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Most Cited Human Movement Science Articles
The most cited articles published since 2011, extracted from Scopus.
Human movement variability, nonlinear dynamics, and pathology: Is there a connection?Nicholas Stergiou | Leslie M. Decker
Volume 30, Issue 5, October 2011, Pages 869-888
Fields studying movement generation, including robotics, psychology, cognitive science, and neuroscience utilize concepts and tools related to the pervasiveness of variability in biological systems. The concept of variability and the measures for nonlinear dynamics used to evaluate this concept open new vistas for research in movement dysfunction of many types. This review describes innovations in the exploration of variability and their potential importance in understanding human movement. Far from being a source of error, evidence supports the presence of an optimal state of variability for healthy and functional movement. This variability has a particular organization and is characterized by a chaotic structure. Deviations from this state can lead to biological systems that are either overly rigid and robotic or noisy and unstable. Both situations result in systems that are less adaptable to perturbations, such as those associated with unhealthy pathological states or absence of skillfulness. © 2011 Elsevier B.V.
Understanding social motor coordinationR. C. Schmidt | Paula Fitzpatrick | Robert Caron | Joanna Mergeche
Volume 30, Issue 5, October 2011, Pages 834-845
Recently there has been much interest in social coordination of motor movements, or as it is referred to by some researchers, joint action. This paper reviews the cognitive perspective's common coding/mirror neuron theory of joint action, describes some of its limitations and then presents the behavioral dynamics perspective as an alternative way of understanding social motor coordination. In particular, behavioral dynamics' ability to explain the temporal coordination of interacting individuals is detailed. Two experiments are then described that demonstrate how dynamical processes of synchronization are apparent in the coordination underlying everyday joint actions such as martial art exercises, hand-clapping games, and conversations. The import of this evidence is that emergent dynamic patterns such as synchronization are the behavioral order that any neural substrate supporting joint action (e.g., mirror systems) would have to sustain. © 2010 Elsevier B.V.
Interpersonal coordination and ball dynamics in futsal (indoor football)B. Travassos | D. Araújo | L. Vilar | T. McGarry
Volume 30, Issue 6, December 2011, Pages 1245-1259
Here, we report an investigation of the patterned movement behavior of players for a specific sub-phase of the game of futsal, namely when the goalkeeper for the attacking team is substituted with an extra outfield player. The movement trajectories of the ball and players were recorded in both lateral and longitudinal directions and investigated using relative phase analysis. Some differences in phase relations between different playing dyads were noted, indicating specificity of phase attractions, or otherwise, for certain players. In general terms, the defenders demonstrated strong in-phase attractions with the ball and with each other, whereas weaker phase attractions, indicated by increased relative phase variability, were observed for the attackers and ball, as well as between attackers themselves. These results demonstrate different coordination dynamics for the defending and attacking dyads, from which we interpret evidence for different playing sub-systems consistent with different team objectives linked together in an overarching game structure. In keeping with dynamical systems theory for complex systems, we view this sub-phase of futsal as being characterized by coordinated behavior patterns that emerge as a result of self-organizing processes. These dynamic patterns are generated within functional constraints, with players and teams exerting mutual influence on each other. © 2011 Elsevier B.V.
Contemporary theories of 1/f noise in motor controlAna Diniz | Maarten L. Wijnants | Kjerstin Torre | João Barreiros | Nuno Crato | Anna M T Bosman | Fred Hasselman | Ralf F A Cox | Guy C. Van Orden | Didier Delignières
Volume 30, Issue 5, October 2011, Pages 889-905
1/. f noise has been discovered in a number of time series collected in psychological and behavioral experiments. This ubiquitous phenomenon has been ignored for a long time and classical models were not designed for accounting for these long-range correlations. The aim of this paper is to present and discuss contrasted theoretical perspectives on 1/. f noise, in order to provide a comprehensive overview of current debates in this domain. In a first part, we propose a formal definition of the phenomenon of 1/. f noise, and we present some commonly used methods for measuring long-range correlations in time series. In a second part, we develop a theoretical position that considers 1/. f noise as the hallmark of system complexity. From this point of view, 1/. f noise emerges from the coordination of the many elements that compose the system. In a third part, we present a theoretical counterpoint suggesting that 1/. f noise could emerge from localized sources within the system. In conclusion, we try to draw some lines of reasoning for going beyond the opposition between these two approaches. © 2010 Elsevier B.V.
Intra- and inter-group coordination patterns reveal collective behaviors of football players near the scoring zoneRicardo Duarte | Duarte Araújo | Luís Freire | Hugo Folgado | Orlando Fernandes | Keith Davids
Volume 31, Issue 6, December 2012, Pages 1639-1651
This study examined emergent coordination processes in collective patterns of behavior in 3 vs 3 sub-phases of the team sport of association football near the scoring zone. We identified coordination tendencies for the centroid (i.e., team center) and surface area (i.e., occupied space) of each sub-group of performers (n=. 20 plays). We also compared these kinematic variables at three key moments of play using mixed-model ANOVAs. The centroids demonstrated a strong symmetric relation that described the coordinated attacking/defending actions of performers in this sub-phase of play. Conversely, analysis of the surface area of each team did not reveal a clear coordination pattern between sub-groups. But the difference in the occupied area between the attacking and defending sub-groups significantly increased over time. Findings emphasized that major changes in sub-group behaviors occurred just before an assisted pass was made (i.e., leading to a loss of stability in the 3 vs 3 sub-phases). © 2012 Elsevier B.V.
Match performance and physical capacity of players in the top three competitive standards of English professional soccerPaul S. Bradley | Christopher Carling | Antonio Gomez Diaz | Peter Hood | Chris Barnes | Jack Ade | Mark Boddy | Peter Krustrup | Magni Mohr
Volume 32, Issue 4, August 2013, Pages 808-821
The aim of this study was to compare the match performance and physical capacity of players in the top three competitive standards of English soccer. Match performance data were collected from players in the FA Premier League ( n= 190), Championship ( n= 155) and League 1 ( n= 366) using a multiple-camera system. In addition, a selection of players from the Premier League ( n= 56), Championship ( n= 61) and League 1 ( n= 32) performed the Yo-Yo intermittent endurance test level 2 (Yo-Yo IE2) to determine physical capacity. Players in League 1 and the Championship performed more ( p<. .01) high-intensity running than those in the Premier League (Effect Size [ES]: 0.4-1.0). Technical indicators such as pass completion, frequency of forward and total passes, balls received and average touches per possession were 4-39% higher ( p<. .01) in the Premier League compared to lower standards (ES: 0.3-0.6). Players also covered more ( p<. .05) high-intensity running when moving down ( n= 20) from the Premier League to the Championship (ES: 0.4) but not when players moved up ( n= 18) standards (ES: 0.2). Similar Yo-Yo IE2 test performances were observed in Premier League, Championship and League 1 players (ES: 0.2-0.3). Large magnitude relationships ( p<. .05) were observed between Yo-Yo IE2 test performances and the total and high-intensity running distance covered in both Championship ( r= .56 and .64) and Premier League matches ( r= .61 and .54). The data demonstrate that high-intensity running distance was greater in players at lower compared to higher competitive standards despite a similar physical capacity in a subsample of players in each standard. These findings could be associated with technical characteristics inherent to lower standards that require players to tax their physical capacity to a greater extent but additional research is still required to confirm these findings. © 2013 Elsevier B.V.
Spatiotemporal coordination behaviors in futsal (indoor football) are guided by informational game constraintsB. Travassos | D. Araújo | R. Duarte | T. McGarry
Volume 31, Issue 4, August 2012, Pages 932-945
This report investigated the behavioral dynamics of teams in futsal game practice when the goalkeeper of the attacking team is substituted for an extra outfield player. To this end, the lateral and longitudinal displacements of the ball and both teams, as well as their kinematics expressed in angles and radial distances from the goal center, were obtained and subjected to relative phase analysis. The results demonstrated (a) stronger phase relations with the ball for the defending team than the attacking team for both coordinate systems, (b) phase relations between each team and ball, and, to a lesser extent, between teams themselves, produced greater stabilities in the lateral (side-to-side) direction than the longitudinal (forward-backward) direction, and (c) phase attractions were most pronounced for the defending team and ball when using angles as a measure of association, indicating ball position and goal location as key informational constraints for futsal game behavior. These findings advance understanding of self-organizing sports game dynamics with implications for sports practice. © 2012 Elsevier B.V.
Gluteus medius strength, endurance, and co-activation in the development of low back pain during prolonged standingPaul W M Marshall | Haylesh Patel | Jack P. Callaghan
Volume 30, Issue 1, February 2011, Pages 63-73
This study measured gluteus medius (GM) strength and endurance before and after a 2 h prolonged standing task in previously asymptomatic individuals, to compare between individuals who did and did not report pain in the low back. Twenty-four participants without a history of low back pain stood in a constrained area for 2h. Before and after the standing protocol, participant's maximal hip abduction strength (N) and side-bridge endurance (seconds and GM myoelectric fatigue) were measured. Continuous surface EMG was collected from GM during the 2-h protocol for analysis of bilateral co-activation. Pain in the low back was rated every 15min with a visual analog scale (VAS). Seventeen of 24 (71%) previously asymptomatic participants developed pain in the low back during the standing protocol. These participants had lower side-bridge endurance (p=.002), and higher gluteus medius (GM) co-activation (p=.002) compared to participants who did not develop pain in the low back. Hip abduction strength decreased for both groups following prolonged standing, with no between groups' difference. Lower side-bridge endurance and hip abduction strength were significantly associated with higher GM co-activation (adjusted r2=.34), but not pain levels. Side-bridge endurance and GM co-activation, but not hip abduction strength, may have utility in identifying participants likely to develop pain in the low back during prolonged standing. The best training program for increasing GM endurance is unclear. © 2010 Elsevier B.V.
Center-of-pressure regularity as a marker for attentional investment in postural control: A comparison between sitting and standing posturesMelvyn Roerdink | Petra Hlavackova | Nicolas Vuillerme
Volume 30, Issue 2, April 2011, Pages 203-212
Postural control is a highly automatized basic activity that requires limited attentional investments. These investments have been shown to increase from balancing experts to controls, and from controls to persons with impaired postural control. Such between-subject comparisons led to a proposed direct relation between the regularity of center-of-pressure (COP) fluctuations and the amount of attention invested in posture. This study aims to expand this relation to a within-subject comparison of conditions that differ in balance demands. Specifically, more regular COP fluctuations were expected for standing than sitting, as stimulus-response reaction-time studies showed that the required attentional demands are lower for sitting than standing. COP registrations were made for fifteen healthy young adults in seated and standing postures. COP regularity was quantified with sample entropy. As expected, COP fluctuations were found to be more regular for standing than sitting, as evidenced by significantly lower sample entropy values. These findings expand the relation between COP regularity and the amount of attention invested in posture to postural tasks that vary in balance demands. An assessment of COP regularity may thus not only be instrumental in the examination of attentional investment in posture in between-subject designs, but also for different postures in within-subjects designs. © 2010 Elsevier B.V.
Inter-individual variability in the upper-lower limb breaststroke coordinationL. Seifert | H. Leblanc | R. Herault | J. Komar | C. Button | D. Chollet
Volume 30, Issue 3, June 2011, Pages 550-565
The aim of the present study was to examine inter-individual variability in upper-lower limb breaststroke coordination. First, inter-individual variability was compared between recreational and comparative swimmers. Second, as recreational swimmers revealed more variable inter-limb coordination than competitive swimmers, inter-individual variability was assessed among recreational swimmers to identify coordination profiles. The elbow-knee continuous relative phase (CRP) was used to analyze upper-lower limbs coupling during a breaststroke cycle. Twenty-four recreational and twenty-four competitive swimmers swam 25. m at 80% of their maximal speed. Underwater and aerial side views were mixed and genlocked. Angular position, velocity and CRP were calculated for the knee and elbow joints by digitizing body markers from the side view. The kinematics of three cycles were filtered, averaged and normalized in terms of percentage of total cycle duration. The topography of the mean CRP curve of the recreational swimmers resembled a 'W-shape', whereas an 'inverse U-shape' was seen in the competitive swimmers. However, higher inter-individual variability was observed among the recreational swimmers than among the competitive swimmers (38.1° vs. 19.4°; p<. .05), suggesting that several profiles of inter-limb coordination may exist in recreational swimmers. Coordination profiling showed that three clusters could classify the recreational swimmers. © 2010 Elsevier B.V.
Haptics in teaching handwriting: The role of perceptual and visuo-motor skillsFlorence Bara | Edouard Gentaz
Volume 30, Issue 4, August 2011, Pages 745-759
Two studies were carried out in order to better understand the role of perceptual and visuo-motor skills in handwriting. Two training programs, visual-haptic (VH) and visual (V), were compared which differed in the way children explored the letters. The results revealed that improvements of VH training on letter recognition and handwriting quality were higher than improvements after V training. We suppose that VH training was more efficient because it improved both perceptual and visuo-motor skills. In the second experiment, in order to investigate the part of each component, we assessed the link between visuo-motor skills, perceptual skills and handwriting. The results showed that only the visuo-motor tasks predict handwriting copying performance. These results are discussed in relation to the respective roles of the perceptual and visuo-motor skills on letter shape learning and handwriting movement execution. © 2010 Elsevier B.V.
Technical and physical demands of small vs. large sided games in relation to playing position in elite soccerA. Dellal | A. Owen | D. P. Wong | P. Krustrup | M. van Exsel | J. Mallo
Volume 31, Issue 4, August 2012, Pages 957-969
The aim of this investigation was to compare the effects of common rule changes on technical and physical demands for elite soccer players in five playing positions during various 4-min small-sided games (SSGs) in comparison to 11-a-side matches. Forty international players classified into five positional roles participated in the study (25.3 ± 2.4. years, 182.4 ± 2.3. cm, 77.3 ± 4.1. kg; M ± SD). Players completed three different conditioned small-sided 4 vs. 4 games (1 ball touch. =1T, 2 ball touches. =2T and Free Play. =FP) as well as two friendly matches. Heart rate (HR), blood lactate ([La]), ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) as well as physical and technical performance were analyzed. Compared to match-play, total distance covered per minute of play, high-intensity running activities (sprinting and high-intensity runs), total numbers of duels and lost ball possessions were significantly greater within SSGs for all playing positions (p<. .05). In contrast, [La], percentage of successful passes and number of ball possessions were lower (p<. .05) within SSGs, particularly with 1T and 2T rules, in comparison with match-play. HR was higher in SSGs compared to match-play for all playing positions, and RPE values were lower (p<. .05) during the FP SSG for defensive midfielders, wide midfielders and forwards. In conclusion, this study revealed that 4 vs. 4 SSGs played with 1 or 2 ball touches increased the high-intensity running and the difficulty to perform technical actions, being more specific to match demands. Subsequently, it is of importance for coaches to understand the different physiological demands imposed upon players by varying the rules of SSGs and to understand the differences between positional roles. © 2012 Elsevier B.V.
Effort-Shape and kinematic assessment of bodily expression of emotion during gaitM. Melissa Gross | Elizabeth A. Crane | Barbara L. Fredrickson
Volume 31, Issue 1, February 2012, Pages 202-221
The purpose of this study was to identify the movement characteristics associated with positive and negative emotions experienced during walking. Joy, contentment, anger, sadness, and neutral were elicited in 16 individuals, and motion capture data were collected as they walked while experiencing the emotions. Observers decoded the target emotions from side and front view videos of the walking trials; other observers viewed the same videos to rate the qualitative movement features using an Effort-Shape analysis. Kinematic analysis was used to quantify body posture and limb movements during walking with the different emotions. View did not affect decoding accuracy except for contentment, which was slightly enhanced with the front view. Walking speed was fastest for joy and anger, and slowest for sadness. Although walking speed may have accounted for increased amplitude of hip, shoulder, elbow, pelvis and trunk motion for anger and joy compared to sadness, neck and thoracic flexion with sadness, and trunk extension and shoulder depression with joy were independent of gait speed. More differences among emotions occurred with the Effort-Shape rather than the kinematic analysis, suggesting that observer judgments of Effort-Shape characteristics were more sensitive than the kinematic outcomes to differences among emotions. © 2011 Elsevier B.V.
Proprioceptive impairment and postural orientation control in Parkinson's diseaseMarianne Vaugoyeau | Hussein Hakam | Jean Philippe Azulay
Volume 30, Issue 2, April 2011, Pages 405-414
Impairment of postural control is a common consequence of Parkinson's disease (PD). Increasing evidences demonstrate that the pathophysiology of postural disorders in PD includes deficits in proprioceptive processing and integration. However, the nature of these deficits has not been thoroughly examined. We propose to establish a link between proprioceptive impairments and postural deficits in PD using two different experimental approaches manipulating proprioceptive information. In the first one, the subjects stood on a platform that tilted slowly with oscillatory angular movements in the frontal or sagittal planes. The amplitude and frequency of these movements were kept below the semicircular canal perception threshold. Subjects were asked to maintain vertical body posture with and without vision. The orientations of body segments were analyzed. In the second one, the postural control was tested using the tendon-vibration method, which is known to generate illusory movement sensations and postural reactions. Vibrations were applied to ankle muscles. The subject's whole-body motor responses were analyzed from center of pressure displacements.In the first experiment, the parkinsonian patients (PP) were unable to maintain the vertical trunk orientation without vision. Their performances with vision improved, without fully reaching the level of control subjects (CS). In the second experiment, the postural reactions of the PP were similar to those of the CS at the beginning of the perturbation and increased drastically at the end of the perturbation's period as compared to those of CS and could induce fall.These results will bring new concepts to the sensorimotor postural control, to the physiopathology of posture, equilibrium and falls in PD and to the role of basal ganglia pathways in proprioception integration. Nevertheless, in order to assess precisely the role played by sensorimotor integration deficits in postural impairments in PD, further studies establishing the links between clinical features and abnormalities are now required. © 2010 Elsevier B.V.
Movement variability and skill level of various throwing techniquesHerbert Wagner | Jürgen Pfusterschmied | Miriam Klous | Serge P. von Duvillard | Erich Müller
Volume 31, Issue 1, February 2012, Pages 78-90
In team-handball, skilled athletes are able to adapt to different game situations that may lead to differences in movement variability. Whether movement variability affects the performance of a team-handball throw and is affected by different skill levels or throwing techniques has not yet been demonstrated. Consequently, the aims of the study were to determine differences in performance and movement variability for several throwing techniques in different phases of the throwing movement, and of different skill levels. Twenty-four team-handball players of different skill levels (n= 8) performed 30 throws using various throwing techniques. Upper body kinematics was measured via an 8 camera Vicon motion capture system and movement variability was calculated. Results indicated an increase in movement variability in the distal joint movements during the acceleration phase. In addition, there was a decrease in movement variability in highly skilled and skilled players in the standing throw with run-up, which indicated an increase in the ball release speed, which was highest when using this throwing technique. We assert that team-handball players had the ability to compensate an increase in movement variability in the acceleration phase to throw accurately, and skilled players were able to control the movement, although movement variability decreased in the standing throw with run-up. © 2011 Elsevier B.V.
From attentional control to attentional spillover: A skill-level investigation of attention, movement, and performance outcomesSian L. Beilock | Rob Gray
Volume 31, Issue 6, December 2012, Pages 1473-1499
Two experiments examined the impact of attention on the movement and putting accuracy of novice and experienced golfers. In Experiment 1, attentional control was manipulated via two different secondary tasks: (i) an extraneous condition in which participants judged the frequency of an auditory cue presented during their stroke and, (ii) a skill-focused condition in which participants judged whether the cue occurred closer to the starting or end point of the swing segment in which it was presented. For experts, putting performance was least accurate in the skill-focused condition and when the cue was presented earlier. This decline in accuracy was associated with a significant reduction in the relationship between downswing amplitude and distance. Novices showed the opposite pattern. In Experiment 2, we manipulated attentional control indirectly by introducing the possibility that participants would stop their swing mid-stroke in response to an auditory cue, thus pushing participants to exert added control over step-by-step execution. Stop-trials were interleaved with normal putting trials in which no instructions were given. Novices were better able to stop their putting stroke and putted more accurately on non-stop trials than experts. These findings are consistent with recent models of putting control. © 2012 Elsevier B.V.
Prospective information for pass decisional behavior in rugby unionVanda Correia | Duarte Araujo | Cathy Craig | Pedro Passos
Volume 30, Issue 5, October 2011, Pages 984-997
Decision-making requires the perception of relevant information variables that emerge from the player-environment interaction. The purpose of the present article is to empirically assess whether players' decisional behavior about which type of pass to make is influenced by the spatio-temporal variable tau. Time series positional data of rugby players were analyzed from video footage taken in real match scenarios. The tau of the distance motion gap between attacker and defender was calculated, along with the duration of the next pass. Results revealed that the initial tau value predicted 64% of the variance found in pass duration. A qualitative distinction of tau dynamics between two periods of the approach between the attacker and the defender was also observed. We argue that the time-to-contact between the attacker and the defender may yield information about future pass possibilities. Additionally, the informational fields constraining attacker-defender interaction may be viewed as a convergent channeling of possibilities towards a single pass solution. © 2010 Elsevier B.V.
An investigation of lower extremity energy dissipation strategies during single-leg and double-leg landing based on sagittal and frontal plane biomechanicsChen Hua Yeow | Peter Vee Sin Lee | James Cho Hong Goh
Volume 30, Issue 3, June 2011, Pages 624-635
There is limited understanding of the differences in lower extremity energy dissipation strategies between single-leg and double-leg landing maneuvers. This study sought to investigate these differences in sagittal and frontal planes, and explain the differences using kinematics and kinetics. We hypothesized that single-leg and double-leg landing maneuvers involve different lower extremity energy dissipation strategies in both planes. Ten recreational athletes were recruited and instructed to perform double-leg and single-leg landing from 0.60-m height. Force-plates and motion-capture system were used to obtain kinetics and kinematics data respectively. Joint power was taken as product of joint moment and angular velocity. Joint work was computed as integral of joint power over time, whereby negative work represented energy dissipation. In the sagittal plane, the hip and knee showed major contributions to energy dissipation during double-leg landing; the hip and ankle were the dominant energy dissipaters during single-leg landing. In the frontal plane, the hip acted as the key energy dissipater during double-leg landing; the knee contributed the most energy dissipation during single-leg landing. The knee also exhibited greater frontal plane joint ROM, moment and energy dissipation during single-leg landing than double-leg landing. Our findings indicated that different energy dissipation strategies were adopted for double-leg and single-leg landing in sagittal and frontal planes. Considering the prominent frontal plane biomechanics exhibited by the knee during single-leg landing, we expect that this maneuver may have greater likelihood of leading to traumatic knee injuries, particularly non-contact ACL injuries, compared to the double-leg landing maneuver. © 2011 Elsevier B.V.
To freeze or not to freeze? Affective and cognitive perturbations have markedly different effects on postural controlJohn F. Stins | Melvyn Roerdink | Peter J. Beek
Volume 30, Issue 2, April 2011, Pages 190-202
Similar effects have been reported for diverting attention from postural control and increased anxiety on the characteristics of center-of-pressure (COP) time series (decreased excursions and elevated mean power frequency). These effects have also received similar interpretations in terms of increased postural stiffness, suggesting that cognitive and affective manipulations have similar influences on postural control. The present experiment tested this hypothesis by comparing postural conditions involving manipulations of attention (diverting attention from posture using cognitive and motor dual tasks) and anxiety (standing at a height), and by complementing posturography with electromyographic analyses to directly examine neuromuscular stiffness control. Affective and cognitive manipulations had markedly different effects. Unlike the height condition, diverting attention from balance induced smaller COP amplitudes and higher sway frequencies. In addition, more regular COP trajectories (lower sample entropy) were found in the height condition than the dual-task conditions, suggesting elevated attentional investment in posture under the affective manipulation. Finally, based on an analysis of the cross-correlation function between anterior-posterior COP time series and enveloped calf muscle activity, indications of tighter anticipatory neuromuscular control of posture were found for the height condition only. Our data suggest that affective and cognitive perturbations have qualitatively different effects on postural control, and thus are likely to be associated with different control processes, as evidenced by differences in neuromuscular regulation and attentional investment in posture. © 2010 Elsevier B.V.
Locomotor body schemeY. P. Ivanenko | N. Dominici | E. Daprati | D. Nico | G. Cappellini | F. Lacquaniti
Volume 30, Issue 2, April 2011, Pages 341-351
The concept of body schema has been introduced and widely discussed in the literature to explain various clinical observations and distortions in the body and space representation. Here we address the role of body schema related information in multi-joint limb motion. The processing of proprioceptive information may differ significantly in static and dynamic conditions since in the latter case the control system may employ specific dynamic rules and constraints. Accordingly, the perception of movement, e.g., estimation of step length and walking distance, may rely on a priori knowledge about intrinsic dynamics of limb segment motion and inherent relationships between gait parameters and body proportions. The findings are discussed in the general framework of space and body movement representation and suggest the existence of a dynamic locomotor body schema used for controlling step length and path estimation. © 2010 Elsevier B.V.
Review of first trial responses in balance control: Influence of vestibular loss and Parkinson's diseaseJ. H J Allum | K. S. Tang | M. G. Carpenter | L. B. Oude Nijhuis | B. R. Bloem
Volume 30, Issue 2, April 2011, Pages 279-295
The reaction to an unexpected balance disturbance is unpractised, often startling and frequently associated with falls. This everyday situation can be reproduced in an experimental setting by exposing standing humans to sudden, unexpected and controlled movements of a support surface. In this review, we focus on the responses to the very first balance perturbation, the so-called first trial reactions (FTRs). Detailed analysis of FTRs may have important implications, both for clinical practice (providing new insights into the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying accidental falls in real life) and for understanding human physiology (what triggers and mediates these FTRs, and what is the relation to startle responses?). Several aspects of the FTRs have become clear. FTRs are characterized by an exaggerated postural reaction, with large EMG responses and co-contracting muscles in multiple body segments. This balance reaction is associated with marked postural instability (greater body sway to the perturbation). When the same perturbation is repeated, the size of the postural response habituates and the instability disappears. Other issues about FTRs remain largely unresolved, and these are addressed here. First, the functional role of FTRs is discussed. It appears that FTRs produce primarily increased trunk flexion during the multi-segmental response to postural perturbations, thus producing instability. Second, we consider which sensory signals trigger and modulate FTRs, placing specific emphasis on the role of vestibular signals. Surprisingly, vestibular signals appear to have no triggering role, but vestibular loss leads to excessive upper body FTRs due to loss of the normal modulatory influence. Third, we address the question whether startle-like responses are contributing to FTRs triggered by proprioceptive signals. We explain why this issue is still unresolved, mainly because of methodological difficulties involved in separating FTRs from 'pure' startle responses. Fourth, we review new work about the influence of perturbation direction on FTRs. Recent work from our group shows that the largest FTRs are obtained for toe-up support surface rotations which perturb the COM in the posterior direction. This direction corresponds to the directional preponderance for falls seen both in the balance laboratory and in daily life. Finally, we briefly touch upon clinical diagnostic issues, addressing whether FTRs (as opposed to habituated responses) could provide a more ecologically valid perspective of postural instability in patients compared to healthy subjects. We conclude that FTRs are an important source of information about human balance performance, both in health and disease. Future studies should no longer discard FTRs, but routinely include these in their analyses. Particular emphasis should be placed on the link between FTRs and everyday balance performance (including falls), and on the possible role played by startle reactions in triggering or modulating FTRs. © 2011 Elsevier B.V.
Athletic experience influences shoulder rotations when running through aperturesTakahiro Higuchi | Go Murai | Akifumi Kijima | Yasuhiro Seya | Jeffrey B. Wagman | Kuniyasu Imanaka
Volume 30, Issue 3, June 2011, Pages 534-549
In order to pass through apertures safely and efficiently, individuals must perceive the width of the aperture relative to (1) the width of the person-plus-object system and to (2) their (anticipated) movement speed. The present study investigated whether athletes who have extensive experience playing sports that require running through narrow spaces while wearing shoulder pads control their shoulder rotations differently while performing this behavior than athletes who lack such experience. Groups of athletes with experience competing in different sports (American football, rugby, and control athletes) performed a behavioral task in which they ran or walked between two tucking dummies with or without wearing shoulder pads. They also performed a psychophysical task in which they reported perceived width of the body and shoulder pads. When running through the apertures, the athletes who played American football exhibited smaller magnitudes and later onset of shoulder rotations than control athletes. No such difference was found when walking through the apertures. There was no difference in perception of the width of the shoulder pads among three groups. These findings suggest that performance of this behavior is action-scaled and task-specific. © 2010 Elsevier B.V.
Tactical pattern recognition in soccer games by means of special self-organizing mapsAndreas Grunz | Daniel Memmert | Jürgen Perl
Volume 31, Issue 2, April 2012, Pages 334-343
Increasing amounts of data are collected in sports due to technological progress. From a typical soccer game, for instance, the positions of the 22 players and the ball can be recorded 25 times per second, resulting in approximately 135.000 datasets. Without computational assistance it is almost impossible to extract relevant information from the complete data. This contribution introduces a hierarchical architecture of artificial neural networks to find tactical patterns in those positional data. The results from the classification using the hierarchical setup were compared to the results gained by an expert manually classifying the different categories. Short and long game initiations can be detected with relative high accuracy leading to the conclusion that the hierarchical architecture is capable of recognizing different tactical patterns and variations in these patterns. Remaining problems are discussed and ideas concerning further improvements of classification are indicated. © 2011 Elsevier B.V.
Three-dimensional joint kinematics of ACL-deficient and ACL-reconstructed knees during stair ascent and descentBo Gao | Mitchell L. Cordova | Naiquan Zheng
Volume 31, Issue 1, February 2012, Pages 222-235
Mechanical environmental changes in the knee are induced by altered joint kinematics under cyclic loading during activities of daily living after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. This is considered a risk factor in progressive cartilage degeneration and the early onset of osteoarthritis following ACL injury and even after reconstructive surgery. The purpose of this study was to examine 3D joint kinematics of ACL-deficient and ACL-reconstructed knees to health controls during stair ascent and descent. A 3D optical video motion capture system was used to record coordinate data from reflective markers positioned on subjects as they ascended and descended a custom-built staircase. Spatiotemporal gait and knee joint kinematic variables were calculated and further analyzed. The ACL-deficient knees exhibited a significant extension deficit compared to the ACL-intact controls. A more varus and internally rotated tibial position was also identified in the ACL-deficient knees during both stair ascent and descent. The ACL-reconstructed knees exhibited less abnormality in both spatiotemporal gait parameters and joint kinematics, but these variables were not fully restored to a normal level. The kinematic profiles of the ACL-reconstructed knees were more similar to those of the ACL-deficient knees when compared to the ACL-intact knees. This suggests that the ACL-reconstructed knees had been "under-corrected" rather than "over-corrected" by the reconstructive surgery procedure. Findings from this study may provide more insight with respect to improving ACL reconstruction surgical techniques, which may aid the early progression of cartilage degeneration in ACL-reconstructed knees. © 2011 Elsevier B.V.
Diagnosing fatigue in gait patterns by support vector machines and self-organizing mapsDaniel Janssen | Wolfgang I. Schöllhorn | Karl M. Newell | Jörg M. Jäger | Franz Rost | Katrin Vehof
Volume 30, Issue 5, October 2011, Pages 966-975
The aim of the study was to train and test support vector machines (SVM) and self-organizing maps (SOM) to correctly classify gait patterns before, during and after complete leg exhaustion by isokinetic leg exercises. Ground reaction forces were derived for 18 gait cycles on 9 adult participants. Immediately before the trials 7-12, participants were required to completely exhaust their calves with the aid of additional weights (44.4 ± 8.8 kg). Data were analyzed using: (a) the time courses directly and (b) only the deviations from each individual's calculated average gait pattern. On an inter-individual level the person recognition of the gait patterns was 100% realizable. Fatigue recognition was also highly probable at 98.1%. Additionally, applied SOMs allowed an alternative visualization of the development of fatigue in the gait patterns over the progressive fatiguing exercise regimen. © 2010 Elsevier B.V.


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Consumer units that went on trips in 2000 spent an average of $875 on travel for the year.
Transportation expenses were the highest of any category of travel expenditures, $352 on average. Expenditures on transportation include all costs incurred traveling to and from the destination, as well as other transportation costs incurred while on the trip.
The next largest expenditure was on food, an average of $204. Food expenditures encompass all costs for food and alcohol consumed on the trip.
Lodging ($177), gifts ($76), and entertainment ($66) accounted for the remainder of travel expenditures. Lodging expenses include the costs for hotels, motels, cottages, trailer camps, and other types of lodging. Gift expenditures include all gifts purchased on the trip for persons other than those in the consumer unit. Entertainment expenditures take into account all types of entertainment, such as admission to sporting events, parks, museums, and tours, as well as any types of fees related to these events.
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- DIE Veneris, videlicet, 9 die Aprllis.
- Commons to proceed in summing up their Evidence against the E. of Strafford, whether he come or not.
DIE Veneris, videlicet, 9 die Aprllis.
E. Strafford not well, and cannot come to the Hall.
The Lord Steward informed the House, That he doth understand, by the Lieutenant of The Tower, That the Earl of Strafford was this Night taken suddenly with a Fit of Sickness, whereby he is not able to come abroad this Day.
Upon this, the Lieutenant of The Tower was called in; who gave an Account to their Lordships, That this Morning, by Six of the Clock, the Earl of Strafforde sent for him, and told him that he was, about Eleven of the Clock at Night, taken suddenly siok, and was in that Pain that he was not able to stir in his Bed; and that it was not possible for him to come to Westm. Hall, as was expected he should do; but hoped he should be able to come the next Day.
Proof of his Illness.
Thomas Atkinson, Foot-boy to the Earl of Strafford, testified likewise, That his Lordship was last Night taken suddenly sick with a Vomiting, and was so ill that he was not able to come out of his Bed.
House of Commons to be acquainted with it.
Upon this, the House thought fit, that the Lieutenant of The Tower and the Earl of Strafford's Servant should deliver before the Members of the Commons what they informed their Lordships here, concerning the ill Health of the Earl of Strafferd; and to let them know that their Lordships hold it not convenient to proceed in the Evidence this Day; but that they intend to sit To-morrow Morning, at Eight a Clock, upon the Trial, having understood from the Earl of Strafforde that he hopes to be able to come To-morrow; and further, to let the House of Commons know, That this House will appoint some Lords, to see in what State of Health the Earl of Strafforde is; and that this House, intending to sit in the Afternoon, will acquaint them further concerning this Business, if their Lordships see Cause so to do.
Adjourn to Westminster Hall.
The Lord Steward adjourned the House to Westm. Hall.
Ld. Steward informs the Members of the H. C. of the E. of Strafford's Illness.
The Lords being sat in their Places, the Lord Steward told the Members of the Commons what Accident of Sickness had happened to the Earl of Strafford, to disable him from coming hither this Day.
Hereupon the Lieutenant of The Tower was commanded, upon Oath, to declare the Truth of his Knowledge; and he agreed in his Relation which he had made to the Lords above. Likewise Tho. Atkinson was produced to declare (but not upon Oath, being but Eighteen Years old) what he knew concerning the Earl of Strafford's being sick; and he testified to the same Effect as he had done to the Lords.
Commons desire they may proceed against him To-morrow, whether he comes or not.
After this, it was desired by the Commons, That, in regard the Earl of Strafford stands accused by the Commons of High Treason, and much Time hath been spent in this Business, that they might proceed against him Tomorrow, though the Earl of Strafford be absent.
House to sit upon the Trial To-morrow. Adjourn to the Chamber of Parliament.
Then the Lord Steward signified to the Commons, That the Lords will sit upon the Trial again To-morrow Morning, at Eight a Clock; and so adjourned the House to the usual Place above.
Committee to visit the E. of Strafford with Physicians.
The Lords being come up, the House appointed the Earl of Bath, Earl of Hartford, Earl of Essex, the Lord Pagett, and the Lord Seymour, to go to The Tower, and take such Physicians along with them as they shall think fit, to see in what State and Condition of Health the Earl of Strafford is; and to report the same to this House.
Dominus Senescallus declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque in post meridiem hujus diei, videlicet, 9m diem instantis Aprllis, hora 2a, Dominis sic decernentibus.
Post meridiem.
Report that the E. of Strafford will be here To-morrow.
The Earl of Bath reported, That the Lords appointed by this House have been at The Tower, to see the Earl of Strafford, whom they found in his Bed, sick; but he doubts not but he shall be able to come To-morrow to the Hall; and will come, though he be carried by Four Men.
A Message from the House of Commons was delivered, by the Lord Russell:
Message from the H. C. concerning the Trial of the E. of Strafford.
To desire a present Conference, with a Committee of both Houses, if it stand with their Lordships Conveniency, concerning the Proceedings and Trial of the Earl of Strafford.
The Answer to the said Message was:
That their Lordships will give a present Meeting, in the Painted Chamber as is desired.
Bishop of Salisbury Leave to be absent.
Ordered, That the Lord Bishop of Sarum have Leave, for his Health, to go for a Time into the Country.
Lords to report the Conference.
The Lord Privy Seal, Lord Steward, Earl Bath, Lord Viscount Say et Seale, and the Lord Roberts, were appointed to report the Conference; and the Earl of Bath to deliver at the Conference what he reported to this House, concerning the Earl of Straford's Sickness.
The House was adjourned during Pleasure, and the Lords went to the Conference; which being ended, the House was resumed.
Conference reported.
The Lord Privy Seal reported the Effect of the Conference: "That the House of Commons do desire, their Lordships would Order, That the Proceeding against the Earl of Strafforde may go on To-morrow Morning; and the Members of the Commons to be heard in summing up their Evidence though he be not present, since that he is not to reply to that which they shall say, being no new Matter; and that the Earl of Strafferd may be concluded in Matter of Fact."
For debating of this, the House was put into a Committee during Pleasure; and, after some Consideration, the House was resumed; and it was Resolved, upon the Question, by the major Part,
Commons to proceed in summing up their Evidence against the E. of Strafford, whether he come or not.
That the House of Commons may proceed To-morrow Morning in summing up their Evidence, though the Earl of Strafford come not. Likewise,
E. of Strafford, after the Evidence is summed up, to be confined to Matter of Fact.
Resolved, upon the Question, by the major Part, That the Earl of Strafford shall be concluded, after such Evidence summed up, from recollecting his own Evidence in Matters of mere Fact.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by Baron Henden and Mr. Justice Heath:
Message to the H. C. to acquaint them with these Resolutions.
To let them know, that this House have Resolved, That, if the Earl of Strafford come To-morrow Morning to Westm. Hall, then their Lordships former Directions to stand; if he come not, then they may proceed in summing up their Evidence; and that the Earl of Strafforde shall be concluded, after such Evidence is summed up, from recollecting his own Evidence in Matters of mere Fact.
Dominus Capitalis Justiciarius de Communi Banco, Locum tenens Domini Custodis Magni Sigilli, declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque in diem Sabbati, videlicet, 10m diem instantis Aprilis, hora octava, Dominis sic decernentibus.


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- 1 avocado, sliced
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- mayonnaise
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Michael Campanaro had quite a homecoming in Maryland this past weekend. The Clarksville, Md., native had 11 catches for 122 yards and a touchdown, making him the program's all-time receptions leader with 217, one more than Desmond Clark. The Demon Deacons routed the Terrapins, 34-10, to win their second straight game and get to 4-3 overall and 2-2 in ACC play.
Campanaro also threw the fourth touchdown pass of his career, a 4-yard strike to quarterback Tanner Price. The redshirt senior faces No. 7 Miami this weekend as the ACC's No. 2 man in catches (55) and receiving yards (704) despite missing the opener with a hamstring injury.
ESPN.com caught up with Campanaro earlier this week.
Can you take me through the touchdown pass you threw this past weekend?
Michael Campanaro: Yeah, it was a trick play we've been working on the past few weeks. It just really came together exactly how we planned and it was a nice easy toss to Tanner. It was fun switching roles with him out there.
Is that something you had to vouch for a little bit? What is it about your history throwing the football?
MC: I've kind of taken on the duties of throwing the ball with our trick plays since I've been here, so just any time the coaches are designing trick plays I usually get to compete for the job. We usually have a competition for who can throw it, so it's fun. Any time you get plays like that called you get pretty excited.
What did it mean to you to become the school leader in receptions?
MC: It's just really special. I can remember playing Madden with Desmond Clark as a kid in middle school, so to be here breaking his record just meant a lot. To do it against Maryland, my hometown school and it being homecoming, that meant a lot. And also getting the win, that was the biggest thing. So it was a really special day.
Have you ever met or spoken with Desmond? Do you have any kind of a relationship with him?
MC: He actually emailed me (Monday) and we're going to get together (Tuesday) on the phone and just chat a little bit, so I'm excited to talk to him.
You missed the first game with a hamstring injury. You're still second in the conference in catches and receiving yards. What has been working for you?
MC: My teammates have been playing well. I think Tanner has been getting a lot of time back there and he has really been playing great. But also I think just the coaching staff, they've been doing a great job of designing plays and schemes for everyone to do well on offense. Also, I think Coach (Taylor) Stubblefield, my new receivers coach, has done a great job with me helping me out with new things that I haven't learned yet playing the receiver position, so just a lot of factors into why I've been able to be successful so far.
It's rare to have the same quarterback in college for as long as you have. How have you seen Tanner Price grow over the years, and how beneficial has that been for both of you?
MC: It's been a blessing just to play with him my whole career. He's gotten so much better with the knowledge of the game. The things we're doing on offense now are really playing to his strengths. Just him being able to get up to the line and pre-snap read defenses and things like that and make the right decisions. So it's been a blast. We have a great relationship on the field and off so I've had a lot of fun playing with him.
You guys started off a little slow but you've picked it up the last couple of weeks. How would you describe the team's confidence level as you go for a second bowl bid in three years?
MC: Right now it's pretty high. I think we're definitely not satisfied. We know we have a lot of work to do on both sides of the ball, but we definitely have some good momentum going into Miami. So I think just after that NC State game we really carried over that momentum into the Maryland game, so we're just continuing to work and get better.
If you could draw it up, how would you like to end your career here?
MC: With as many wins as possible and going to the best bowl we could and getting a bowl victory. I think that's the goal right now. I really want to end twith a winning season. Since I've been here I haven't been a part of a winning team so finishing with a winning record would mean a lot to me.


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Approximately 0.2% to 0.3% of newborn male infants are sex-chromatin positive.19,4,18 Therefore they probably represent future cases of Klinefelter's syndrome. In contrast to this high frequency of sex-chromatin positive males is the scarcity of the prepubertal diagnosis of the XXY patient.
Usually children who later develop the Klinefelter's syndrome show no malformations betraying the abnormal chromosomal state. In two cases, however, the presence of hypospadias led to the finding of the XXY sex chromosome pattern at an early age.9,10
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A 4-year-old boy was referred in November, 1963, to The Cincinnati Children's Hospital for chromosomal analysis. He had been born in August, 1959, with a rather severe hypospadias, the opening of the urethra being at the base of the penis. He had a bifid scrotum in which both testes were felt;
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To honor the legacy and life of Martin Luther King, Jr., communities are hosting parades throughout Central Florida.
Orlando's 29th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Parade
When: Saturday, January 19 at 10 a.m.
Where: Southwest Orlando Jaycees, Orange Avenue in downtown Orlando
City of Ocoee's 7th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Unity Parade and Celebration
"The Courage to Believe and Act"
When: Monday, January 21 at 10 a.m.
Where: Starting at Citrus Elementary School
87 N. Clarke Road, Ocoee
City of Sanford's MLK Parade
When: Monday, January 21 at 10 a.m.
Where: Starting at Crooms Academy of Information Technology High School
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