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Vathagavorakul R, Gonjo T, Homma M. The influence of sound waves and musical experiences on movement coordination with beats. Hum Mov Sci 2024; 93:103170. [PMID: 38043482 DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2023.103170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2023] [Revised: 11/12/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 12/05/2023]
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Synchronizing movement with external stimuli is important in musicians and athletes. This study investigated the effects of sound characteristics, including sound with harmonics (square wave) and without harmonics (sine wave) and levels of expertise in sports and music on rhythmic ability. Thirty-two university students participated in the study. The participants were divided into sixteen music education (ME) and sixteen physical education (PE) majors. They were asked to perform finger tapping tasks with 1,2 and 3 Hz beat rates, tapping in time with the sine and square wave beat produced by a metronome. The relative phase angle of finger tapping and the onset time of metronome sound were calculated using circular statistics. The results showed that type of wave and music experience affected the rhythmic ability of participants. Our study highlights the importance of types of waves on rhythmic ability, especially for participants with no background in music. The square wave is recommended for athletes to learn to synchronize their movement with beats.
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- Ravisara Vathagavorakul
- Division of Health and Physical Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
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- School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society, Institute for Life and Earth Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
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- Institute of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan
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Sisti HM, Beebe A, Bishop M, Gabrielsson E. A brief review of motor imagery and bimanual coordination. Front Hum Neurosci 2022; 16:1037410. [PMID: 36438642 PMCID: PMC9693758 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2022.1037410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2022] [Accepted: 10/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Motor imagery is increasingly being used in clinical settings, such as in neurorehabilitation and brain computer interface (BCI). In stroke, patients lose upper limb function and must re-learn bimanual coordination skills necessary for the activities of daily living. Physiotherapists integrate motor imagery with physical rehabilitation to accelerate recovery. In BCIs, users are often asked to imagine a movement, often with sparse instructions. The EEG pattern that coincides with this cognitive task is captured, then used to execute an external command, such as operating a neuroprosthetic device. As such, BCIs are dependent on the efficient and reliable interpretation of motor imagery. While motor imagery improves patient outcome and informs BCI research, the cognitive and neurophysiological mechanisms which underlie it are not clear. Certain types of motor imagery techniques are more effective than others. For instance, focusing on kinesthetic cues and adopting a first-person perspective are more effective than focusing on visual cues and adopting a third-person perspective. As motor imagery becomes more dominant in neurorehabilitation and BCIs, it is important to elucidate what makes these techniques effective. The purpose of this review is to examine the research to date that focuses on both motor imagery and bimanual coordination. An assessment of current research on these two themes may serve as a useful platform for scientists and clinicians seeking to use motor imagery to help improve bimanual coordination, either through augmenting physical therapy or developing more effective BCIs.
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- Helene M Sisti
- Department of Psychology, Norwich University, Northfield, VT, United States
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- Department of Psychology, Norwich University, Northfield, VT, United States
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- Department of Psychology, Norwich University, Northfield, VT, United States
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- Department of Psychology, Norwich University, Northfield, VT, United States
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Sidiropoulos AN, Santamaria V, Gordon AM. Continuous inter-limb coordination deficits in children with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy. Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon) 2021; 81:105250. [PMID: 33378717 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2020.105250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2020] [Revised: 11/12/2020] [Accepted: 12/15/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Continuous inter-limb coordination and the ability to offset perturbations to a movement pattern (i.e., stability) are important factors in efficient motor performance. Patients with movement disorders often show deficits in coordination and stability, although little is known about these features in children with cerebral palsy. The purpose of this study was to identify the continuous inter-limb coordination and stability deficits in children with cerebral palsy and determine if improvement occurs with upper extremity intervention. METHODS Children with cerebral palsy participated in bimanual or unimanual intensive therapy. Continuous inter-limb coordination between the arms and between the more-affected arm and leg was evaluated using relative phase analysis during four gross motor tasks, including in-place marching and standing with asymmetric and symmetric arm swing. A control group of children with cerebral palsy and a group of typically developing children were also evaluated. FINDINGS Children with cerebral palsy displayed coordination deficits compared to typically developing children (p<0.01), yet both groups presented similarly poor levels of stability (p=0.39). Compared to standing, adding legs to the task negatively impacted the coordination (p<0.01) and stability (p<0.01) of all children. Both groups improved coordination between the arms post-intervention (p<0.05 for all cases), however neither group improved stability (p>0.05 for all cases). INTERPRETATION Relative phase analysis successfully provided a sensitive measurement of coordination and stability in pathologic and non-pathologic populations. Findings indicate that all children have difficulty producing consistent movement patterns and suggest that both bimanual and unimanual interventions can improve continuous coordination in children with cerebral palsy.
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- Alexis N Sidiropoulos
- Department of Biobehavioral Sciences, Teachers College, Columbia University, 525 W 120(th) St., New York, NY 10027, USA.
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- Department of Biobehavioral Sciences, Teachers College, Columbia University, 525 W 120(th) St., New York, NY 10027, USA
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- Department of Biobehavioral Sciences, Teachers College, Columbia University, 525 W 120(th) St., New York, NY 10027, USA
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Tognoli E, Zhang M, Fuchs A, Beetle C, Kelso JAS. Coordination Dynamics: A Foundation for Understanding Social Behavior. Front Hum Neurosci 2020; 14:317. [PMID: 32922277 PMCID: PMC7457017 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2020.00317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2020] [Accepted: 07/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Humans' interactions with each other or with socially competent machines exhibit lawful coordination patterns at multiple levels of description. According to Coordination Dynamics, such laws specify the flow of coordination states produced by functional synergies of elements (e.g., cells, body parts, brain areas, people…) that are temporarily organized as single, coherent units. These coordinative structures or synergies may be mathematically characterized as informationally coupled self-organizing dynamical systems (Coordination Dynamics). In this paper, we start from a simple foundation, an elemental model system for social interactions, whose behavior has been captured in the Haken-Kelso-Bunz (HKB) model. We follow a tried and tested scientific method that tightly interweaves experimental neurobehavioral studies and mathematical models. We use this method to further develop a body of empirical research that advances the theory toward more generalized forms. In concordance with this interdisciplinary spirit, the present paper is written both as an overview of relevant advances and as an introduction to its mathematical underpinnings. We demonstrate HKB's evolution in the context of social coordination along several directions, with its applicability growing to increasingly complex scenarios. In particular, we show that accommodating for symmetry breaking in intrinsic dynamics and coupling, multiscale generalization and adaptation are principal evolutions. We conclude that a general framework for social coordination dynamics is on the horizon, in which models support experiments with hypothesis generation and mechanistic insights.
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- Emmanuelle Tognoli
- Human Brain and Behavior Laboratory, Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, United States
- Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, United States
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- Human Brain and Behavior Laboratory, Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, United States
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Human Brain and Behavior Laboratory, Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, United States
- Department of Physics, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, United States
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- Department of Physics, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, United States
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- Human Brain and Behavior Laboratory, Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, United States
- Intelligent Systems Research Centre, Ulster University, Londonderry, United Kingdom
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Pixa NH, Pollok B. Effects of tDCS on Bimanual Motor Skills: A Brief Review. Front Behav Neurosci 2018; 12:63. [PMID: 29670514 PMCID: PMC5893856 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2018] [Accepted: 03/16/2018] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a non-invasive brain stimulation technique that allows the modulation of cortical excitability as well as neuroplastic reorganization using a weak constant current applied through the skull on the cerebral cortex. TDCS has been found to improve motor performance in general and motor learning in particular. However, these effects have been reported almost exclusively for unimanual motor tasks such as serial reaction time tasks, adaptation tasks, or visuo-motor tracking. Despite the importance of bimanual actions in most activities of daily living, only few studies have investigated the effects of tDCS on bimanual motor skills. The objectives of this review article are: (i) to provide a concise overview of the few existing studies in this area; and (ii) to discuss the effects of tDCS on bimanual motor skills in healthy volunteers and patients suffering from neurological diseases. Despite considerable variations in stimulation protocols, the bimanual tasks employed, and study designs, the data suggest that tDCS has the potential to enhance bimanual motor skills. The findings imply that the effects of tDCS vary with task demands, such as complexity and the level of expertise of the participating volunteers. Nevertheless, optimized stimulation protocols tailored to bimanual tasks and individual performance considering the underlying neural substrates of task execution are required in order to probe the effectiveness of tDCS in greater detail, thus creating an opportunity to support motor recovery in neuro-rehabilitation.
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- Nils H Pixa
- Department of Sport Psychology, Institute of Sports Science, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Neuroscience and Medical Psychology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Guignard B, Rouard A, Chollet D, Hart J, Davids K, Seifert L. Individual-Environment Interactions in Swimming: The Smallest Unit for Analysing the Emergence of Coordination Dynamics in Performance? Sports Med 2017; 47:1543-1554. [PMID: 28181208 DOI: 10.1007/s40279-017-0684-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Displacement in competitive swimming is highly dependent on fluid characteristics, since athletes use these properties to propel themselves. It is essential for sport scientists and practitioners to clearly identify the interactions that emerge between each individual swimmer and properties of an aquatic environment. Traditionally, the two protagonists in these interactions have been studied separately. Determining the impact of each swimmer's movements on fluid flow, and vice versa, is a major challenge. Classic biomechanical research approaches have focused on swimmers' actions, decomposing stroke characteristics for analysis, without exploring perturbations to fluid flows. Conversely, fluid mechanics research has sought to record fluid behaviours, isolated from the constraints of competitive swimming environments (e.g. analyses in two-dimensions, fluid flows passively studied on mannequins or robot effectors). With improvements in technology, however, recent investigations have focused on the emergent circular couplings between swimmers' movements and fluid dynamics. Here, we provide insights into concepts and tools that can explain these on-going dynamic interactions in competitive swimming within the theoretical framework of ecological dynamics.
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- Brice Guignard
- Centre d'Etude des Transformations des Activités Physiques et Sportives (CETAPS), Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN, 76000, Rouen, France. .,Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité (LIBM), University Savoie Mont Blanc, 73376, Le Bourget du Lac Cedex, France.
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- Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité (LIBM), University Savoie Mont Blanc, 73376, Le Bourget du Lac Cedex, France
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- Centre d'Etude des Transformations des Activités Physiques et Sportives (CETAPS), Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN, 76000, Rouen, France
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- Centre for Sports Engineering Research, Sheffield Hallam University, Room S001 Chestnut Court, Collegiate Crescent, Sheffield, S10 2BP, UK
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- Centre for Sports Engineering Research, Sheffield Hallam University, Room S001 Chestnut Court, Collegiate Crescent, Sheffield, S10 2BP, UK
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- Centre d'Etude des Transformations des Activités Physiques et Sportives (CETAPS), Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN, 76000, Rouen, France
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Johansson GM, Grip H, Levin MF, Häger CK. The added value of kinematic evaluation of the timed finger-to-nose test in persons post-stroke. J Neuroeng Rehabil 2017; 14:11. [PMID: 28183337 PMCID: PMC5301401 DOI: 10.1186/s12984-017-0220-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2016] [Accepted: 01/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Upper limb coordination in persons post-stroke may be estimated by the commonly used Finger-to-Nose Test (FNT), which is also part of the Fugl-Meyer Assessment. The total movement time (TMT) is used as a clinical outcome measure, while kinematic evaluation also enables an objective quantification of movement quality and motor performance. Our aims were to kinematically characterize FNT performance in persons post-stroke and controls and to investigate the construct validity of the test in persons with varying levels of impairment post-stroke. METHODS A three-dimensional motion capture system recorded body movements during performance of the FNT in 33 persons post-stroke who had mild or moderate upper limb motor impairments (Fugl-Meyer scores of 50-62 or 32-49, respectively), and 41 non-disabled controls. TMT and kinematic variables of the hand (pointing time, peak speed, time to peak speed, number of movement units, path ratio, and pointing accuracy), elbow/shoulder joints (range of motion, interjoint coordination), and scapular/trunk movement were calculated. Our analysis focused on the pointing phase (knee to nose movement of the FNT). Independent t or Mann-Whitney U tests and effect sizes were used to analyze group differences. Sub-group analyses based on movement time and stroke severity were performed. Within the stroke group, simple and multiple linear regression were used to identify relationships between TMT to kinematic variables. RESULTS The stroke group had significant slower TMT (mean difference 2.6 s, d = 1.33) than the control group, and six other kinematic variables showed significant group differences. At matched speeds, the stroke group had lower accuracy and excessive scapular and trunk movements compared to controls. Pointing time and elbow flexion during the pointing phase were most related to stroke severity. For the stroke group, the number of movement units during the pointing phase showed the strongest association with the TMT, and explained 60% of the TMT variance. CONCLUSIONS The timed FNT discriminates between persons with mild and moderate upper limb impairments. However, kinematic analysis to address construct validity highlights differences in pointing movement post-stroke that are not captured in the timed FNT.
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- Gudrun M Johansson
- Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation; Physiotherapy, Umeå University, Building 15, SE-901 87, Umeå, Sweden.
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- Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation; Physiotherapy, Umeå University, Building 15, SE-901 87, Umeå, Sweden
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- School of Physical and Occupational Therapy McGill University, 3654 Promenade Sir William Osler, Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1Y5, Canada
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- Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation; Physiotherapy, Umeå University, Building 15, SE-901 87, Umeå, Sweden
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Braun Janzen T, Thompson WF, Ammirante P, Ranvaud R. Timing skills and expertise: discrete and continuous timed movements among musicians and athletes. Front Psychol 2015; 5:1482. [PMID: 25566154 PMCID: PMC4274878 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2014] [Accepted: 12/02/2014] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Introduction: Movement-based expertise relies on precise timing of movements and the capacity to predict the timing of events. Music performance involves discrete rhythmic actions that adhere to regular cycles of timed events, whereas many sports involve continuous movements that are not timed in a cyclical manner. It has been proposed that the precision of discrete movements relies on event timing (clock mechanism), whereas continuous movements are controlled by emergent timing. We examined whether movement-based expertise influences the timing mode adopted to maintain precise rhythmic actions. Materials and Method: Timing precision was evaluated in musicians, athletes and control participants. Discrete and continuous movements were assessed using finger-tapping and circle-drawing tasks, respectively, based on the synchronization-continuation paradigm. In Experiment 1, no auditory feedback was provided in the continuation phase of the trials, whereas in Experiment 2 every action triggered a feedback tone. Results: Analysis of precision in the continuation phase indicated that athletes performed significantly better than musicians and controls in the circle-drawing task, whereas musicians were more precise than controls in the finger tapping task. Interestingly, musicians were also more precise than controls in the circle-drawing task. Results also showed that the timing mode adopted was dependent on expertise and the presence of auditory feedback. Discussion: Results showed that movement-based expertise is associated with enhanced timing, but these effects depend on the nature of the training. Expertise was found to influence the timing strategy adopted to maintain precise rhythmic movements, suggesting that event and emergent timing mechanisms are not strictly tied to specific tasks, but can both be adopted to achieve precise timing.
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- Thenille Braun Janzen
- Department of Psychology, Macquarie University Sydney, NSW, Australia ; Department of Neuroscience and Behavior, Institute of Psychology, University of São Paulo São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Psychology, Ryerson University Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Neuroscience and Behavior, Institute of Psychology, University of São Paulo São Paulo, Brazil
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Braun Janzen T, Thompson WF, Ranvaud R. A developmental study of the effect of music training on timed movements. Front Hum Neurosci 2014; 8:801. [PMID: 25346677 PMCID: PMC4193239 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2014] [Accepted: 09/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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When people clap to music, sing, play a musical instrument, or dance, they engage in temporal entrainment. We examined the effect of music training on the precision of temporal entrainment in 57 children aged 10–14 years (31 musicians, 26 non-musicians). Performance was examined for two tasks: self-paced finger tapping (discrete movements) and circle drawing (continuous movements). For each task, participants synchronized their movements with a steady pacing signal and then continued the movement at the same rate in the absence of the pacing signal. Analysis of movements during the continuation phase revealed that musicians were more accurate than non-musicians at finger tapping and, to a lesser extent, circle drawing. Performance on the finger-tapping task was positively associated with the number of years of formal music training, whereas performance on the circle-drawing task was positively associated with the age of participants. These results indicate that music training and maturation of the motor system reinforce distinct skills of timed movement.
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- Thenille Braun Janzen
- Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW Australia ; Department of Neuroscience and Behavior, Institute of Psychology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo Brazil
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- Department of Neuroscience and Behavior, Institute of Psychology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo Brazil
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Sommer M, Häger C, Rönnqvist L. Synchronized metronome training induces changes in the kinematic properties of the golf swing. Sports Biomech 2014; 13:1-16. [PMID: 24968507 DOI: 10.1080/14763141.2013.873817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate possible effects of synchronized metronome training (SMT) on movement dynamics during golf-swing performance, as captured by kinematic analysis. A one-group, between-test design was applied on 13 male golfers (27.5 +/- 4.6 years old, 12.7 +/- 4.9 handicap) who completed 12 sessions of SMT over a four-week period. Pre- and post-assessments of golf swings with three different clubs (4-iron, 7-iron, and pitching wedge) were performed using a three-dimensional motion capture system. Club velocity at three different swing phases (backswing, downswing, and follow-through) was measured and cross-correlation analysis of time-series signals were made on joint couplings (wrist-elbow-shoulder) of both arms, and between joints and the club, during the full golf swing. There were significantly higher cross-correlations between joint-couplings and concomitant changes of the associated phase-shift differences, as well as reduced phase-shift variability at post-test. No significant effect of SMT was found for the club velocities. We suggest that domain-general influences of SMT on the underlying brain-based motor control strategies lead to a more coordinated movement pattern of the golf-swing performance, which may explain previous observations of significantly improved golf-shot accuracy and decreased variability after SMT.
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Miura A, Kudo K, Nakazawa K. Action-perception coordination dynamics of whole-body rhythmic movement in stance: a comparison study of street dancers and non-dancers. Neurosci Lett 2013; 544:157-62. [PMID: 23603261 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2013.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2012] [Revised: 03/11/2013] [Accepted: 04/01/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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This study investigated whether whole-body, rhythmic action-perception coordination in stance is organized in terms of dynamic principles. We observed whether phase transition and hysteresis occur during the execution of dancing movements. Nine skilled street dancers and 9 novice controls performed 2 types of rhythmic knee-bending movements to a metronome beat in the standing position. Participants performed down-on-the-beat (in which knee flexion coincides with the beat) and up-on-the-beat (in which knee extension coincides with the beat), which are both typical components of street dance. All participants were instructed not to intervene in the pattern change. The auditory stimulus beat rate increased or decreased between 60 and 220 beats per minute (bpm) in steps of 20 bpm. We calculated the phase angle of beat time that is superposed on knee movement trajectory on a phase plane. Under the up-on-the-beat condition, phase transition and hysteresis were observed. The bifurcation frequency at which phase transition occurred significantly differed between groups, indicating that dancers were able to perform up-on-the-beat at higher movement frequencies than non-dancers. This suggests that dynamical properties may differ between Dancers and Non-dancers. The present results provide additional evidence that whole-body action-perception pattern formation is governed by general and common dynamical principles.
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- Akito Miura
- Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Komaba 3-8-1, Meguro, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan.
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- Ludovic Seifert
- Centre d'Etude des Transformations des Activités Physiques et Sportives (CETAPS)-EA 3832, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Rouen, Bld Siegfried, 76821 Mount Saint Aignan Cedex, Mont Saint Aignan, France.
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Wiese-Bjornstal DM. Psychology and socioculture affect injury risk, response, and recovery in high-intensity athletes: a consensus statement. Scand J Med Sci Sports 2011; 20 Suppl 2:103-11. [PMID: 20840568 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2010.01195.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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This consensus statement summarizes key contemporary research themes relevant to understanding the psychology and socioculture of sport injury. Special consideration is given toward high-intensity sport in which elite athlete training and performance efforts are characterized by explosive physical speed and strength, mental fortitude to push physical limits, and maximum effort and commitment to highly challenging goals associated with achieving exceptional performance. Sport injury occurrence in high-intensity sport is an adverse and stressful health event associated with a complex multitude of risks, consequences and outcomes. A biopsychosocial (Engel, 1980) view is advocated which contextualizes an understanding of the psychological aspects of sport injury in light of influential sociocultural, ethical, and biomedical issues. Outcomes related to athlete health and performance excellence are of equal importance in considering how psychological scholarship, expertise and services can be used to improve efforts focused on the prevention and management of sport injury among high-intensity athletes. The consensus view is that psychology and socioculture do affect sport injury risk, response and recovery in high-intensity athletes, and that continued efforts in psychological research and professional practice are needed to protect athlete physical and mental health and contribute toward performance excellence and career longevity.
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- D M Wiese-Bjornstal
- School of Kinesiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
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De Luca C, Bertollo M, Comani S. Non-magnetic equipment for the high-resolution quantification of finger kinematics during functional studies of bimanual coordination. J Neurosci Methods 2010; 192:173-84. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2010.07.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2009] [Revised: 07/12/2010] [Accepted: 07/16/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Duque J, Davare M, Delaunay L, Jacob B, Saur R, Hummel F, Hermoye L, Rossion B, Olivier E. Monitoring coordination during bimanual movements: where is the mastermind? J Cogn Neurosci 2010; 22:526-42. [PMID: 19309295 DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2009.21213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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One remarkable aspect of the human motor repertoire is the multitude of bimanual actions it contains. Still, the neural correlates of coordinated movements, in which the two hands share a common goal, remain debated. To address this issue, we designed two bimanual circling tasks that differed only in terms of goal conceptualization: a "coordination" task that required movements of both hands to adapt to each other to reach a common goal and an "independent" task that imposed a separate goal to each hand. fMRI allowed us to pinpoint three areas located in the right hemisphere that were more strongly activated in the coordination condition: the superior temporal gyrus (STG), the SMA, and the primary motor cortex (M1). We then used transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to disrupt transiently the function of those three regions to determine their causal role in bimanual coordination. Right STG virtual lesions impaired bimanual coordination, whereas TMS to right M1 enhanced hand independence. TMS over SMA, left STG, or left M1 had no effect. The present study provides direct insight into the neural correlates of coordinated bimanual movements and highlights the role of right STG in such bimanual movements.
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- Julie Duque
- Université Catholique de Louvain, 1200 Brussels, Belgium.
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Tallet J, Barral J, James C, Hauert CA. Stability-dependent behavioural and electro-cortical reorganizations during intentional switching between bimanual tapping modes. Neurosci Lett 2010; 483:118-22. [PMID: 20678541 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.07.074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2010] [Revised: 07/21/2010] [Accepted: 07/26/2010] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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This study investigated behavioural and electro-cortical reorganizations accompanying intentional switching between two distinct bimanual coordination tapping modes (In-phase and Anti-phase) that differ in stability when produced at the same movement rate. We expected that switching to a less stable tapping mode (In-to-Anti switching) would lead to larger behavioural perturbations and require supplementary neural resources than switching to a more stable tapping mode (Anti-to-In switching). Behavioural results confirmed that the In-to-Anti switching lasted longer than the Anti-to-In switching. A general increase in attention-related neural activity was found at the moment of switching for both conditions. Additionally, two condition-dependent EEG reorganizations were observed. First, a specific increase in cortico-cortical coherence appeared exclusively during the In-to-Anti switching. This result may reflect a strengthening in inter-regional communication in order to engage in the subsequent, less stable, tapping mode. Second, a decrease in motor-related neural activity (increased beta spectral power) was found for the Anti-to-In switching only. The latter effect may reflect the interruption of the previous, less stable, tapping mode. Given that previous results on spontaneous Anti-to-In switching revealing an inverse pattern of EEG reorganization (decreased beta spectral power), present findings give new insight on the stability-dependent neural correlates of intentional motor switching.
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The theoretical framework of coordination dynamics posits complementary neural mechanisms to maintain complex behavioral patterns under circumstances that may render them unstable and to voluntarily switch between behaviors if changing internal or external conditions so demand. A candidate neural structure known to play a role in both the selection and maintenance of intentional behavior is the basal ganglia. Here, we use functional magnetic resonance imaging to explore the role of basal ganglia in intentional switching between bimanual coordination patterns that are known to differ in their stability as a function of movement rate. Key measures of pattern dynamics and switching were used to map behavior onto the associated neural circuitry to determine the relation between specific behavioral variables and activated brain areas. Results show that putamen activity is highly sensitive to pattern stability: greater activity was observed in bilateral putamen when subjects were required to switch from a more to a less stable pattern than vice versa. Since putamen activity correlated with pattern stability both before and during the switching process, its role may be to select desired actions and inhibit competing ones through parametric modulation of the intrinsic dynamics. Though compatible with recent computational models of basal ganglia function, our results further suggest that pattern stability determines how the basal ganglia efficiently and successfully select among response alternatives.
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Wilkinson DJ, Smeeton NJ, Watt PW. Ammonia metabolism, the brain and fatigue; revisiting the link. Prog Neurobiol 2010; 91:200-19. [PMID: 20138956 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2010.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2009] [Revised: 01/27/2010] [Accepted: 01/29/2010] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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This review addresses the ammonia fatigue theory in light of new evidence from exercise and disease studies and aims to provide a view of the role of ammonia during exercise. Hyperammonemia is a condition common to pathological liver disorders and intense or exhausting exercise. In pathology, hyperammonemia is linked to impairment of normal brain function and the onset of the neurological condition, hepatic encephalopathy. Elevated blood ammonia concentrations arise due to a diminished capacity for removal via the liver and lead to increased exposure of organs, such as the brain, to the toxic effects of ammonia. High levels of brain ammonia can lead to deleterious alterations in astrocyte morphology, cerebral energy metabolism and neurotransmission, which may in turn impact on the functioning of important signalling pathways within the neuron. Such changes are believed to contribute to the disturbances in neuropsychological function, in particular the learning, memory, and motor control deficits observed in animal models of liver disease and also patients with cirrhosis. Hyperammonemia in exercise occurs as a result of an increased production by contracting muscle, through adenosine monophosphate (AMP) deamination (the purine nucleotide cycle) and branched chain amino acid (BCAA) deamination prior to oxidation. Plasma concentrations of ammonia during exercise often achieve or exceed those measured in liver disease patients, resulting in increased cerebral uptake. In this article we propose that exercise-induced hyperammonemia may lead to concomitant disturbances in brain function, potentially through similar mechanisms underpinning pathology, which may impact on performance as fatigue or reduced function, especially during extreme exercise.
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- Daniel J Wilkinson
- Department of Sport and Exercise Science, Chelsea School, University of Brighton, 30 Carlisle Road, Eastbourne, UK.
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Jantzen KJ, Steinberg FL, Kelso JAS. Coordination dynamics of large-scale neural circuitry underlying rhythmic sensorimotor behavior. J Cogn Neurosci 2010; 21:2420-33. [PMID: 19199411 DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2008.21182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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In coordination dynamics, rate is a nonspecific control parameter that alters the stability of behavioral patterns and leads to spontaneous pattern switching. We used fMRI in conjunction with measures of effective connectivity to investigate the neural basis of behavioral dynamics by examining two coordination patterns known to be differentially stable (synchronization and syncopation) across a range of rates (0.75 to 1.75 Hz). Activity in primary auditory and motor cortices increased linearly with rate, independent of coordination pattern. On the contrary, activity in a premotor-cerebellar circuit varied directly with the stability of the collective variable (relative phase) that specifies coordinated behavioral patterns. Connectivity between premotor and motor cortices was also modulated by the stability of the behavioral pattern indicative of greater reliance on sensorimotor integration as action becomes more variable. By establishing a critical connection between behavioral and large scale brain dynamics, these findings reveal a basic principle for the neural organization underlying coordinated action.
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Gillett J, O'Brien L, Ryan M, Rogowski J. Strategic Exercise Prescription for Baseball: Bridging the Gap Between Injury Prevention and Power Production. Strength Cond J 2009. [DOI: 10.1519/ssc.0b013e3181a1293d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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