Motor Skills

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Training the novice in laparoscopy. More challenge is better.

BACKGROUND: Virtual reality simulation is effective in training the novice to perform basic laparoscopic skills. METHODS: Using the Minimally Invasive Surgery Training--Virtual Reality (MIST-VR) trainer, 27 honors high school students were tested at the ...
M R Ali, Y Mowery, B Kaplan, E J DeMaria (Surg Endosc, 200212)
training-novice-laparoscopy-more-challenge-better.asp

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Developmental progression of feeding skills: an approach to supporting feeding in preterm infants.

Infants born prematurely, with congenital or acquired medical conditions, or who have extended stays in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) are at higher risk of developing feeding and nutritional problems than are full-term, healthy newborns. ...
Erin Sundseth Ross, Joy V Browne (Semin Neonatol, 200212)
developmental-progression-feeding-skills-approach-supporting-feeding.asp

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Does handedness determine which hand leads in a bimanual task?

Right- and left-handers (n = 16 in each group) were tested on a bimanual circle task that required drawing either in the same direction (parallel) or in a mirror symmetrical coordination mode with the two hands. The authors primary purposes were to ...
Elizabeth A Franz, Andrew Rowse, Barbara Ballantine (J Mot Behav, 200212)
handedness-determine-hand-leads-bimanual-task.asp

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Effect of 6-month athletic training on motor abilities in seven-year-old schoolgirls.

The effects of six-month athletic training on improving motor abilities in 7-year-old schoolgirls were assessed. Analysis of the results of 12 motor tests showed significant improvement in the study group (n = 38) in comparison with control group (n = ...
R Katic, B Males, D Miletic (Coll Antropol, 200212)
effect-month-athletic-training-motor-abilities-seven-year-old.asp

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Effect of motor abilities on performing the Hvar folk dance cicilion in 11-year-old girls.

A battery of 21 motor tests as predictor variables and evaluation of motor performance of cicilion, a Croatian folk dance from the island of Hvar as a criterion variable, were used in a sample of 101 female fifth-grade students aged 11 years. Regression ...
Lj Srhoj (Coll Antropol, 200212)
effect-motor-abilities-performing-hvar-folk-dance-cicilion-year-old.asp

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Rate of change of angular bearing as the relevant property in a horizontal interception task during locomotion.

The authors ran 3 experiments to investigate how catchers deal with the horizontal component of the balls trajectory in an interception task during locomotion. The experiments were built upon the finding that velocity adaptations are based upon changes ...
Matthieu Lenoir, Eliane Musch, Evert Thiery, Geert J P Savelsbergh (J Mot Behav, 200212)
rate-change-angular-bearing-relevant-property-horizontal-interception.asp

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Anticipation skill in a real-world task: measurement, training, and transfer in tennis.

Anticipation skill in tennis was examined using realistic film simulations, movement-based response measures, and a portable eye movement recording system. Skilled players were faster than their less skilled counterparts in anticipating the direction of ...
A Mark Williams, Paul Ward, John M Knowles, Nicholas J Smeeton (J Exp Psychol Appl, 200212)
anticipation-skill-real-world-task-measurement-training-transfer.asp

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Disorders in timing and force of finger opening in overarm throws made by cerebellar subjects.

Although there is agreement that an important sign of cerebellar dysfunction is disorder in timing of movement, it appears that authors who study different behaviors mean different things when they use the term "timing," and that the underlying ...
J Hore, D Timmann, S Watts (Ann N Y Acad Sci, 200212)
disorders-timing-force-finger-opening-overarm-throws-cerebellar.asp

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Historical review of the significance of the cerebellum and the role of Purkinje cells in motor learning.

Classic studies of the cerebellum before the middle of the twentieth century established the structural entity of the cerebellum and characterized its function as enabling animals and humans to carry out smooth and accurate movements, even at a high ...
Masao Ito (Ann N Y Acad Sci, 200212)
historical-review-significance-cerebellum-role-purkinje-cells-motor.asp

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On the complexity of classical guitar playing: functional adaptations to task constraints.

The authors performed a behavioral study of the complexity of left-hand finger movements in classical guitar playing. Six professional guitarists played movement sequences in a fixed tempo. Left-hand finger movements were recorded in 3 dimensions, and ...
Hank Heijink, Ruud G J Meulenbroek (J Mot Behav, 200212)
complexity-classical-guitar-playing-functional-adaptations-task.asp