scholarly journals Creating Well-Being: Increased Creativity and proNGF Decrease following Quadrato Motor Training

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabrina Venditti ◽  
Loredana Verdone ◽  
Caterina Pesce ◽  
Nicoletta Tocci ◽  
Micaela Caserta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Morphological Changes ◽  
Body Movement ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Motor Training ◽  
Planning Ability ◽  
Working Memory Updating ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Whole Body Movement ◽  
Body Practices

Mind-body practices (MBP) are known to induce electrophysiological and morphological changes, whereas reports related to changes of neurotrophins are surprisingly scarce. Consequently, in the current paper, we focused on the Quadrato motor training (QMT), a newly developed whole-body movement-based MBP, which has been reported to enhance creativity. Here we report the effects of 4 weeks of daily QMT on creativity and proNGF level in two interrelated studies. In Study A, we examined the effects of QMT compared with a walking training (WT) in healthy adults, utilizing the alternate uses task. In contrast with the WT, QMT resulted in increased creativity. In addition, the change in creativity negatively correlated with the change in proNGF levels. In Study B, we examined QMT effects on creativity and additional metacognitive functions in children, using a nonintervention group as control. Similar to Study A, following QMT, we found a negative correlation of proNGF with creativity, as well as working memory updating and planning ability. Together, the current results point to the relationship between increased creativity and decreased proNGF following MBP. Thus, the current research emphasizes the importance of widening the scope of examination of “MBP in motion” in relation to metacognition and well-being.

The relationship between general measures of fitness, passive range of motion and whole-body movement quality

Ergonomics ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 637-649 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Frost ◽  
Jordan Andersen ◽  
Thomas Lam ◽  
Tim Finlay ◽  
Kevin Darby ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Range Of Motion ◽  
Body Movement ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Movement Quality ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Whole Body Movement

scholarly journals Humanoid Whole-Body Movement Optimization from Retargeted Human Motions

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Waldez Gomes ◽  
Vishnu Radhakrishnan ◽  
Luigi Penco ◽  
Valerio Modugno ◽  
Jean-Baptiste Mouret ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Movement ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Human Motions ◽  
Whole Body Movement

scholarly journals Quantifying Postural Control during Exergaming Using Multivariate Whole-Body Movement Data: A Self-Organizing Maps Approach

PLoS ONE ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. e0134350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mike van Diest ◽  
Jan Stegenga ◽  
Heinrich J. Wörtche ◽  
Jos B. T. M Roerdink ◽  
Gijsbertus J. Verkerke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Postural Control ◽  
Body Movement ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Self Organizing Maps ◽  
Movement Data ◽  
Whole Body Movement ◽  
Self Organizing

Whole-Body Movement

2021 ◽  
pp. 63-74
Author(s):  
Cezary Biele
Keyword(s):  
Body Movement ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Whole Body Movement

scholarly journals The Influence of Pressure on Coordinative Whole-Body Movement

2009 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshifumi Tanaka ◽  
Kensuke Urimoto ◽  
Takayuki Murayama ◽  
Hiroshi Sekiya
Keyword(s):  
Body Movement ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Whole Body Movement

scholarly journals Individuals With an Anterior Cruciate Ligament–Reconstructed Knee Display Atypical Whole Body Movement Strategies but Normal Knee Robustness During Side-Hop Landings: A Finite Helical Axis Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 1117-1126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonas L. Markström ◽  
Helena Grip ◽  
Lina Schelin ◽  
Charlotte K. Häger
Keyword(s):  
Knee Flexion ◽  
Cruciate Ligament ◽  
Body Movement ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Helical Axis ◽  
Initial Contact ◽  
Movement Strategies ◽  
Flexion Moment ◽  
Anterior Cruciate ◽  
Whole Body Movement

Background: Atypical knee joint biomechanics after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) are common. It is, however, unclear whether knee robustness (ability to tolerate perturbation and maintain joint configuration) and whole body movement strategies are compromised after ACLR. Purpose: To investigate landing control after ACLR with regard to dynamic knee robustness and whole body movement strategies during sports-mimicking side hops, and to evaluate functional performance of hop tests and knee strength. Study Design: Controlled laboratory study. Methods: An 8-camera motion capture system and 2 synchronized force plates were used to calculate joint angles and moments during standardized rebound side-hop landings performed by 32 individuals with an ACL-reconstructed knee (ACLR group; median, 16.0 months after reconstruction with hamstring tendon graft [interquartile range, 35.2 months]) and 32 matched asymptomatic controls (CTRL). Dynamic knee robustness was quantified using a finite helical axis approach, providing discrete values quantifying divergence of knee joint movements from flexion-extension (higher relative frontal and/or transverse plane motion equaled lower robustness) during momentary helical rotation intervals of 10°. Multivariate analyses of movement strategies included trunk, hip, and knee angles at initial contact and during landing and hip and knee peak moments during landing, comparing ACLR and CTRL, as well as legs within groups. Results: Knee robustness was lower for the first 10° motion interval after initial contact and then successively stabilized for both groups and legs. When landing with the injured leg, the ACLR group, as compared with the contralateral leg and/or CTRL, demonstrated significantly greater flexion of the trunk, hip, and knee; greater hip flexion moment; less knee flexion moment; and smaller angle but greater moment of knee internal rotation. The ACLR group also had lower but acceptable hop and strength performances (ratios to noninjured leg >90%) except for knee flexion strength (12% deficit). Conclusion: Knee robustness was not affected by ACLR during side-hop landings, but alterations in movement strategies were seen for the trunk, hip, and knee, as well as long-term deficits in knee flexion strength. Clinical Relevance: Knee robustness is lowest immediately after landing for both the ACLR group and the CTRL and should be targeted in training to reduce knee injury risk. Assessment of movement strategies during side-hop landings after ACLR should consider a whole body approach.

Coordination modes in sensorimotor synchronization of whole-body movement: A study of street dancers and non-dancers

2011 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 1260-1271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akito Miura ◽  
Kazutoshi Kudo ◽  
Tatsuyuki Ohtsuki ◽  
Hiroaki Kanehisa
Keyword(s):  
Body Movement ◽  
Sensorimotor Synchronization ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Coordination Modes ◽  
Whole Body Movement

Touching Space: Using Motion Capture and Stereo Projection to Create a “Virtual Haptics” of Dance

Leonardo ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 359-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kim Vincs ◽  
John McCormick
Keyword(s):  
Motion Capture ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Body Movement ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Time Motion ◽  
Computer Interfaces ◽  
Human Computer Interfaces ◽  
Virtual Force ◽  
Spatial Volume ◽  
Whole Body Movement

This paper describes the work of a group of artists in Australia who used real-time motion capture and 3D stereo projection to create a large-scale performance environment in which dancers seemed to “touch” the volume. This project re-versions Suzanne Langer's 1950s philosophy of dance as “virtual force” to realize the idea of a “virtual haptics” of dance that extends the dancer's physical agency literally across and through the surrounding spatial volume. The project presents a vision of interactive dance performance that “touches” space by visualizing kinematics as intentionality and agency. In doing so, we suggest the possibility of new kinds of human-computer interfaces that emphasize touch as embodied, nuanced agency that is mediated by the subtle qualities of whole-body movement, in addition to more goal-oriented, task-based gestures such as pointing or clicking.

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