D and controls. Task accuracy via mean pinch location was significantly worse for persons with T2D (pwT2D) with differences in wrist extension/flexion (ex/fl), wrist abduction/adduction (ab/ad), 1st carpometacarpal (CMC) ab/ad, 2nd metacarpophalangeal (MCP2) ex/fl, MCP2 ab/ad, and digit 1 and hand transport trajectories. Group differences persisted with consideration of body mass index; sex differences in task accuracy emerged. Findings indicate that proprioception of the upper extremity is altered in pwT2D such that they exhibit a unique aperture position and aiming strategy during a reach-to-pinch action. These findings characterize functional sensorimotor impairment of the upper limb in pwT2D with respect to workspaces without visual or tactile feedback.</p>","PeriodicalId":50125,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Motor Behavior","volume":" ","pages":"263-274"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10957313/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138300447","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of Motor BehaviorPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2023-12-28DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2023.2298888
MinHyuk Kwon, Evangelos A Christou
{"title":"Visual Information Processing in Older Adults: Force Control and Motor Unit Pool Modulation.","authors":"MinHyuk Kwon, Evangelos A Christou","doi":"10.1080/00222895.2023.2298888","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00222895.2023.2298888","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Increased visual information about a task impairs force control in older adults. To date, however, it remains unclear how increased visual information changes the activation of the motor unit pool differently for young and older adults. Therefore, this study aimed to determine how increased visual information alters the activation of the motor neuron pool and influences force control in older adults. Fifteen older adults (66-86 years, seven women) and fifteen young adults (18-30 years, eight women) conducted a submaximal constant force task (15% of maximum) with ankle dorsiflexion for 20 s. The visual information processing was manipulated by changing the amount of force visual feedback into a low-gain (0.05°) or high-gain (1.2°) condition. Older adults exhibited greater force variability, especially at high-gain visual feedback. This exacerbated force variability from low- to high-gain visual feedback was associated with modulations of multiple motor units, not single motor units. Specifically, increased modulation of multiple motor units from 10 to 35 Hz may contribute to the amplification in force variability. Therefore, our findings suggest evidence that high-gain visual feedback amplifies force variability of older adults which is related to increases in the activation of motor neuron pool from 10 to 35 Hz.</p>","PeriodicalId":50125,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Motor Behavior","volume":" ","pages":"330-338"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11006344/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139059005","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of Motor BehaviorPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2023-11-23DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2023.2283541
Akari Ogawa, Mizuki Sakamoto, Amiri Matsumoto, Tetsuei Okusaki, Ren Sasaya, Keisuke Irie, Nan Liang
{"title":"Accuracy of Force Generation and Preparatory Prefrontal Oxygenation in Ballistic Hand Power and Precision Grips.","authors":"Akari Ogawa, Mizuki Sakamoto, Amiri Matsumoto, Tetsuei Okusaki, Ren Sasaya, Keisuke Irie, Nan Liang","doi":"10.1080/00222895.2023.2283541","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00222895.2023.2283541","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>It remains unclear whether accurate motor performance and cortical activation differ among grasping forms across several force levels. In the present study, a ballistic target force matching task (20%, 40%, 60%, and 80% of maximum voluntary force) with power grip, side pinch, and pulp pinch was utilized to explore the accuracy of the forces generated as well as the muscular activity of intrinsic and extrinsic hand muscles. By using near-infrared spectroscopy, we also examined bilateral dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) activation during the preparatory phase (initial 10 s) of the task. The accuracy of the power grip and pulp pinch was relatively higher than that of the side pinch, and the electromyographic activity of intrinsic hand muscles exhibited a similar trend for power grip and side pinch, while the opposite muscle recruitment pattern was observed for pulp pinch. The increment of DLPFC oxygenation across force levels differed among grasping forms, with greater activity at relatively higher levels in the power grip and side pinch, and at relatively lower levels in the pulp pinch. Taken together, the differential contribution of the DLPFC may be responsible for force generation depending on different grasping forms and force levels.</p>","PeriodicalId":50125,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Motor Behavior","volume":" ","pages":"226-240"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138300446","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}