Motor Skills

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Qualitative and quantitative knowledge of results: effects on motor learning.

OBJECTIVE: This study investigated the effects of qualitative and quantitative knowledge of results (KR) on the acquisition of a motor skill. It was hypothesized that there would be differences in performance during skill acquisition and retention, ...
Nancy C Kilduski, Martin S Rice (Am J Occup Ther, 200305-06)
qualitative-quantitative-knowledge-results-effects-motor-learning.asp

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Haptic intramodal comparison of texture in human neonates.

We investigated neonates capacity to haptically compare objects varying in texture property. Right-hand manual activity, assessed by holding time and hand-pressure frequency, was recorded for objects in the presence (test period) or absence (pretest and ...
Michèle Molina, François Jouen (Dev Psychobiol, 200305)
haptic-intramodal-comparison-texture-human-neonates.asp

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Nondominant hand performance of the Japanese Trail Making Test and its mirror version.

OBJECTIVES: To investigate intermanual differences in the Japanese version of the Trail Making Test (JTMT) and to investigate whether a mirror version of the JTMT test sheet (JTMT-M) should be used when the task is performed with the nondominant hand. ...
Minoru Toyokura, Masayo Sawatari, Yohko Nishimura, Akira Ishida (Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 200305)
nondominant-hand-performance-japanese-trail-making-test-mirror-version.asp

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Rasch analysis of the Gross Motor Function Measure: validating the assumptions of the Rasch model to create an interval-level measure.

OBJECTIVES: To describe the Rasch analysis of the Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM-88) and to demonstrate how the assumptions of unidimensionality, sample-free measurement, and test-free measurement were validated to create an interval level measure. ...
Lisa M Avery, Dianne J Russell, Parminder S Raina, Stephen D Walter, Peter L Rosenbaum (Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 200305)
rasch-analysis-gross-motor-function-measure-validating-assumptions.asp

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Task-dependent modulation of excitatory and inhibitory functions within the human primary motor cortex.

We evaluated motor evoked potentials (MEPs) and duration of the cortical silent period (CSP) from the right first dorsal interosseous (FDI) muscle to transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) of the left motor cortex in ten healthy subjects performing ...
Michele Tinazzi, Simona Farina, Stefano Tamburin, Stefano Facchini, Antonio Fiaschi, Domenico Restivo, Alfredo Berardelli (Exp Brain Res, 200305)
task-dependent-modulation-excitatory-inhibitory-functions-human.asp

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Selective use of visual information signaling objects center of mass for anticipatory control of manipulative fingertip forces.

The present study examines whether visual information indicating the center of mass (CM) of an object can be used for the appropriate scaling of fingertip forces at each digit during precision grip. In separate experiments subjects lifted an object with ...
Iran Salimi, Wendy Frazier, Ralf Reilmann, Andrew M Gordon (Exp Brain Res, 200305)
selective-visual-information-signaling-objects-center-mass.asp

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Improvement in response times for simple and complex tasks after electroconvulsive therapy.

BACKGROUND: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has gone through fundamental changes since its introduction in 1938 and has developed from a frightening and distrusted procedure into an effective and safe treatment for people with severe psychiatric ...
Roland Kalb, Kathrin Ellinger, Udo Reulbach (Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry, 200305)
improvement-response-times-simple-complex-tasks-after.asp

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Basic physiologic notions with regard to the musicians hand.

This article presents a three-level study of the motor action, from the simple to the more complex, and investigates at each level the possibility of an unexpected functional anomaly. The first level is referred to as elementary, corresponding to the ...
René Malek (Hand Clin, 200305)
basic-physiologic-notions-regard-musician-s-hand.asp

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From head orientation to hand control: evidence of both neck and vestibular involvement in hand drawing.

This research investigated the effect of head to trunk relation in a sensorimotor drawing task. In the first experiment, seated participants were asked to reproduce with eyes closed geometric shapes (square or diamond) with the tip of their right index ...
Michel Guerraz, Jean Blouin, Jean-Louis Vercher (Exp Brain Res, 200305)
head-orientation-hand-control-evidence-neck-vestibular-involvement.asp

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Neurological observations.

A nursing assessment of the patients neurological status incorporates monitoring of the patients level of consciousness, pupil reaction and motor function, as well as observation of vital signs. The importance of all these observations, and how the nurse ...
Gail P Mooney, Dee M Comerford (Nurs Times, 20030429-055)
neurological-observations.asp