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The Contribution of Nintendo Wii® in children’s motricity [PDF]

, 2018
The increasingly visible sedentarism in the children of our current society is a problem that has been worrying the Childhood Educators. Taking into account the advancement of technology and the fact that children in today's activity rooms are considered
Gil, Henrique, Honório, Samuel, Santos, Tânia   +2 more
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Acute Effects of Different Plyometric and Strength Exercises on Balance Performance in Youth Weightlifters

Frontiers in Physiology, 2021
Background: High-intensity muscle actions have the potential to temporarily improve the performance which has been denoted as postactivation performance enhancement.Objectives: This study determined the acute effects of different stretch-shortening (fast
Hanen Werfelli, Hanen Werfelli, Raouf Hammami, Raouf Hammami, Mohamed Amine Selmi, Mohamed Amine Selmi, Walid Selmi, Walid Selmi, Goran Gabrilo, Cain C. T. Clark, Michael Duncan, Damir Sekulic, Urs Granacher, Haithem Rebai, Haithem Rebai   +14 more
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Learning Redundant Motor Tasks With and Without Overlapping Dimensions: Facilitation and Interference Effects [PDF]

, 2014
Prior learning of a motor skill creates motor memories that can facilitate or interfere with learning of new, but related, motor skills. One hypothesis of motor learning posits that for a sensorimotor task with redundant degrees of freedom, the nervous ...
Mosier, Kristine M., Mussa-Ivaldi, Ferdinando A., Ranganathan, Rajiv, Scheidt, Robert A., Wieser, Jon A   +4 more
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Gross motor impairment and its relation to social skills in autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review and two meta-analyses.

Psychological bulletin, 2022
Gross motor ability is associated with profound differences in how children experience and interact with their social world. A rapidly growing literature on motor development in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) indicates that autistic individuals exhibit ...
Leah A L Wang, V. Petrulla, Casey J. Zampella, R. Waller, R. Schultz   +4 more
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Tablet Use in Young Children is Associated with Advanced Fine Motor Skills

Journal of Motor Behavior, 2020
To evaluate whether frequent interactive tablet-use at preschool age is associated with improved fine motor skills and to describe tablet-use in young children.
Pablo Hidelbrando S Souto, J. N. Santos, H. Leite, M. Hadders‐Algra, Sabrina da Conceição Guedes, J. N. Nobre, L. R. Santos, R. L. S. Morais   +7 more
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Run, Jump, Throw and Catch: How proficient are children attending English schools at the Fundamental Motor Skills identified as key within the school curriculum? [PDF]

, 2019
This study examined proficiency levels in fundamental motor skills (FMS) in children within Key Stage 1 and 2 of the English school system. Four hundred and ninety-two children aged 6–9 Years old (245 boys, 247 girls) from school Years Two (n = 130 ...
Association of Public Health Observatories (APHO), Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, Burton AW, Cain CT Clark, Clare MP Roscoe, Clark JE, Department for Education, Department for Education, Emma LJ Eyre, Gallahue D, Hardy L, Langendorfer S, Mark Noon, Michael J Duncan, Society of Health and Physical Educators SHAPE America, Ulrich DA, Wesley O’Brien   +16 more
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Reasons for the Practice, Abandonment, and Non-Practice of Extracurricular Physical Activity and Sport Among Primary and Secondary School Students in Cantabria: What Can We Do About It?

Sports
(1) Background: Physical education at school is not able to meet the need for physical activity and sport (PA and S) established by international organizations, making it necessary to implement its practice outside school hours.
Martín Barcala-Furelos, Iván González-Gutiérrez, Josune Rodríguez-Negro, Marcos Mecías-Calvo, Rubén Navarro-Patón   +4 more
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Towards a neural hierarchy of time scales for motor control [PDF]

, 2012
Animals show remarkable rich motion skills which are still far from realizable with robots. Inspired by the neural circuits which generate rhythmic motion patterns in the spinal cord of all vertebrates, one main research direction points towards the use ...
Schrauwen, Benjamin, Waegeman, Tim, wyffels, Francis   +2 more
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Exercise enhances motor skill learning by neurotransmitter switching in the adult midbrain. [PDF]

, 2020
Physical exercise promotes motor skill learning in normal individuals and those with neurological disorders but its mechanism of action is unclear. We find that one week of voluntary wheel running enhances the acquisition of motor skills in normal adult ...
Li, Hui-Quan, Spitzer, Nicholas C
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The Impact of the Experimental ‘Grappler Quest’ Training on the Structural Profile of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Athletes—A Randomized Controlled Trial

Applied Sciences
Background: The effectiveness of innovative training interventions has not yet been adequately tested in Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ). This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Grappler Quest (GQ) training program on the structural profile of ...
Wojciech Wąsacz, Łukasz Rydzik, Łukasz Kryst, Michał Spieszny, Janusz Jaworski, Tadeusz Ambroży   +5 more
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