Targeted application of motor learning theory to leverage youth neuroplasticity for enhanced injury-resistance and exercise performance: OPTIMAL PREP

JA Diekfuss, DR Grooms, JA Hogg, H Singh… - Journal of Science in …, 2021 - Springer
Youth athletes are ideal candidates for novel therapeutic motor learning interventions that
leverage the plasticity of the central nervous system to promote desirable biomechanical …

Practical training strategies to apply neuro-mechanistic motor learning principles to facilitate adaptations towards injury-resistant movement in youth

JA Diekfuss, S Bonnette, JA Hogg, C Riehm… - Journal of Science in …, 2021 - Springer
Youth may be particularly responsive to motor learning training strategies that support injury-
resistant movement mechanics in youth for prevention programs that reduce injury risk …

[HTML][HTML] Preliminary brain-behavioral neural correlates of anterior cruciate ligament injury risk landing biomechanics using a novel bilateral leg press neuroimaging …

DR Grooms, JA Diekfuss, CR Criss, M Anand… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury risk reduction strategies primarily focus on
biomechanical factors related to frontal plane knee motion and loading. Although central …

The effects of sports‐related concussion history on female adolescent brain activity and connectivity for bilateral lower extremity knee motor control

TM Zuleger, AB Slutsky‐Ganesh, M Anand… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Sports‐related concussions (SRCs) are associated with neuromuscular control deficits in
athletes following return to play. However, the connection between SRC and potentially …

Either autonomy support or enhanced expectancies delivered via virtual-reality benefits frontal-plane single-leg squatting kinematics

JA Hogg, GB Wilkerson, SN Acocello… - … and Motor Skills, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Our purpose in this study was to determine the effects of a virtual reality intervention
delivering specific motivational motor learning manipulations of either autonomy support …

Brain activity during experimental knee pain and its relationship with kinesiophobia in patients with patellofemoral pain: a preliminary functional magnetic resonance …

KDB Foss, AB Slutsky-Ganesh… - Journal of Sport …, 2022 - journals.humankinetics.com
Context: The etiology of patellofemoral pain has remained elusive, potentially due to an
incomplete understanding of how pain, motor control, and kinesiophobia disrupt central …

Loss of motor stability after sports-related concussion: opportunities for motor learning strategies to reduce musculoskeletal injury risk

JM Avedesian, H Singh, JA Diekfuss, GD Myer… - Sports medicine, 2021 - Springer
Current best practices to direct recovery after sports-related concussion (SRC) typically
require asymptomatic presentation at both rest and during a graduated exercise …

Integrated 3D motion analysis with functional magnetic resonance neuroimaging to identify neural correlates of lower extremity movement

M Anand, JA Diekfuss, AB Slutsky-Ganesh… - Journal of neuroscience …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background To better understand the neural drivers of aberrant motor control, methods are
needed to identify whole brain neural correlates of isolated joints during multi-joint lower …

Immersive real-time biofeedback optimized with enhanced expectancies improves motor learning: A Feasibility study

AM Williams, JA Hogg, JA Diekfuss… - Journal of sport …, 2022 - journals.humankinetics.com
Context: An Optimizing Performance through Intrinsic Motivation and Attention for Learning
theory-based motor learning intervention delivering autonomy support and enhanced …

Lack of Proprioceptive Strategy Modulation Leads to At-Risk Biomechanics for Anterior Cruciate Ligament in Healthy Athletes.

B Picot, M Lempereur, B Morel, N Forestier… - … and Science in …, 2024 - europepmc.org
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries are frequent in handball and altered sensory
integration may contribute to increased injury risk. Recent evidence showed that …