Non-invasive brain imaging to advance the understanding of human balance

HJ Huang, DP Ferris - Current opinion in biomedical engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Humans depend on mobility for social interaction, cognitive development, and health
maintenance. Successful mobility requires maintaining balance, which integrates sensory …

Corticospinal and spinal adaptations following lower limb motor skill training: a meta-analysis with best evidence synthesis

A Woodhead, JS North, J Hill, CP Murphy… - Experimental Brain …, 2023 - Springer
Motor skill training alters the human nervous system; however, lower limb motor tasks have
been less researched compared to upper limb tasks. This meta-analysis with best evidence …

Golf skill learning: An external focus of attention enhances performance and motivation

J An, G Wulf - Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 2024 - Elsevier
An external focus of attention has been shown to enhance the performance and learning of
motor skills, relative to an internal focus (see Chua, Jimenez-Diaz, Lewthwaite, Kim, & Wulf …

Translating thoughts into action: Optimizing motor performance and learning through brief motivational and attentional influences

G Wulf, R Lewthwaite - Current Directions in Psychological …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Skilled motor performance is essential in sports, the performing arts, various occupations,
and many daily activities. Scientists and practitioners alike are therefore interested in …

Effects of balance training on balance performance in youth: role of training difficulty

S Schedler, F Tenelsen, L Wich… - BMC Sports Science …, 2020 - Springer
Background Cross-sectional studies have shown that balance performance can be
challenged by the level of task difficulty (eg, varying stance conditions, sensory …

Modulation of soleus muscle H-reflexes and ankle muscle co-contraction with surface compliance during unipedal balancing in young and older adults

L Alizadehsaravi, SM Bruijn, H Maas… - Experimental brain …, 2020 - Springer
This study aimed to assess modulation of lower leg muscle reflex excitability and co-
contraction during unipedal balancing on compliant surfaces in young and older adults …

Neuroscientific approaches to self-regulatory control in sports

W Wolff, A Hirsch, M Bieleke… - Motivation and self …, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
Self-regulatory control plays a key role in determining sports performance. To illustrate, a
runner whose muscles are aching has to fight the impulse of slowing down. This impulse …

Motor learning induces time‐dependent plasticity that is observable at the spinal cord level

LS Giboin, C Tokuno, A Kramer… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Key points The spinal cord is an important contributor to motor learning It remains unclear
whether short‐term spinal cord adaptations are general or task‐specific Immediately after …

Effects of balance training with visual input manipulations on balance performance and sensory integration in healthy young adults: a randomized controlled trial

J Ketterer, A Gollhofer, S Ringhof, L Assländer… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Although balance training can improve balance across various populations, the underlying
mechanisms, such as how balance training may alter sensory integration, remain unclear …

Effects of a short period of postural training on postural stability and vestibulospinal reflexes

C Grasso, M Barresi, MP Tramonti Fantozzi… - PLoS one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The effects of postural training on postural stability and vestibulospinal reflexes (VSRs) were
investigated in normal subjects. A period (23 minutes) of repeated episodes (n= 10, 50 …