Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Michael Montag, Sven Bertel, Bjorn B. de Koning, Steffi Zander
Summary: Studies have shown that limited rotation training has a positive impact on students' mental rotation skills, improving task success rate and task solving efficiency. While there is controversy over dynamic representations, there is a lack of research on the varying effects of different instructional techniques in interactive dynamic spatial training.
COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR
(2021)
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
J. A. Binks, C. J. Wilson, P. Van Schaik, D. L. Eaves
Summary: This study investigated the training effects of combined action observation and motor imagery (AO + MI) on a complex cup-stacking task, without physical practice. The results showed that AO + MI practice led to shorter movement execution times compared to other conditions, both immediately after practice and one week later.
PSYCHOLOGY OF SPORT AND EXERCISE
(2023)
Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Emma Peters, Sanne Golembiewski, Daniel Erlacher, Martin Dresler
Summary: Improving motor performance through mental practice, such as lucid dreaming, has been proven feasible through decades of research. Lucid dreaming allows the intentional simulation of motor tasks with realistic impressions, potentially enhancing subsequent wakefulness performance. Experimental studies have shown promising improvements in motor performance after lucid dreaming practice, supported by similarities in brain activity, eye movements, muscle activity, and autonomic responses compared to physical practice. However, placebo effects, motivation increases, and practical challenges need to be addressed for further investigation and implementation in various disciplines.
MEDICAL HYPOTHESES
(2023)
Review
Neurosciences
Noemi Passarello, Marianna Liparoti, Caterina Padulo, Pierpaolo Sorrentino, Fabio Alivernini, Beth Fairfield, Fabio Lucidi, Laura Mandolesi
Summary: Motor imagery is a dynamic cognitive process that can stimulate motor learning and regain motor skills. Studies have found that older individuals hyperactivate their sensorimotor and attentional networks during motor imagery tasks, which some argue is a compensatory mechanism while others see it as a sign of cognitive decline.
Review
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Wan X. Yao, Sha Ge, John Q. Zhang, Parisa Hemmat, Bo Y. Jiang, Xiao J. Liu, Xing Lu, Zayd Yaghi, Guang H. Yue
Summary: This review aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of mental imagery training (MIT) in promoting bilateral transfer (BT) of motor performance for healthy individuals. The results showed that MIT provides significant benefits in inducing BT, with internal MIT being more effective than external MIT, and mixed-task interventions being more effective than mirror-task and normal-task interventions.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Cornelia Frank, Katharina Bekemeier, Andrea Menze-Sonneck
Summary: The study aimed to investigate the impact of imagery training on the performance and mental representation of the pullover on the horizontal bar in gymnastics for 16- to 19-year old comprehensive school students. Results indicated that the imagery training group showed greater improvements in motor performance and cognitive representation compared to the control group.
PSYCHOLOGY OF SPORT AND EXERCISE
(2021)
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Jessica Guilbert, Jonathan Fernandez
Summary: This article reviews the application of mental practice in typically developing children and adolescents, and provides recommendations and guidelines for practitioners and coaches. The article also discusses unresolved issues and future research perspectives in the field of motor imagery training.
INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF SPORT AND EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Ghazala T. Saleem
Summary: Motor imagery (MI) is the ability to mentally engage in a task without voluntary movement. MI is important for motor development and skill acquisition in children. However, there is a lack of measures to assess MI responsiveness in children, creating a research gap.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Cecilia Neige, Florent Lebon, Catherine Mercier, Jeremie Gaveau, Charalambos Papaxanthis, Celia Ruffino
Summary: Pain interferes with the motor imagery process, preventing the enhancement of corticospinal excitability and use-dependent plasticity.
Article
Neurosciences
Brian Mathias, Andrea Waibel, Gesa Hartwigsen, Leona Sureth, Manuela Macedonia, Katja M. Mayer, Katharina von Kriegstein
Summary: The study found that sensorimotor-enriched training can change the representations of L2 words in the motor cortex, thereby facilitating the translation of L2 words. Different training methods have different effects on the translation speed of L2 words.
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Adam J. Toth, Niall Ramsbottom, Christophe Constantin, Alain Milliet, Mark J. Campbell
Summary: This study aimed to differentiate sensorimotor performance of a key gameplay skill among esports players of different skill levels, quantify the training effect on performance, and investigate the effect of tDCS on performance improvements. The results showed that performance on a single fundamental esport skill can differentiate expertise among novice and skilled players, training can significantly improve performance among all expertise levels, and tDCS accelerates the performance improvements of novice players.
COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Francesca Gimigliano
Summary: Mental practice combined with other treatments may improve upper extremity activity and function in individuals with hemiparesis after stroke.
NEUROREHABILITATION
(2021)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Christian Collet, Mahmoud El Hajj, Rawad Chaker, Bernard Bui-Xuan, Jean-Jacques Lehot, Nady Hoyek
Summary: The study found that combining motor imagery with actual training can accelerate the learning of peripheral venous catheter insertion and improve the learning effectiveness of professional skills.
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2021)
Article
Surgery
Vaikunthan Rajaratnam, Hannah Jia Hui Ng, Norana Abdul Rahman, Chaoyan Dong
Summary: This study describes the design and development of an online training module for micro suturing, which has significant utility in hand surgery. It utilizes self-regulated learning through mental practice and motor imagery, and showed a significant effect on the quality of motor skill outcome and the richness of motor imagery in an experimental design.
ANZ JOURNAL OF SURGERY
(2022)
Article
Cell Biology
Maral Yeganeh Doost, Benoit Herman, Adrien Denis, Julien Sapin, Daniel Galinski, Audrey Riga, Patrice Laloux, Benoit Bihin, Yves Vandermeeren
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the impact of robotic assistance mode on bimanual motor skill learning in stroke patients. The results showed that, under a pre-determined stepwise decreasing assistance mode, robotic active-assisted mode did not improve bimanual motor skill learning more than active mode in both healthy individuals and stroke patients.
NEURAL REGENERATION RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Rehabilitation
Laura Uehara, Daniel Boari Coelho, Ernesto Cesar Pinto Leal-Junior, Paulo Roberto Vicente de Paiva, Abrahao Fontes Batista, Rafael Jardim Duarte Moreira, Maria Helena Faria Coura, Alexandre Hideki Okano, Joao Carlos Ferrari Correa, Fernanda Ishida Correa
Summary: The objective of this study is to evaluate the effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on central and peripheral fatigue in recreational runners. The study design is a clinical randomized, sham-controlled, triple-blind, crossover study. The results of this study may determine an application protocol for tDCS in runners.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE & REHABILITATION
(2022)
Article
Sport Sciences
R. de Almeida Azevedo, R. Cruz, P. Couto, M. D. Silva-Cavalcante, D. Boari, N. Okuno, A. E. Lima-Silva, R. Bertuzzi
Summary: The study investigates the effects of prior high-intensity endurance exercise on time trial performance and fatigue responses. The results show that prior high-intensity endurance exercise has positive effects on subsequent time trial performance, despite the development of exacerbated peripheral fatigue. This response may be driven by greater aerobic reliance and exertion tolerance.
Review
Neurosciences
Layla Cupertino, Tatiana Goncalves dos Reis, Emanuele Los Angeles, Thaisy Moraes Costa, Solaiman Shokur, Mohamed Bouri, Andrea C. de Lima-Pardini, Daniel Boari Coelho
Summary: The characteristics of the events preceding freezing episodes during gait in Parkinson's disease include shortened stride length, decreased gait speed, postural instability, increased double support phase, muscle incoordination, increased EMG amplitude, decreased range of motion, and anterior pelvic tilt.
Article
Neurosciences
Julia Avila de Oliveira, Nametala Maia Azzi, Daniel Boari Coelho, Luis Augusto Teixeira
Summary: The ankle plantar flexor muscles play a synergistic role in controlling body balance. Their activation is modulated by task requirements and body orientation. During static balance, the activation of the plantar flexor muscles is influenced by load and foot orientation. In the generation of reactive responses, the gastrocnemii muscles activate earlier, steeper, and with a higher proportion compared to the soleus muscle. Foot orientation at 30 degrees leads to higher muscular activation, while the activation relationship across muscles is unaffected.
JOURNAL OF ELECTROMYOGRAPHY AND KINESIOLOGY
(2022)
Letter
Neurosciences
Jumes Leopoldino Oliveira Lira, Carlos Ugrinowitsch, Daniel Boari Coelho, Luis Augusto Teixeira, Andrea Cristina de Lima-Pardini, Fernando Henrique Magalhaes, Egberto Reis Barbosa, Fay B. Horak, Carla Silva-Batista
JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Caroline Ribeiro De Souza, Runfeng Miao, Julia avila De Oliveira, Andrea Cristina De Lima-Pardini, Debora Fragoso De Campos, Carla Silva-Batista, Luis Teixeira, Solaiman Shokur, Bouri Mohamed, Daniel Boari Coelho
FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Physiology
Fabiano Tomazini, Ana Carla Santos-Mariano, Vinicius F. dos S. Andrade, Daniel B. Coelho, Romulo Bertuzzi, Gleber Pereira, Marcos D. Silva-Cavalcante, Adriano E. Lima-Silva
Summary: Caffeine improves performance when competing against a virtual opponent in a 4-km cycling time trial, and this improvement is associated with increased muscle activation without greater central or peripheral fatigue.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Experimental
Marina T. Betelli, Julia A. de Oliveira, Daniel B. Coelho, Luis A. Teixeira
Summary: This study compared compensatory arm and leg movements in response to unpredictable stance perturbations between judokas and other athletes. The results showed that judokas had higher stability scores than the comparison group in the most challenging perturbations.
PERCEPTUAL AND MOTOR SKILLS
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Claudia Eunice Neves de Oliveira, Daniel Boari Coelho, Caroline Ribeiro de Souza, Alana Xavier Batista, Raquel Marquesini, Acacio Moreira-Neto, Carla Silva-Batista, Adriana Tanigawa Bitiati, Luis Augusto Teixeira, Andrea Cristina de Lima-Pardini
Summary: This study aims to find associations between executive function, anxiety, depression, and reactive and anticipatory postural control domains in individuals with moderate-to-severe Parkinson's disease. The results showed that cognitive flexibility, inhibitory control, and anxiety significantly explained different aspects of postural control. These findings have significant implications for future treatments and rehabilitation protocols.
Article
Neurosciences
Caroline Ribeiro de Souza, Julia Avila de Oliveira, Patricia Sayuri Takazono, Lucas da Silva Rezende, Carla Silva-Batista, Daniel Boari Coelho, Luis Augusto Teixeira
Summary: Perturbation-based balance training (PBT) improves reactive postural responses through sudden upright balance perturbations. A short PBT program was evaluated in individuals with freezing of gait due to Parkinson's disease. Compared to resistance training (RT), PBT led to more stable postural responses in the 30-day retention evaluation, but no transfer to dual-tasking or higher perturbation velocity was observed.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Thiago Kenzo Fujioka Shida, Claudia Eunice Neves de Oliveira, Debora da Silva Fragoso de Campos, Emanuele Los Angeles, Claudionor Bernardo, Luana dos Santos de Oliveira, Layla Cupertino Salloum e Silva, Thayna Magalhaes Novaes, Solaiman Shokur, Mohamed Bouri, Daniel Boari Coelho
Summary: This study evaluated the effects of medication and freezing of gait (FoG) on the kinematic and kinetic parameters of gait in people with Parkinson's disease. The results showed that FoG mainly affects distal joints, such as the ankle and knee. Parkinson's disease patients exhibited changes in joint range of motion and lower ground reaction force compared to healthy individuals.
NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Primary Health Care
Samara Silva de Moura, Francisco de Assis Dias Martins-Junior, Emerson Cruz de Oliveira, Daniel Barbosa Coelho, Daniel Boari, Adriano Eduardo Lima-Silva, Daisy Motta-Santos, Robson Augusto Souza Dos Santos, Lenice Kappes Becker
Summary: Supplementation with HP beta CD-Ang-(1-7) did not improve physical performance in time trial or repeated sprints, but it promoted the maintenance of plasma glucose and lactate levels after the sprint protocol and at rest, respectively. In addition, HP beta CD-Ang-(1-7) also increased resting plasma nitrite levels and reduced diastolic blood pressure in the time trial protocol.
PHYSICIAN AND SPORTSMEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Thiago Kenzo Fujioka Shida, Thaisy Moraes Costa, Claudia Eunice Neves de Oliveira, Renata de Castro Treza, Sandy Mikie Hondo, Emanuele Los Angeles, Claudionor Bernardo, Luana dos Santos de Oliveira, Margarete de Jesus Carvalho, Daniel Boari Coelho
Summary: This study aimed to create a public dataset of Parkinson's disease (PD) patients' gait biomechanics data. The researchers measured the kinematics of the upper extremity, trunk, lower extremity, and pelvis of 26 PD patients walking overground, both on and off medication. The dataset includes raw and processed kinematic and kinetic data, as well as metadata containing demographic and clinical information. This dataset is expected to provide reference data for researchers worldwide and enhance the understanding of the effects of medication on gait in PD patients.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE
(2023)
Review
Psychology, Experimental
Norberto S. Bazo, Alexandre J. Marcori, Anderson N. Guimaraes, Luis A. Teixeira, Victor H. A. Okazaki
Summary: This article conducts a systematic literature review to analyze and compare the existing inventories for assessing human lateral preference. The results show that these inventories vary in dimensions, scales, tasks, and psychometric properties. Many of them lack established psychometric verification and cross-cultural applicability. The study provides a comprehensive guide for researchers to select the appropriate assessment tool and suggests the development of a new inventory with a broader approach and cross-cultural tasks to enhance its practical applicability worldwide.
PERCEPTUAL AND MOTOR SKILLS
(2023)