Infant Sitting and Multi-Directional Reaching Skill
J Mot Behav. 2023 Sep 26:1-10. doi: 10.1080/00222895.2023.2262428. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTWe tested twenty-one 6- to 10-month-old infants with a wide range of sitting experience in forward and rightward reaching during unsupported sitting on the floor. Sessions were video-recorded for further behavioral and machine learning-based kinematic analyses. All infants, including novice sitters, successfully touched and grasped toys in both directions. Infant falls, hand support, and base of support changes were rare. Infants with more sitting experience showed better upright posture than novice sitters. However, we found n...
Source: Journal of Motor Behavior - September 26, 2023 Category: Neurology Authors: Jaya Rachwani Victor Santamaria Xupeng Ai Sara Ahlouche Laura Caba Antonia Palazzolo Jenniffer Ramirez Sunil Agrawal Source Type: research
Effects of Short-Term Novice Archery Training on Reaching Movement Performance and Interlimb Asymmetries
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. The...
Source: Journal of Motor Behavior - August 16, 2023 Category: Neurology Authors: Ozkan Beyaz Virginie Eyraud G ıyasettin Demirhan Selcuk Akpinar Andrzej Przybyla Source Type: research
