Central neuronal motor behaviour in skilled and less skilled novices – Approaching sports-specific movement techniques

Tobias Vogt; Kouki Kato; Stefan Schneider; Stefan Turk; Kazuyuki Kanosue

doi:10.1016/j.humov.2017.02.003

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Central neuronal motor behaviour in skilled and less skilled novices – Approaching sports-specific movement techniques

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Central neuronal motor behaviour in skilled and less skilled novices – Approaching sports-specific movement techniques

Tobias Vogt, Kouki Kato, Stefan Schneider, Stefan Turk and Kazuyuki Kanosue

Human Movement Science, Vol.52, pp.151-159

2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2017.02.003

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Abstract

archery

EEG

EMG

readiness potential

sensorimotor

skill acquisition

Research on motor behavioural processes preceding voluntary movements often refers to analysing the readiness potential (RP). For this, decades of studies used laboratory setups with controlled sports-related actions. Further, recent applied approaches focus on athlete-non-athlete comparisons, omitting possible effects of training history on RP. However, RP preceding real sport-specific movements in accordance to skill acquisition remains to be elucidated. Therefore, after familiarization 16 right-handed males with no experience in archery volunteered to perform repeated sports-specific movements, i.e. 40 arrow-releasing shots at 60 s rest on a 15 m distant standard target. Continuous, synchronised EEG and right limb EMG recordings during arrow-releasing served to detect movement onsets for RP analyses over distinct cortical motor areas. Based on attained scores on target, archery novices were, a posteriori, subdivided into a skilled and less skilled group. EMG results for mean values revealed no significant changes (all p > 0.05), whereas RP amplitudes and onsets differed between groups but not between motor areas. Arrow-releasing preceded larger RP amplitudes (p <0.05) and later RP onsets (p < 0.05) in skilled compared to less skilled novices. We suggest this to reflect attentional orienting and greater effort that accompanies central neuronal preparatory states of a sports-specific movement.

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Title: Central neuronal motor behaviour in skilled and less skilled novices – Approaching sports-specific movement techniques
Authors: Tobias Vogt (Author) - German Sport University Cologne, Germany
Kouki Kato (Author) - Waseda University, Japan
Stefan Schneider (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Stefan Turk (Author) - German Sport University Cologne, Germany
Kazuyuki Kanosue (Author) - Waseda University, Japan
Publication details: Human Movement Science, Vol.52, pp.151-159
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date published: 2017
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2017.02.003
ISSN: 0167-9457
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health and Sport Sciences - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99451189002621
Output Type: Journal article

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