Epidemic excess of weight is considered as a critical and common health problem. It is
associated with many physiological and psychological disorders. Other than metabolic …

Cold exposure causes impairments in manual performance and therefore has implications
for the safety and performance of individuals who perform occupational and survival skills in …

Method: Eight healthy lean subjects (body mass index (BMI) between 20.9 and 25.0 kg/m 2)
and nine healthy obese subjects (BMI between 30.5 and 48.6 kg/m 2) pointed to a target …

Stone tools provide some of the best remaining evidence of behavioral change over long
periods, but their cognitive and evolutionary implications remain poorly understood. Here …

Perturbation-based exercise interventions challenge balance and improve reactive motor
control. Our purpose was to investigate the modular organisation during a standing balance …

Anticipatory Postural Adjustments (APAs) are commonly described as unconscious
muscular activities aimed to counterbalance the perturbation caused by the primary …

Background Trunk control is essential during seated activities. The trunk interacts with the
upper extremities (UE) and head by being part of a kinematic chain and by providing a …

We wanted to determine whether movement planning followed Fitts' law by investigating the
relationship between movement planning and movement performance in experienced …

Manual dexterity and postural control develop throughout childhood, leading to changes in
the synergistic relationships between head, hand and posture. But the postural …

Obesity reduces the efficiency of postural and movement control mechanisms. However, the
effects of obesity on a functional motor task and postural control in standing and seated …