abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the parameters of gait kinematics of older adults with cognitive impairment who live in community dwellings or those living or spending most of the time in non-family environment settings. METHODS:The sample was composed of 33 older adults of both sexes with cognitive impairment. Participants were...

journal_title：Human movement science

authors： Marques NR,Dos Santos APML,Camilo GF,Cardoso BC,Brando ND,Hoffman J,Navega MT,de Abreu DCCL

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study investigated if intensive piano training may be associated with improved motor and somatosensory function. We systematically examined upper limb proprioception, which is known to play an essential role in skill movements, and motor function in young pianists. METHOD:Forty-four typically developin...

journal_title：Human movement science

authors： Tseng YT,Chen FC,Tsai CL,Konczak J

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether children's motor imagery dominance modulated the relationship between attentional focus and motor learning of a tossing task. One hundred and thirty-eight boys (age: M = 10.13, SD = 0.65) completed the Movement Imagery Questionnaire - Children (MIQ-C) to determine imagery modality dominance (ki...

journal_title：Human movement science

authors： Bahmani M,Babak M,Land WM,Howard JT,Diekfuss JA,Abdollahipour R

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this review was to examine what is presently known about the nature of motor coordination and control problems in children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) during ball catching and to provide directions for future research. A systematic literature search was conducted using four electronic dat...

journal_title：Human movement science

authors： Derikx DFAA,Schoemaker MM

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The understanding of fatigue of the human motor system is important in the fields of ergonomics, sport, rehabilitation and neurology. In order to understand the interactions between fatigue and reaction time, we evaluated the effects of two different fatiguing tasks on reaction time. METHODS:83 healthy subject...

journal_title：Human movement science

authors： Soto-Leon V,Alonso-Bonilla C,Peinado-Palomino D,Torres-Pareja M,Mendoza-Laiz N,Mordillo-Mateos L,Onate-Figuerez A,Arias P,Aguilar J,Oliviero A

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The OPTIMAL theory of motor learning contends that an external focus of attention (EF), enhanced expectancies (EE), and autonomy support (AS) are key attentional and motivational variables that optimise motor performance. We examined how integrating an EF into EE and AS interventions would impact young adolescents' st...

journal_title：Human movement science

authors： Simpson T,Cronin L,Ellison P,Carnegie E,Marchant D

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following total knee replacement (TKR), patients often persist in maladaptive motor behavior which they developed before surgery to cope with symptoms of osteoarthritis. An important challenge in physical therapy is to detect, recognize and change such undesired movement behavior. The goal of this study was to measure...

journal_title：Human movement science

authors： Roelofsen EGJ,van Cingel R,Pronk Y,Staal JB,Nijhuis-van der Sanden MWG,Meulenbroek RGJ

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Safe street crossing is important for older adults' social inclusion. We assessed gait kinematic adaptation under different simulated street crossing conditions in older adults with Parkinson's disease (PD) and made comparisons with older adults without PD to understand how PD interferes in outdoor task performance, h...

journal_title：Human movement science

authors： Amaral-Felipe KMD,Yamada PA,Abreu DCC,Freire Júnior RC,Stroppa-Marques AEZ,Faganello-Navega FR

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies on myocontrolled assistive technology (AT), such as myoelectric prostheses, as well as rehabilitation practice using myoelectric controlled interfaces, commonly assume the existence of a general myocontrol skill. This is the skill to control myosignals in such a way that they are employable in multiple tasks. ...

journal_title：Human movement science

authors： Heerschop A,van der Sluis CK,Otten E,Bongers RM

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human haptic perceptual system respects a bodywide organization that responds to local stimulation through full-bodied coordination of nested tensions and compressions across multiple nonoverlapping scales. Under such an organization, the suprapostural task of manually hefting objects to perceive their heaviness a...

journal_title：Human movement science

authors： Mangalam M,Chen R,McHugh TR,Singh T,Kelty-Stephen DG

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a bipedal walk, the human body experiences continuous changes in stability especially during weight loading and unloading transitions which are reported crucial to avoid fall. Prior stability assessment methods are unclear to quantify stabilities during these gait transitions due to methodological and/or measuremen...

journal_title：Human movement science

authors： Mahmood I,Martinez-Hernandez U,Dehghani-Sanij AA

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prior work demonstrates that humans spontaneously synchronize their head and trunk kinematics to a broad range of driving frequencies of perceived mediolateral motion prescribed using optical flow. Using a closed-loop visuomotor error augmentation task in an immersive virtual environment, we sought to understand wheth...

journal_title：Human movement science

authors： Qiao M,Richards JT,Franz JR

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Achilles tendinopathy is the most frequent foot overuse injury in ballet dancers and knowledge of clinically modifiable factors related to tendon structure in a population at risk, such as ballet dancers, would be important for the development of preventive programs. Therefore, the present study aimed to assess relati...

journal_title：Human movement science

authors： Nunes GS,Tessarin BM,Scattone Silva R,Serrão FV

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tibialis posterior (TP) dysfunction is a common painful complication in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), which can lead to the collapse of the medial longitudinal arch. Different theories have been developed to explain the causality of tibialis posterior dysfunction. In all these theories, pain is a ...

journal_title：Human movement science

authors： Simonsen MB,Yurtsever A,Næsborg-Andersen K,Leutscher PDC,Hørslev-Petersen K,Andersen MS,Hirata RP

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Humans will naturally synchronize their posture to the motion of a visual surround, but it is unclear if this visuomotor entrainment can be attenuated with an increased sensitivity to somatosensory information. Sub-threshold vibratory noise applied to the Achilles tendons has proven to enhance ankle proprioception thr...

journal_title：Human movement science

authors： Acuña SA,Zunker JD,Thelen DG

更新日期：2019-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) is a neuromodulatory technique that has been used as an ergogenic aid in exercise/sports performance. However, little is known about its effects on highly-trained subjects, as athletes. The present study aimed to verify the effects of bi-hemispheric anodal tDCS (a-tDCS) o...

journal_title：Human movement science

authors： Mesquita PHC,Lage GM,Franchini E,Romano-Silva MA,Albuquerque MR

更新日期：2019-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Turning while walking is a crucial component of locomotion, often performed on irregular surfaces with little planning time. Turns can be difficult for some older adults due to physiological age-related changes. Two different turning strategies have been identified in the literature. During step turns, which are biome...

journal_title：Human movement science

authors： Dixon PC,Smith T,Taylor MJD,Jacobs JV,Dennerlein JT,Schiffman JM

更新日期：2019-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Persons with multiple sclerosis (PwMS) often report problems due to sensory loss and have an inability to appropriately reweight sensory information. Both of these issues can affect individual's ability to maintain stability when walking under challenging conditions. The purpose of the current study was to determine h...

journal_title：Human movement science

authors： Craig JJ,Bruetsch AP,Lynch SG,Huisinga JM

更新日期：2019-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Developmental coordination disorder (DCD) is a neurodevelopmental condition affecting motor coordination in children and adults. Here, EEG signals elicited by visual and tactile stimuli were recorded while adult participants with and without probable DCD (pDCD) performed a motor task. The task cued reaching movements ...

journal_title：Human movement science

authors： Job XE,Brady D,de Fockert JW,Luft CDB,Hill EL,van Velzen J

更新日期：2019-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Motion sickness is preceded by differences in the quantitative kinematics of body sway between individuals who (later) become sick and those who do not. In existing research, this effect has been demonstrated only in measures of body sway, relative to the earth. However, body sway can become coupled with imposed oscil...

journal_title：Human movement science

authors： Walter HJ,Li R,Munafo J,Curry C,Peterson N,Stoffregen TA

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anticipatory postural adjustments (APAs) are an integral part of standing balance. Previous research with balance control has shown that adopting an external focus of attention, compared to an internal focus of attention, yields better performance during motor skills. Despite the importance of APAs, especially among o...

journal_title：Human movement science

authors： Aloraini SM,Glazebrook CM,Sibley KM,Singer J,Passmore S

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In discrete aiming movements the task criteria of time-minimization to a spatial target (e.g., Fitts, 1954) and time-matching to a spatial-temporal goal (e.g., Schmidt et al., 1979) tend to produce different functions of the speed-accuracy trade-off. Here we examined whether the task-related movement speed-accuracy ch...

journal_title：Human movement science

authors： Hsieh TY,Liu YT,Newell KM

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soft tissues located throughout the human body are known to perform substantial mechanical work through wobbling and deforming, particularly following foot impacts with the ground. Yet, it is not known which specific tissues in the body are responsible for the majority of the soft tissue work. The purpose of this stud...

journal_title：Human movement science

authors： Honert EC,Zelik KE

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Through pressure measurement and underwater motion capture analysis, this study aimed to elucidate the effects of hand paddles on hand propulsive forces, mechanical power, and Froude efficiency in arm-stroke-only front-crawl swimming at various velocities. Eight male swimmers swam under two conditions in randomized or...

journal_title：Human movement science

authors： Tsunokawa T,Mankyu H,Takagi H,Ogita F

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three-dimensional gait analysis is the gold standard for gait-assessment in patients with stroke. This technique is commonly used to assess the effect of treatment on gait parameters. In clinical practice, three gait analyses are usually carried out (baseline, after treatment and follow-up), the objectives were to def...

journal_title：Human movement science

authors： Geiger M,Supiot A,Pradon D,Do MC,Zory R,Roche N

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anticipatory responses to inversion perturbations can prevent an accurate assessment of lateral ankle sprain mechanics when using injury simulations. Despite recent evidence of the anticipatory motor control strategies utilized during inversion perturbations, kinetic compensations during anticipated inversion perturba...

journal_title：Human movement science

authors： Simpson JD,Stewart EM,Rendos NK,Cosio-Lima L,Wilson SJ,Macias DM,Chander H,Knight AC

更新日期：2019-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared varied model types and their potential differential effects on learning outcomes and consolidation processes when observational practice was interspersed with physical practice. Participants (N = 75) were randomly assigned to one of five groups: (1) unskilled model observation, (2) skilled model observatio...

journal_title：Human movement science

authors： Moore CM,Lelievre N,Ste-Marie DM

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synchronized group dancing is one of the hallmarks of both coordination and cooperation in the humans species. While a large amount of research has focused on joint action in dyads, the mechanisms of coordination in larger groups are not well understood. In the present study, we explored the coordination dynamics of a...

journal_title：Human movement science

authors： Chauvigné LAS,Walton A,Richardson MJ,Brown S

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of a batsman to clear the boundary is a major contributor to success in modern cricket. The aim of this study was to identify technique parameters characterising those batsmen able to generate greater bat speeds, ball launch speeds, and carry distances during a range hitting task in cricket. Kinematic data...

journal_title：Human movement science

authors： Peploe C,McErlain-Naylor SA,Harland AR,King MA

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The present study investigated the effect of stretchable characteristics of elastic therapeutic tape and its elongation on surface electromyography (EMG) of knee extensor muscles during knee extension movements. METHODS:Nine healthy men performed knee extension movement with the application of normal elas...

journal_title：Human movement science

authors： Watanabe K

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regarding our voluntary control of movement, if identification of joint position, that is independent of the starting condition, is stronger than kinaesthetic movement reproduction, that implies knowledge of the starting position and movement's length for accuracy, is still a matter of debate in motor control theories...

journal_title：Human movement science

authors： Marini F,Ferrantino M,Zenzeri J

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this experimental study, we tested whether athletes' judgments of affordances and of environmental features vary with psychological momentum (PM). We recruited golf, hockey, and tennis players, who were assigned to a positive or negative momentum condition. We designed a golf course on which participants made pract...

journal_title：Human movement science

authors： Den Hartigh RJR,Van der Sluis JK,Zaal FTJM

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proprioception of the upper extremity is commonly measured using joint position sense tasks. Recent evidence suggests heightened position sense at elevation angles in the shoulder and elbow near 90° in the sagittal plane. The influence of external torque has been suggested to play a pivotal role in the heightened acui...

journal_title：Human movement science

authors： Ettinger L,Ostrander T

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ankle joint, including the talocrural and subtalar joints, plays an important role in human locomotion. Sex differences in walking patterns among young and old adults have been studied; however, little information exists on sex-based variations in talocrural and subtalar joint kinematics during walking. Thus, the ...

journal_title：Human movement science

authors： Fukano M,Fukubayashi T,Banks SA

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the inter- and intra-lap variability in stroking parameters during sprint competition to gain insight into the race management of speed (S), stroke length (SL), stroke rate (SR) and stroke index (SI) in relation to gender. The stroking parameters of 32 male and 32 female finalists in the 2015 W...

journal_title：Human movement science

authors： Simbaña-Escobar D,Hellard P,Seifert L

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Backward walking training (BWT) is thought to affect gait biomechanics, but relevant evidence has been sparse and inconclusive. OBJECTIVE:This study systematically reviewed and quantified the effectiveness of BWT on spatial-temporal gait characteristics (STGC). METHODS:A keyword and reference search of int...

journal_title：Human movement science

authors： Wang J,Yuan W,An R

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study is to select elements of motor skills assessed at 3 months that provide the best predictive properties for motor development at 9 months. In all children a physiotherapeutic assessment of the quantitative and qualitative development at the age of 3 months was performed in the prone and supine posi...

journal_title：Human movement science

authors： Gajewska E,Sobieska M,Moczko J

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between in quadriceps and hamstrings inter-limb strength asymmetry and change of direction, sprinting and jumping abilities in U21 elite soccer players. Twenty-seven soccer players volunteered for this study. Isokinetic quadriceps and hamstrings peak torque was...

journal_title：Human movement science

authors： Coratella G,Beato M,Schena F

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Different modes of perturbations have been used to understand how individuals negotiate irregular surfaces, with a general notion that increased locomotion variability induces a positive training stimulus. Individuals tend to walk slower when initially exposed to such locomotion tasks, potentially influencing the magn...

journal_title：Human movement science

authors： Blair S,Lake MJ,Ding R,Sterzing T

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lifting and falls comprise a large proportion of work related injuries. Repetitive lifting to the point of fatigue can affect postural sway, which is associated with fall risk. To investigate the effects of lifting and fatigue on postural sway in males and females, 35 participants (18 male, 17 female) were asked to li...

journal_title：Human movement science

authors： Bannon HM,Hakansson NA,Jakobsen MD,Sundstrup E,Jorgensen MJ

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00