Sonification of Golf Putting Gesture Reduces Swing Movement Variability in Novices

O’Brien, Benjamin; Juhas, Brett; Bieńkiewicz, Marta; Buloup, Frank; Bringoux, Lionel; Bourdin, Christophe

doi:10.1080/02701367.2020.1726859

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“…Audiomotor control is a particularly interesting case due to the strong and tight links existing between auditory and motor processes 34 – 37 . Moreover, auditory feedback (in the form of movement sonification) is known to enhance motor learning 38 , 39 , for instance by stabilizing trajectories of otherwise visually guided movement 40 , or by increasing the amount of corrective velocity fluctuations during visuomotor tracking 41 . Submovements might thus play a role in audiomotor coordination too.…”

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Submovement interpersonal coupling is associated to audio-motor coordination performance

Laroche,

Tomassini,

Fadiga

et al. 2024

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Acting in concert with others, a key aspect of our social life, requires behavioral coordination between persons on multiple timescales. When zooming in on the kinematic properties of movements, it appears that small speed fluctuations, called submovements, are embedded within otherwise smooth end-point trajectories. Submovements, by occurring at a faster timescale than that of movements, offer a novel window upon the functional relationship between distinct motor timescales. In this regard, it has previously been shown that when partners visually synchronize their movements, they also coordinate the timing of their submovement by following an alternated pattern. However, it remains unclear whether the mechanisms behind submovement coordination are domain-general or specific to the visual modality, and whether they have relevance for interpersonal coordination also at the scale of whole movements. In a series of solo and dyadic tasks, we show that submovements are also present and coordinated across partners when sensorimotor interactions are mediated by auditory feedback only. Importantly, the accuracy of task-instructed interpersonal coordination at the movement level correlates with the strength of submovement coordination. These results demonstrate that submovement coordination is a potentially fundamental mechanism that participates in interpersonal motor coordination regardless of the sensory domain mediating the interaction.

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Submovement interpersonal coupling is associated to audio-motor coordination performance

Laroche,

Tomassini,

Fadiga

et al. 2024

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“…There is evidence of e cacy in sports, e.g. rowing [39,40], skiing [41], golf [42], cycling [43], and swimming [44], and also in movement rehabilitation, particularly in Parkinson's disease [45,46] and stroke patients [47,48].…”

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Loudness affects motion: Asymmetric volume of auditory feedback results in asymmetric gait in healthy young adults

Reh

Schmitz

Hwang

et al. 2022

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Background: The potential of auditory feedback for motor learning in the rehabilitation of various diseases has become apparent in recent years. However, since the volume of auditory feedback has played a minor role so far and its influence has hardly been considered, we investigate the volume effect of auditory feedback on gait pattern and gait direction and its interaction with pitch.Methods: Thirty-two healthy young participants were randomly divided into two groups: Group 1 (n = 16) received a high pitch (150-250 Hz) auditory feedback; group 2 (n = 16) received a lower pitch (95-112 Hz) auditory feedback. The feedback consisted of a real-time sonification of the right and left foot ground contact. After an initial condition (no auditory feedback and full vision), both groups realized a 30-minute habituation period followed by a 30-minute asymmetry period. At any condition, the participants were asked to walk blindfolded and with auditory feedback towards a target at 15 m distance and were stopped 5 m before the target. Three different volume conditions were applied in random order during the habituation period: loud, normal, and quiet. In the subsequent asymmetry period, the three volume conditions baseline, right quiet and left quiet were applied in random order.Results: In the habituation phase, the step width from the loud to the quiet condition showed a significant interaction of volume*pitch with a decrease at high pitch (group 1) and an increase at lower pitch (group 2) (group 1: loud 1.02 ± 0.310, quiet 0.98 ± 0.301; group 2: loud 0.95 ± 0.229, quiet 1.11 ± 0.298). In the asymmetry period, a significantly increased ground contact time on the side with reduced volume could be found (right quiet: left foot 0.988 ± 0.033, right foot 1.003 ± 0.040, left quiet: left foot 1.004 ± 0.036, right foot 1.002 ± 0.033).Conclusions: Our results suggest that modifying the volume of auditory feedback can be an effective way to improve gait symmetry. This could facilitate gait therapy and rehabilitation of hemiparetic and arthroplasty patients, in particular if gait improvement based on verbal corrections and conscious motor control is limited.

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“…There is evidence of efficacy in sports, e.g. rowing [ 38 , 39 ], skiing [ 40 ], golf [ 41 ], cycling [ 42 ], and swimming [ 43 ], and also in movement rehabilitation, particularly in Parkinson’s disease [ 44 – 46 ] and stroke patients [ 47 , 48 ].…”

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Loudness affects motion: asymmetric volume of auditory feedback results in asymmetric gait in healthy young adults

Reh

Schmitz

Hwang

et al. 2022

BMC Musculoskelet Disord

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Background The potential of auditory feedback for motor learning in the rehabilitation of various diseases has become apparent in recent years. However, since the volume of auditory feedback has played a minor role so far and its influence has hardly been considered, we investigate the volume effect of auditory feedback on gait pattern and gait direction and its interaction with pitch. Methods Thirty-two healthy young participants were randomly divided into two groups: Group 1 (n = 16) received a high pitch (150-250 Hz) auditory feedback; group 2 (n = 16) received a lower pitch (95-112 Hz) auditory feedback. The feedback consisted of a real-time sonification of the right and left foot ground contact. After an initial condition (no auditory feedback and full vision), both groups realized a 30-minute habituation period followed by a 30-minute asymmetry period. At any condition, the participants were asked to walk blindfolded and with auditory feedback towards a target at 15 m distance and were stopped 5 m before the target. Three different volume conditions were applied in random order during the habituation period: loud, normal, and quiet. In the subsequent asymmetry period, the three volume conditions baseline, right quiet and left quiet were applied in random order. Results In the habituation phase, the step width from the loud to the quiet condition showed a significant interaction of volume*pitch with a decrease at high pitch (group 1) and an increase at lower pitch (group 2) (group 1: loud 1.02 ± 0.310, quiet 0.98 ± 0.301; group 2: loud 0.95 ± 0.229, quiet 1.11 ± 0.298). In the asymmetry period, a significantly increased ground contact time on the side with reduced volume could be found (right quiet: left foot 0.988 ± 0.033, right foot 1.003 ± 0.040, left quiet: left foot 1.004 ± 0.036, right foot 1.002 ± 0.033). Conclusions Our results suggest that modifying the volume of auditory feedback can be an effective way to improve gait symmetry. This could facilitate gait therapy and rehabilitation of hemiparetic and arthroplasty patients, in particular if gait improvement based on verbal corrections and conscious motor control is limited.

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Sonification of Golf Putting Gesture Reduces Swing Movement Variability in Novices

Cited by 8 publications

References 37 publications

Submovement interpersonal coupling is associated to audio-motor coordination performance

Submovement interpersonal coupling is associated to audio-motor coordination performance

Loudness affects motion: Asymmetric volume of auditory feedback results in asymmetric gait in healthy young adults

Loudness affects motion: asymmetric volume of auditory feedback results in asymmetric gait in healthy young adults

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