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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Motor training"”.
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Motor training and cervical spine manipulation: effects on sensorimotor integration
… brain processing. The effects of manipulation on motor learning in individuals with SCNP have not been investigated until now. Studies in this thesis sought to develop and investigate a novel motor training task to be coupled with cervical spine manipulation to investigate its effects on …
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The effect of experimental pain on motor training performance and sensorimotor integration
Sensorimotor integration (SMI) is the ability of the central nervous system (CNS) to integrate afferent (incoming) information from different body parts and formulate appropriate motor output to muscles. Effective sensorimotor integration is essential when learning new skills and when performing …
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Cortical adaption influences excitability in the dominant and non-dominant hands following complex novel motor training
The primary motor cortex (M1) can dynamically control the magnitude of motor refinement through motor plasticity. Plasticity can be investigated by looking at changes to motor excitability, which has been established to be stronger in the non-dominant hemisphere of right handed participants. …
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The Effects of a Perceptual-Motor Training Program on the Development of Motor Perception Skills on Kindergarten Children
… the effectiveness of a kindergarten perceptual-motor training program in regard to improvement of motor skills. In this evaluation the primary effort will be to measure those aspects of readiness which are closely related to the specific objectives of the perceptual motor training program. A …
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Assessing neurophysiological and behavioural outcomes of the proximal upper limb muscles in response to novel motor skill acquisition
A single session of motor training with the distal upper limb muscles leads to changes in brain and spinal cord processing. However, the neuroplastic response of the proximal upper limb muscles to novel motor training has not been studied. The development of a proximal motor task which shows …
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Neurophysiological Adaptations to Resistance Training and Repetitive Grasping
… data on both cumulative and acute effects of motor training to better understand adaptive processes. Neural adaptations accompany resistance training, but current evidence regarding the nature of these adaptations is best characterized as indirect, particularly with respect to adaptation …
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The Effect of Spinal Cord Stimulation and Video Games Training on Body-machine Interface Control
… to the spinal cord causes long-lasting loss of motor and sensory function, and currently, there is no ‘cure’ for paralysis. However, even people with severe spinal cord injuries (SCI) have some residual mobility. Studies have shown that transcutaneous electrical spinal cord stimulation (tSCS) …
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Creating new visualization and human interface devices for theraputic video games
… disorders is fast gaining momentum. VR based motor training systems provide an engaging, motivating and adaptable environment where the motion of the limb displayed in the virtual world is a replication of the motion produced in the real world by the patient's extremity. The goal of this …
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The effects of motor task complexity on sensorimotor integration: implications for healthy and subclinical populations
… sensory information; a process termed sensorimotor integration (SMI). Plasticity is the mechanism for development and learning. However, it can also be a mechanism for maladaptive changes such as the organizational changes seen in people with overuse injuries and chronic pain. These …
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Assessment of a hand exoskeleton on proximal and distal training in virtual environments for robot mediated upper extremity rehabilitation
… that therapeutic interventions with repetitive motor training can aid in functional recovery of the paretic limb. Robotic rehabilitation may present an exercise intervention that can improve training and induce motor plasticity in individuals with stroke. An active (motorized) hand exoskeleton …
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Structural and functional adaptations of the Auditory-Motor System : insights from expertise & disorder
… domains converges on a notion that auditory-motor networks can be remodeled functionally and structurally in response to experiences, studies that seek to evaluate these hypotheses by combining behavioral, functional, and structural measures are rare. Given relatively recent advances in …
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The effects of proprioceptive training and dyad practice to improve sensorimotor function
… was to examine the effects of proprioceptive training and dyad practice on sensorimotor function. It is well established that the human motor and sensory systems are closely linked, such that changes in motor training affect proprioceptive performance and vice versa, and that it affects neural …