Anticipatory and pre-planned actions: A comparison between young soccer players and swimmers

Nardello, Francesca; Bertucco, Matteo; Cesari, Paola

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“…Certainly, the artistic gymnastics facilitates abilities, such as the estimation of the direction of movements, the speed of execution, and the identification of their own and surrounding objects' locations [44] , but these considerations cannot be sufficient to definitely answer the question. Other studies using the table-RAM should be performed on other young people playing sports, for example considering open skill sport, that take place in an unpredictable and constantly changing environment where movements need to be continually adapted, such as basketball, soccer [45] . In addition to this question, it is necessary to underline the limitations of the present study which cannot be overcome requiring caution when generalize the data.…”

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The beneficial effects of physical exercise on visuospatial working memory in preadolescent children

Serra¹,

Raimondi²,

Domenico³

et al. 2021

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<abstract> <p>The relationship between physical exercise and improvement in specific cognitive domains in children and adolescents who play sport has been recently reported, although the effects on visuospatial abilities have not yet been well explored. This study is aimed at evaluating in school-age children practicing artistic gymnastics the visuospatial memory by using a table version of the Radial Arm Maze (table-RAM) and comparing their performances with those ones who do not play any sport. The visuospatial performances of 14 preadolescent girls practicing artistic gymnastics aged between 7 and 10 years and those of 14 preadolescent girls not playing any sport were evaluated in the table-RAM forced-choice paradigm that allows disentangling short-term memory from working memory abilities. Data showed that the gymnasts obtained better performances than control group mainly in the parameters evaluating working memory abilities, such as within-phase errors and spatial span. Our findings emphasizing the role of physical activity on cognitive performances impel to promote physical exercise in educational and recreational contexts as well as to analyse the impact of other sports besides gymnastics on cognitive functioning.</p> </abstract>

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The beneficial effects of physical exercise on visuospatial working memory in preadolescent children

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Domenico³

et al. 2021

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“…Although the literature presents a variety of protocols for using IMUs in sports [ 3 , 5 , 23 ], is important to recognize that this area of research is still under development, especially when we look for evidence supporting the use of wearable sensors to assess CPAs and APAs during a predictable external perturbation in a real sport setting. The difficulty in studying APAs in this environment is one of the reasons why the literature is scarce.…”

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“…Some practical application may derive from these results, since no matter the type of sport, they all highlight the need for athe daptability and reorganization of posture adjustments to maintain balance, lower the risk of injuries, and improve performance. APAs are useful to detect and train position-specific patterns in movement; create more efficient sports-specific training programs for performance optimization; and monitor potential risks of injury, such as concussion and fatigue [ 3 , 23 ].…”

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Wearable Inertial Sensor Approach for Postural Adjustment Assessments during Predictable Perturbations in Sport

Duarte

Moraes

Ferreira

et al. 2022

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Introduction: Evidence supports the importance of efficient postural control to improve performance in sports. This involves the use of strategies such as anticipatory posture adjustments and compensatory adjustments. Technology makes analysis and assessments in sports cheaper, while being valid and reliable compared to the gold-standard assessment equipment. Objectives: This article aimed to test the validity and reliability of signals extracted from the sensor’s accelerometer (Metamotion C), by comparing it to the data obtained from the gold-standard equipment (a three-dimensional video-motion-capture system). Design: Observational, cross-sectional study. Methods: We exposed 20 healthy young standing people to the pendulum impact paradigm, which consisted of predictable anteroposterior disturbances applied at the shoulder level. In order to measure this, we observed the acceleration of the center of mass in the anticipatory and compensatory phase of the disturbance and compared the signals of the two devices (Metamotion C and a motion-capture system). Results: The validation results showed the significant linear correlation of all variables with a moderate to large correlation of r ≥ 0.5 between the devices. In contrast, the reliability results between sessions obtained by filming were all significant and above 0.75, indicating excellent reliability. The APAonset variable had a reasonable to high intra-class correlation in the anticipatory phase. In the compensatory phase, the CPAtime variable showed an excellent correlation. Conclusions: Metamotion C proved reasonably valid and highly reliable in measuring the center of mass acceleration compared to the camera system in both the anticipatory and compensatory phases.

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“…On the other hand, it has been reported that the development of anticipatory postural control with voluntary movement while standing is influenced by experience as well as by the development of the nervous system, resulting in significant individual differences [ 23 ]. Thus, the training effect of anticipatory postural control from childhood to adolescence has been investigated with respect to sports [ 24 ] and rehabilitation [ 25 , 26 ]. However, previous studies have reported the development of anticipatory activation of the postural muscles with arm movement during standing based on typical examples or average data from a few subjects [ 19 , 22 ].…”

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Age-related changes in the activation timing of postural muscles to the prime mover muscle for bilateral arm flexion during standing

Kiyota

Fujiwara

2022

J Physiol Anthropol

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Background We aimed to obtain the standard values of age-related changes in the activation timing of postural muscles to the prime mover muscle (anterior deltoid [AD]) for bilateral arm flexion during standing. Methods The study participants were 276 children (aged 3–14 years) and 32 adults (aged 20–26 years). In response to a visual stimulus, participants raised both arms from a fully extended position as quickly as possible, stopped their arms voluntarily at a horizontal level at the shoulder, and maintained that position for 2 s. Ten test trials were performed. By using surface electromyography, the duration from the burst onset of the postural muscles to that of AD was measured as the starting time of the postural muscles (rectus abdominis [RA], erector spinae [ES], rectus femoris [RF], biceps femoris [BF], tibialis anterior [TA], gastrocnemius medialis [GcM], and soleus [SOL]). The starting time was presented as a negative value when the burst onset of the postural muscles preceded that of AD, which was defined as the preceding activation. A positive value for the starting time was defined as delayed activation. Results In adults, the burst onsets of ES and BF significantly preceded that of AD. In ES, the starting time preceded the onset of AD in those aged ≥ 5–6 years; no difference with adults was found at age 13–14 years. On the other hand, in BF, significant delayed activation was found at ages 3–4 to 11–12 years. While the starting time decreased with age, no significant preceding activation similar to adults was found, even at age 13–14 years. In TA, no significant difference with the onset of AD was found at age 3–6 years, and significant delayed activation was found at age ≥ 7–8 years. Significant delayed activation in GcM, SOL, RA, and RF was observed in all age groups, and no age-related changes were observed in children. Conclusion These findings could provide standard values from childhood to adolescence for age-related changes in anticipatory postural muscle activity during voluntary movement while standing and contribute to applications in the fields of sports and rehabilitation.

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Anticipatory and pre-planned actions: A comparison between young soccer players and swimmers

Cited by 6 publications

References 36 publications

The beneficial effects of physical exercise on visuospatial working memory in preadolescent children

The beneficial effects of physical exercise on visuospatial working memory in preadolescent children

Wearable Inertial Sensor Approach for Postural Adjustment Assessments during Predictable Perturbations in Sport

Age-related changes in the activation timing of postural muscles to the prime mover muscle for bilateral arm flexion during standing

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