Motor Skills

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Interactions between human explicit and implicit perceptual motor learning shown by kinematic variables.

The goal of this study was to investigate in non-impaired humans the interaction between explicit and implicit learning in a catching task. The situation presented probabilistic contingencies between visual signals and various final pathways of the ...
Julien Lagarde, Li Li, Bernard Thon, Richard Magill, Emille Erbani (Neurosci Lett, 200207)
interactions-human-explicit-implicit-perceptual-motor-learning.asp

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Practice with sleep makes perfect: sleep-dependent motor skill learning.

Improvement in motor skill performance is known to continue for at least 24 hr following training, yet the relative contributions of time spent awake and asleep are unknown. Here we provide evidence that a night of sleep results in a 20% increase in ...
Matthew P Walker, Tiffany Brakefield, Alexandra Morgan, J Allan Hobson, Robert Stickgold (Neuron, 200207)
practice-sleep-makes-perfect-sleep-dependent-motor-skill-learning.asp

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Comparison of robotic versus laparoscopic skills: is there a difference in the learning curve?

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the learning curve between robot-assisted and manual laparoscopic suturing, as well as to assess other skills. Laparoscopic reconstructive procedures have been limited by instrumentation, small working spaces, and fixed angles at ...
Paulos Yohannes, Paul Rotariu, Peter Pinto, Arthur D Smith, Benjamin R Lee (Urology, 200207)
comparison-robotic-versus-laparoscopic-skills-difference-learning.asp

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Evaluation of the functional effects of a course of Bobath therapy in children with cerebral palsy: a preliminary study.

This study aimed to evaluate functional effects of Bobath therapy in children with cerebral palsy (CP). Fifteen children with a diagnosis of CP were recruited (9 males, 6 females; mean age 7 years 4 months, SD 2 years 8 months; age range 2 to 12 years). ...
Virginia Knox, Andrew Lloyd Evans (Dev Med Child Neurol, 200207)
evaluation-functional-effects-course-bobath-therapy-children-cerebral.asp

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Donepezil and flight simulator performance: effects on retention of complex skills.

We report a randomized, double-blind, parallel group, placebo-controlled study to test the effects of the acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, donepezil (5 mg/d for 30 days), on aircraft pilot performance in 18 licensed pilots with mean age of 52 years. After ...
J A Yesavage, M S Mumenthaler, J L Taylor, L Friedman, R OHara, J Sheikh, J Tinklenberg, P J Whitehouse (Neurology, 200207)
donepezil-flight-simulator-performance-effects-retention-complex.asp

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Long-term follow-up of globus pallidus chronic stimulation in advanced Parkinsons disease.

To assess the long-term follow-up of the globus pallidus internus (GPi) stimulation, six patients were evaluated every year by using the Unified Parkinsons Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS). Three years postoperatively, GPi stimulation led to a significant ...
Franck Durif, Jean-Jacques Lemaire, Bérengère Debilly, Gérard Dordain (Mov Disord, 200207)
long-term-follow-up-globus-pallidus-chronic-stimulation-advanced.asp

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Test-retest reliability of the unified Parkinsons disease rating scale in patients with early Parkinsons disease: results from a multicenter clinical trial.

Our objective was to assess the test-retest reliability of the Unified Parkinsons Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS). The UPDRS is the most widely used instrument for measuring severity of parkinsonian symptoms in clinical research and in practice. The ...
Andrew Siderowf, Michael McDermott, Karl Kieburtz, Karen Blindauer, Sandra Plumb, Ira Shoulson, (Mov Disord, 200207)
test-retest-reliability-unified-parkinson-s-disease-rating-scale.asp

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Different activation dynamics in multiple neural systems during simulated driving.

Driving is a complex behavior that recruits multiple cognitive elements. We report on an imaging study of simulated driving that reveals multiple neural systems, each of which have different activation dynamics. The neural correlates of driving behavior ...
Vince D Calhoun, James J Pekar, Vince B McGinty, Tulay Adali, Todd D Watson, Godfrey D Pearlson (Hum Brain Mapp, 200207)
different-activation-dynamics-multiple-neural-systems-simulated.asp

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The relationship between motion analysis and surgical technical assessments.

BACKGROUND: Recent attempts to gain a more objective measure of surgical technical skill include the use of structured checklists and motion analysis of surgeons hand movements. We aim to show whether a correlation exists between these two methods of ...
Vivek Datta, Avril Chang, Sean Mackay, Ara Darzi (Am J Surg, 200207)
relationship-motion-analysis-surgical-technical-assessments.asp

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Principles derived from the study of simple skills do not generalize to complex skill learning.

We review research related to the learning of complex motor skills with respect to principles developed on the basis of simple skill learning. Although some factors seem to have opposite effects on the learning of simple and of complex skills, other ...
Gabriele Wulf, Charles H Shea (Psychon Bull Rev, 200206)
principles-derived-study-simple-skills-not-generalize-complex-skill.asp