Practical training strategies to apply neuro-mechanistic motor learning principles to facilitate adaptations towards injury-resistant movement in youth

JA Diekfuss, S Bonnette, JA Hogg, C Riehm… - Journal of Science in …, 2021 - Springer
Youth may be particularly responsive to motor learning training strategies that support injury-
resistant movement mechanics in youth for prevention programs that reduce injury risk …

Targeted application of motor learning theory to leverage youth neuroplasticity for enhanced injury-resistance and exercise performance: OPTIMAL PREP

JA Diekfuss, DR Grooms, JA Hogg, H Singh… - Journal of Science in …, 2021 - Springer
Youth athletes are ideal candidates for novel therapeutic motor learning interventions that
leverage the plasticity of the central nervous system to promote desirable biomechanical …

Meta-analyzing enhanced expectancies on motor learning: Positive effects but methodological concerns

MFB Bacelar, JO Parma, WM Murrah… - International Review of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The OPTIMAL theory of motor learning predicts enhanced expectancies facilitate learning.
This meta-analysis investigated this prediction by quantifying effect sizes from studies …

The Effect of Visual Illusion on Motor Learning of Golf Putting and Self-efficacy in Older Adults

N Tahan, E Saemi, R Abedanzadeh - Motor Behavior, 2019 - mbj.ssrc.ac.ir
Research on the effect of visual illusion on motor learning and the self-efficacy of children
and adults has shown positive results. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate …

Is cognitive control of perception and action via attentional focus moderated by motor imagery?

B Bazgir, A Shamseddini, JA Hogg, F Ghadiri… - BMC psychology, 2023 - Springer
Motor imagery (MI) has emerged as an individual factor that may modulate the effects of
attentional focus on motor skill performance. In this study, we investigated whether global MI …

The effect of large visual illusion and external focus of attention on gaze behavior and learning of dart throw skill

S Bahrami, B Abdoli, A Farsi… - Journal of Motor …, 2022 - journals.humankinetics.com
Research has shown that large visual illusions and an external focus of attention can
improve novice's motor learning. However, the combined effects of these approaches and …

Children's motor imagery modality dominance modulates the role of attentional focus in motor skill learning

M Bahmani, M Babak, WM Land, JT Howard… - Human Movement …, 2021 - Elsevier
We investigated whether children's motor imagery dominance modulated the relationship
between attentional focus and motor learning of a tossing task. One hundred and thirty-eight …

Either autonomy support or enhanced expectancies delivered via virtual-reality benefits frontal-plane single-leg squatting kinematics

JA Hogg, GB Wilkerson, SN Acocello… - … and Motor Skills, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Our purpose in this study was to determine the effects of a virtual reality intervention
delivering specific motivational motor learning manipulations of either autonomy support …

Different task success criteria affect expectancies of success but do not improve golf putting performance

G Ziv, R Lidor - Psychology of sport and exercise, 2021 - Elsevier
This study examined how providing different criteria for success affected perceived
expectations of success, performance, and learning in a golf-putting task. Twenty-nine …

Immersive real-time biofeedback optimized with enhanced expectancies improves motor learning: A feasibility study

AM Williams, JA Hogg, JA Diekfuss… - Journal of sport …, 2022 - journals.humankinetics.com
Context: An Optimizing Performance through Intrinsic Motivation and Attention for Learning
theory-based motor learning intervention delivering autonomy support and enhanced …