Motor Skills

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Developmental aspects of the control of manual aiming movements in aligned and non-aligned visual displays.

The goal of the present study was to determine for children and adults whether practice of a manual aiming task performed on a vertical computer display by moving a mouse facilitates performance of the same task but with a different display orientation. ...
Léna Lhuisset, Luc Proteau (Exp Brain Res, 200210)
developmental-aspects-control-manual-aiming-movements-aligned-non.asp

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rTMS to the supplementary motor area disrupts bimanual coordination.

Bimanual coordination tasks form an essential part of our behaviour. One brain region thought to be involved in bimanual coordination is the supplementary motor area (SMA). We used repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) at 1 Hz for 5 min to ...
Sukhvinder S Obhi, Patrick Haggard, John Taylor, Alvaro Pascual-Leone (Motor Control, 200210)
rtms-supplementary-motor-area-disrupts-bimanual-coordination.asp

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Complex predictive eye pursuit in monkey: a model system for cerebellar studies of skilled movement.

Smooth pursuit eye movements provide a good model system for cerebellar studies of complex motor control in monkeys. First, the pursuit system exhibits predictive control along complex trajectories and this control improves with training. Second, the ...
R E Kettner, M Suh, D Davis, H C Leung (Arch Ital Biol, 200210)
complex-predictive-eye-pursuit-monkey-model-system-cerebellar-studies.asp

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Infant and caregiving factors affecting weight-for-age and motor development of full-term and premature infants at 1 year post-term.

Guided by a theoretical process model, we examined direct and indirect effects of infants biologic condition and experience, the caregiving environment, and caloric intake variables on two outcomes, weight-for-age and motor development, for 52 full-term ...
Karen F Pridham, Roger Brown, Roseanne Clark, Sherie Sondel, Christopher Green (Res Nurs Health, 200210)
infant-caregiving-factors-affecting-weight-age-motor-development-full.asp

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Repeatability of mae-geri-keage in traditional karate: a three-dimensional analysis with black-belt karateka.

In karate, performance also depends on a correct body shape, and the repeatability of standardized movements conditions the effectiveness of techniques. The execution of mae-geri-keage (frontal snap kick) was studied in 13 karateka (1st-5th dan). The 3D ...
Chiarella Sforza, Michela Turci, Gian Piero Grassi, Yuri F Shirai, Giuliano Pizzini, Virgilio F Ferrario (Percept Mot Skills, 200210)
repeatability-mae-geri-keage-traditional-karate-three-dimensional.asp

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Infant massage as a component of developmental care: past, present, and future.

Infant massage has been practiced for centuries by segments on the continents of Africa and South America and in the Far East. Infant massage is a relatively new modality in North America. Numerous studies support its use in preterm infants, who have ...
Rosalie O Mainous (Holist Nurs Pract, 200210)
infant-massage-component-developmental-care-past-present-future.asp

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The relationship of infant sleep and play positioning to motor milestone achievement.

OBJECTIVE: Limited information is available on how sleep and play positions affect infant gross motor skills and occupational development. The overall objective of this descriptive developmental pilot study was to compare normative and sampled infants ...
Joyce S Salls, Lyn N Silverman, Carolyn M Gatty (Am J Occup Ther, 200209-10)
relationship-infant-sleep-play-positioning-motor-milestone-achievement.asp

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Comparisons among tools, surface orientation, and pencil grasp for children 23 months of age.

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine whether writing tool type and angle of writing surface affect grasp. METHOD: Fifty-one children 23 to 24 months of age who were typically developing drew with a primary marker, colored pencil, and ...
Janet E Yakimishyn, Joyce Magill-Evans (Am J Occup Ther, 200209-10)
comparisons-tools-surface-orientation-pencil-grasp-children-months.asp

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Prediction of school performance using the Miller Assessment for Preschoolers (MAP): a validity study.

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine the ability of the Miller Assessment for Preschoolers (MAP) to predict academic performance of Israeli preschoolers after a period of 5 to 7 years. METHOD: Thirty children who were classified according ...
Shula Parush, Monica Winokur, Sarina Goldstand, Lucy Jane Miller (Am J Occup Ther, 200209-10)
prediction-school-performance-miller-assessment-preschoolers-map-.asp

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Fundamental movement skills--how do primary school children perform? The Move it Groove it program in rural Australia.

Child Fundamental Movement Skills (FMS) underpin active lifestyles yet little is known of their distribution and mastery. Move it Groove it project rated proficiency of primary school children (n = 1045, 18 schools) in skills of balance, throw, catch, ...
E van Beurden, A Zask, L M Barnett, U C Dietrich (J Sci Med Sport, 200209)
fundamental-movement-skills-primary-school-children-perform-move.asp