Transfer of dynamic motor skills acquired during isometric training to free motion

This study provided early evidence supporting that training movement skills without moving is possible. In contrast to previous studies, our study involves 1) exploiting cross-modal sensory interactions between vision and proprioception in a motionless setting to teach motor skills that could be transferable to a corresponding physical task, and 2) evaluates the movement skill of controlling muscle-generated forces to execute arm movements in the presence of external forces that were only virtually present during training.

Source: Journal of Neurophysiology - July 5, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Melendez-Calderon, A., Tan, M., Bittmann, M. F., Burdet, E., Patton, J. L. Tags: Research Articles Source Type: research