OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Perceptual and Motor Skills is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Predicting Teaching Enjoyment from Teachers’ Perceived School Climate, Self-Efficacy, and Psychological Wellbeing at Work: EFL Teachers	41
Fundamental Movement Skill Proficiency Among British Primary School Children: Analysis at a Behavioral Component Level	28
Enhancing Executive Functions and Handwriting with a Concentrative Coordination Exercise in Children with ADHD: A Randomized Clinical Trial	23
Effect of Pre-Exercise Music on Bench Press Power, Velocity, and Repetition Volume	23
Effects of Mental Fatigue Induced by Social Media Use on Volleyball Decision-Making, Endurance, and Countermovement Jump Performance	21
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on HOME Advantage in Different European Professional Basketball Leagues	17
Pursuing Artful Movement Science in Music Performance: Single Subject Motor Analysis With Two Elite Pianists	17
Short and Long-Term Effects of Whole-Body Vibration on Spasticity and Motor Performance in Children With Hemiparetic Cerebral Palsy	16
Exercisers’ Affective and Enjoyment Responses: A Meta-Analytic and Meta-Regression Review	16
Flipping the Script: Measuring Both Performance Validity and Cognitive Ability with the Forced Choice Recognition Trial of the RCFT	16
On the Role of Academic Buoyancy and Self-Efficacy in Predicting Teachers’ Work Engagement: A Case of Chinese English as a Foreign Language Teachers	16
Investigating Chinese University Students’ Enjoyment in a Web-Based Language Learning Environment: Validation of the Online Foreign Language Enjoyment Scale	15
A Portuguese Adaptation of the Teruel Orthorexia Scale and a Test of Its Utility with Brazilian Young Adults	15
Mental Fatigue From Smartphone Use Reduces Volume-Load in Resistance Training: A Randomized, Single-Blinded Cross-Over Study	15
Increased Cognitive Demands Affect Agility Performance in Female Athletes - Implications for Testing and Training of Agility in Team Ball Sports	15
Screening Youth Soccer Players by Means of Cognitive Function and Agility Testing	14
The Effect of an 8-Week Aerobic Dance Program on Executive Function in Children	14
The Impact of Classroom Chatter Noise on Comprehension: A Systematic Review	14
Effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Professional Female Soccer Players’ Recovery Following Official Matches	13
Affective Change With Variations in Zumba Fitness Intensity as Measured by a Smartwatch	13
Predicting Perceived Sport Performance via Self-Determination Theory	13
Effects of Low Back Pain Exercises on Pain Symptoms and Activities of Daily Living: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	13
Wellness Survey Responses and Smartphone App Response Efficiency: Associations With Remote History of Sport-Related Concussion	12
Assessing the Development of Fine Motor Control in Elementary School Children Using Drawing and Tracing Tasks	12
The Effects of Biofeedback on Performance and Technique of the Boxing Jab	12

Effects of Baby Swimming on Motor and Cognitive Development: A Pilot Trial	12
Single Leg Balance Training: A Systematic Review	11
Life Skills Development Through Sport in Brazil: A Study Based on Self-Determination Theory	10
Effectiveness of a Telerehabilitative Home Exercise Program on Elder Adults’ Physical Performance, Depression and Fear of Falling	10
Improving Balance in Adults With Intellectual Developmental Disorder via Virtual Environments	10
Exercise-Based Interventions Aimed at Improving Balance in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Meta-Analysis	10
Differences between Young Children’s Actual, Self-perceived and Parent-perceived Aquatic Skills	9
Eating Behavior of Brazilian College Students: Influences of Lifestyle, Negative Affectivity, and Personal Characteristics	9
Information Processing and Technical Knowledge Contribute to Self-Controlled Video Feedback for Children Learning the Snatch Movement in Weightlifting	9
Measuring Perceived Social Support in Elite Athletes: Psychometric Properties of the Romanian Version of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support	9
Comparison of Treadmill and Overground Walking in Children and Adolescents	9
Multifractal Nonlinearity Moderates Feedforward and Feedback Responses to Suprapostural Perturbations	9
Lower Limb Proprioception and Strength Differences Between Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Neurotypical Controls	8
The Effect of a Functional Strength Training Intervention on Movement Quality and Physical Fitness in Adolescents	8
Does Physical Activity Improve Inhibition in Kindergarteners? A Pilot Study	8
Effects of Music Listening on Postural Balance in Adolescents with Visual Impairment	8
Importance of Maintaining Net Position in Men’s and Women’s Professional Padel	8
Relatively Easy Criteria for Success Enhances Motor Learning by Altering Perceived Competence	8
The Development of Executive Functions in High-Level Female Soccer Players	8
Cross-Gender Differences in English/French Bilingual Speakers: A Multiparametric Study	8
Sex Differences in Thermal Comfort, Perception, Feeling, Stress and Focus During Exercise Hyperthermia	8
Exercise Promotion: Reviewing the Importance of Health Professionals’ Interpersonal Behaviors on Exercisers’ Basic Psychological Needs	7
Grouping Students by Skill Level in Mini-Volleyball: Effect on Game Performance and Knowledge in Sport Education	7
Developing Emotional Intelligence through Physical Education: A Systematic Review	7
Can Prolongate Use of Social Media Immediately Before Training Worsen High Level Male Volleyball Players’ Visuomotor Skills?	7
A Feasibility Study of Bilateral Wrist Sensors for Measuring Motor Traits in Children With Autism	7
Effects of a Short Video Physical Activity Program on Physical Fitness Among Physical Education Students	7
Exploring Correlates of Preschool-Aged Children’s Locomotor Skills: Individual and Parent Demographics and Home Environment	7
Neuromuscular Training and Motor Control in Youth Athletes: A Meta-Analysis	7
Practical Applications for Designing Soccer’ Training Tasks From Multivariate Data Analysis: A Systematic Review Emphasizing Tactical Training	7
Distribution of Practice Combined with Observational Learning Has Time Dependent Effects on Motor Skill Acquisition	7
Executive Functions, Physical Abilities, and Their Relationship with Tactical Performance in Young Soccer Players	7
An Italian Validation of ABILHAND-Kids for Children With Cerebral Palsy	7
Adolescent Athletes’ Perceptions of Both Their Coachs’ Leadership and Their Personal Motivation	7
A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Outdoor Education Programs on Adolescents’ Self-Efficacy	7
The Impact of Acute Exercise Timing on Memory Interference	7
Improving Soccer Knowledge From Computerized Game Diagrams: Benefits of Sequential Instructional Arrows	7
Comparison of Dynamic Balance Performances of Adult Runners With Intellectual Disability Versus Their Sedentary Peers	6
An Intervention-Related Comparison of Preschoolers’ Scores on the TGMD-2 and TGMD-3	6
Pupil Dilation Reflects Emotional Arousal Via Poetic Language	6
Dispositional Mindfulness May Have Protected Athletes from Psychological Distress During COVID-19 in Australia	6
Semantic Clustering During Verbal List Learning Is Associated With Employment Status in a Community Sample	6
Construct Validation of a New Instrument to Measure Declarative Tactical Knowledge in Basketball	6
Portuguese Physical Literacy Assessment Questionnaire (PPLA-Q) for Adolescents: Validity and Reliability of the Psychological and Social Modules using Mokken Scale Analysis	6
Exploring the Importance of Motor Competence for Behavioral and Health Outcomes in Youth	6
Topical Review: Optometric Considerations in Sports Versus E-Sports	6
Motor Compensation Strategies for Reduced Upper Limb Function Among Individuals With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy	6
Joint Specificity and Lateralization of Upper Limb Proprioceptive Perception	6
Effects of Exercise on Explicit Memory Function: Incidental and Intentional Encoding May Depend on Exercise Timing	6
FMS Effects of a Motor Program for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders	6

Green and Pleasant Lands: The Affective and Cerebral Hemodynamic Effects of Presence in Virtual Environments During Exercise	6
A Point-Light Display Model for Teaching Motor Skills to Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Eye-Tracking Study	6
Listening to Preferred and Loud Music Enhances Taekwondo Physical Performances in Adolescent Athletes	6
Ankle Inversion Proprioception Impairment in Persons with Chronic Ankle Instability Is Task-Specific	6
Manual Therapies for Posterior Thigh Muscles Enhanced Ten-Repetitions Maximum Test Performance and Hip Flexibility in Young Soccer Players	6
Understanding the Role of Teacher-Student Relationships in Students’ Online Learning Engagement: Mediating Role of Academic Motivation	6
Optimizing Feedback Frequency in Motor Learning: Self-Controlled and Moderate Frequency KR Enhance Skill Acquisition	6
The Effect of a Brief-Mindfulness Intervention on Psychophysiological Exertion and Flow-State Among Sedentary Adults	6
Null Effects of Different Amounts of Task Variation in Both Contextual Interference and Differential Learning Paradigms	6
Listening to Fast-Tempo Music During a Post-Exercise Passive Rest Period Improved Subsequent Sprint Cycling	6
Psychometric Suitability of Adaptations to the Special Judo Fitness Test for Athletes With Visual Impairment	6
Development and Psychometric Properties of the Self-Acceptance Scales for Pregnant and Postpartum Women	5
The Relationship Between Exercise, Cathepsin B, and Cognitive Functions: Systematic Review	5
Health-Related and Motor Performance-Related Fitness and Physical Activity Among Youth With Cystic Fibrosis	5
Physical Activity Time and Intensity in Physical Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic	5
Practice—Not Task Difficulty—Mediated the Focus of Attention Effect on a Speed-Accuracy Tradeoff Task	5
Adaptation and Validation of a Portuguese Version of the Sports Motivation Scale-II (SMS-II-P) Showing Invariance for Gender and Sport Type	5
Early Motor Skills in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders Are Marked by Less Frequent Hand and Knees Crawling	5
The Importance of Crowd Support and Team Quality to Home Advantage in Brazilian Soccer League First Division	5
Body Weight Dissatisfaction and Health Risk Behaviors in Adolescents	5
Motor Competence in Children With and Without Ambliopia	5
Exploring the Impact of Mental Fatigue and Emotional Suppression on the Performance of High-Intensity Endurance Exercise	5
Effects of an 8-Week Intervention Targeting the Veridicality of Actual and Perceived Motor Competence Among Irish Adolescents in Project FLAME	5
Effects of Different Sources of Low-Dose Caffeine on Mood/Arousal and Cognitive Performance	5
How Does Cognitive Effort Influence the Tactical Behavior of Soccer Players?	5
Mental Fatigue Prior to Aerobic Exercise Reduces Exercise Pleasure and Negatively Affects Implicit Attitudes Toward Future Exercise	5
The Effects of Listening to Non-preferred or Self-Selected Music during Short-Term Maximal Exercise at Varied Times of Day	5
Uncovering the Nexus Between Cooperative Learning Contexts and Achievement Goals in Physical Education	5
Predicting Physical Activity and Lifelong Health Through Personal Control and Educational Attainment	5
The Inhibition of Return of Sanda Athletes in Three Dimensional Static and Dynamic Scenes	5
Men Exhibit Greater Pain Pressure Thresholds and Times to Task Failure but Not Performance Fatigability Following Self-Paced Exercise	5
Motor and Basic Cognitive Functions in Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Undergoing Induction or Consolidation Chemotherapy	5
School-Time Movement Behaviors and Fundamental Movement Skills in Preschoolers: An Isotemporal Reallocation Analysis	5
Aquatic Exercise for Health Promotion: A 31-Year Bibliometric Analysis	5
The Roles of Grit and Motivation in Predicting Children’s Leisure-Time Physical Activity: One-Year Effects	5
The Relative Age Effect in Male and Female Brazilian Elite Volleyball Athletes of Varied Competitive Levels	5
Assessing Motor Performance in Preschool Children: The Zurich Neuromotor Assessment-2 and the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2	5
Contextual Interference Effects on Approach Motivation When Learning Timing Tasks: A Frontal Electroencephalography (EEG) Alpha Asymmetry Study in Older Adults	4
Dynamic Visual Acuity After Small Incision Lenticule Extraction for Myopia Patients	4
Effects of Time Pressure, Reward, and Information Involvement on User Management of Fake News on a Social Media Platform	4
Tactile and Auditory Stimuli Can Improve the Specific Physical Performance of Para-Judo Athletes With Varied Origins of Visual Impairment	4
Benefits and Detriments of Social Collaborative Memory in Turn-Taking and Directed Forgetting	4
Exploring Kinetic and Kinematic Finger Individuation Capability in Children With Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy	4
Assessing Proprioception in an Older Population: Reliability of a Protocol Based on Active Movement Extent Discrimination	4
Postural Balance in Young Tennis Players of Varied Competition Levels	4
Do Perfectionism Traits Predict Team Cohesion and Group Conflict Among Youth Athletes?	4
Impact of Spectators, League and Team Ability on Home Advantage in Professional European Basketball	4
Effects of Cognitive Over Postural Demands on Upright Standing Among Young Adults	4
The Prefrontal-Hippocampal Comparator: Volition and Episodic Memory	4
Burpee Interval Training Is Associated With a More Favorable Affective Valence and Psychological Response Than Traditional High Intensity Exercise	4