OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Human Movement Science is 5. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Combining wearable sensor signals, machine learning and biomechanics to estimate tibial bone force and damage during running	39
Individual differences in motor skill learning: Past, present and future	38
Does monopedal postural balance differ between the dominant leg and the non-dominant leg? A review	32
Multiplicative-cascade dynamics supports whole-body coordination for perception via effortful touch	29
Movement competence: Association with physical self-efficacy and physical activity	29
Resting-state aperiodic neural dynamics predict individual differences in visuomotor performance and learning	28
The Human Body Model versus conventional gait models for kinematic gait analysis in children with cerebral palsy	25
The distance effect and level of expertise: Is the optimal external focus different for low-skilled and high-skilled performers?	24
Gait complexity is acutely restored in older adults when walking to a fractal-like visual stimulus	22
Unveilling the cerebral and sensory contributions to automatic postural control during dual-task standing	22
Virtual reality promotes greater improvements than video-stimulation screen on perceptual-cognitive skills in young soccer athletes	21
Effects of dynamic neuromuscular stabilization (DNS) training on functional movements	21
Bilateral asymmetry of running gait in competitive, recreational and novice runners at different speeds	21
Characterization of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) subtypes based on the relationship between motor skills and social communication abilities	20
Effects of age, speed, and step length on lower extremity net joint moments and powers during walking	20
Motor imagery during action observation enhances imitation of everyday rhythmical actions in children with and without developmental coordination disorder	20
Effect of the soft tissue artifact on marker measurements and on the calculation of the helical axis of the knee during a gait cycle: A study on the CAMS-Knee data set	19
Gaze behaviour during walking in young adults with developmental coordination disorder	18
Physical and perceptual measures of walking surface complexity strongly predict gait and gaze behaviour	17
Multifractality in postural sway supports quiet eye training in aiming tasks: A study of golf putting	17
Multifractal roots of suprapostural dexterity	16
Attentional focus influences sample entropy in a balancing task	16
Motor imagery combined with action observation training optimized for individual motor skills further improves motor skills close to a plateau	16
Motor learning methods that induce high practice variability reduce kinematic and kinetic risk factors of non-contact ACL injury	16
Dual-task costs of texting while walking forward and backward are greater for older adults than younger adults	15

Effects of fatigue induced by repetitive movements and isometric tasks on reaction time	14
Gaze behavior of trampoline gymnasts during a back tuck somersault	14
Basketball players minimize the effect of motor noise by using near-minimum release speed in free-throw shooting	13
A test of optimal theory on young adolescents' standing long jump performance and motivation	13
Children's motor imagery modality dominance modulates the role of attentional focus in motor skill learning	13
Goalkeeping in the soccer penalty kick: The dive is coordinated to the kicker's non-kicking leg placement, irrespective of time constraints	12
Principal postural acceleration and myoelectric activity: Interrelationship and relevance for characterizing neuromuscular function in postural control	12
Detecting structural and functional neuroplasticity in elite ice-skating athletes	12
Musical pleasure beneficially alters stride and arm swing amplitude during rhythmically-cued walking in people with Parkinson's disease	12
Effects of hand muscle function and dominance on intra-muscle synergies	11
Balance capacity influences the effects of conscious movement processing on postural control in older adults	11
The effect of trunk flexion angle on lower limb mechanics during running	11
Stable or able? Effect of virtual reality stimulation on static balance of post-stroke patients and healthy subjects	10
Perspective on “in the wild” movement analysis using machine learning	10
Autonomy support and reduced feedback frequency have trivial effects on learning and performance of a golf putting task	10
Contribution of stereopsis, vergence, and accommodative function to the performance of a precision grasping and placement task in typically developing children age 8–14 years	10
Motor competence in fundamental motor skills and sport skill learning: Testing the proficiency barrier hypothesis	10
Effects of age on listening and postural control during realistic multi-tasking conditions	10
The influence of a conductor and co-performer on auditory-motor synchronisation, temporal prediction, and ancillary entrainment in a musical drumming task	10
Effects of toe length, foot arch length and toe joint axis on walking biomechanics	10
Keep your head down: Maintaining gait stability in challenging conditions	10
Task specificity and neural adaptations after balance learning in young adults	9
Performance among different types of myocontrolled tasks is not related	9
Maximum isokinetic familiarization of the knee: Implication on bilateral assessment	9
Overground gait training using virtual reality aimed at gait symmetry	9
Mu oscillations and motor imagery performance: A reflection of intra-individual success, not inter-individual ability	9
Finger interdependence and unintentional force drifts: Lessons from manipulations of visual feedback	9
Quantifying lower limb inter-joint coordination and coordination variability after four-month wearing arch support foot orthoses in children with flexible flat feet	9
Effect of dual tasking on a dynamic balance task in children with and without DCD	9
Are the predictions of the dynamic dominance model of laterality applicable to the lower limbs?	9
Influence of step-surface visual properties on confidence, anxiety, dynamic stability, and gaze behaviour in young and older adults	8
Dynamic networks of physiologic interactions of brain waves and rhythms in muscle activity	8
Effects of age and surface instability on the control of the center of mass	8
Effective detection of abnormal gait patterns in Parkinson's disease patients using kinematics, nonlinear, and stability gait features	8
Effect of comorbid developmental dyslexia on oculomotor behavior in children with developmental coordination disorder: A study with the Developmental Eye Movement test	8
How does normal variability in trunk flexion affect lower limb muscle activity during walking?	8
The role of conscious processing of movements during balance by young and older adults	8
Differences in the firing rate versus recruitment threshold relationships of the vastus lateralis in children ages 7–10 years and adults	8
Changes in coordination and variability during running as a function of head stability demands	8
Understanding individual differences in lifting mechanics: Do some people adopt motor control strategies that minimize biomechanical exposure	8
Comparison of upper limb kinematics in two activities of daily living with different handling requirements	8
Does physical activity and BMI mediate the association between DCD and internalizing problems in early childhood? A partial test of the Environmental Stress Hypothesis	8
Assessing the impact of dual-task reactive step practice in people with Parkinson's disease: A feasibility study	7
Functional variability in the takeoff phase of one metre springboard forward dives	7
A concurrent attention-demanding task did not interfere with balance recovery function in standing and walking among young adults – An explorative laboratory study	7
Mental rotation performance in young adults with and without developmental coordination disorder	7
The nature of coordination and control problems in children with developmental coordination disorder during ball catching: A systematic review	7
Effects of attentional focus and cognitive load on novice dart throwing: Evidence from quiet eye duration and pupillary responses	7
Visuomotor adaptation and its relationship with motor ability in children with and without autism spectrum disorder	7
Kinematic descriptions of upper limb function using simulated tasks in activities of daily living after stroke	7

Motor skill learning in children with and without Developmental Coordination Disorder	7
Synchronous vs. non-synchronous imitation: Using dance to explore interpersonal coordination during observational learning	7
Constraining the arms during a slip perturbation results in a higher fall frequency in young adults	7
Lumbar spine coordination during axial trunk rotation in adolescents with and without right thoracic idiopathic scoliosis	7
Smaller muscle mass is associated with increase in EMG–EMG coherence of the leg muscle during unipedal stance in elderly adults	7
Control of a virtual vehicle influences postural activity and motion sickness in pre-adolescent children	7
Run-up strategies in competitive long jumping: How an ecological dynamics rationale can support coaches to design individualised practice tasks	7
Joint position error after neck protraction-retraction movements in healthy office workers: a cross-sectional study	7
Shot fakes as an indicator of successful offense in basketball	7
Identifying coordination between joint movements during a throwing task with multiple degrees of freedom	7
Does visual cueing improve gait initiation in people with Parkinson's disease?	7
The underlying mechanisms of improved balance after one and ten sessions of balance training in older adults	6
Mechanisms of postural control in older adults based on surface electromyography data	6
Beyond visual fixations and gaze behaviour. Using pupillometry to examine the mechanisms in the planning and motor performance of a golf putt	6
Gradually learning to increase gait propulsion in young unimpaired adults	6
Varied speeds of video demonstration do not influence the learning of a dance skill	6
Increased visual bias in children with developmental coordination disorder: Evidence from a visual-tactile temporal order judgment task	6
Measures of postural control and mobility during dual-tasking as candidate markers of instability in Huntington's disease	6
The effect of attentional instructions during modeling on gaze behavior and throwing accuracy in 7 to 10 year-old children	6
An exploratory study of gaze behaviour in young adults with developmental coordination disorder	6
A comparison of characteristics, developmental disorders and motor progression between children with and without developmental coordination disorder	6
Virtual reality as a representative training environment for football referees	6
Teachers' perceptions of children's sport learning capacity predicts their fundamental movement skill proficiency	6
Gaze, head and eye movements during somersaults with full twists	6
Perceptions of an over-ground induced temporal gait asymmetry by healthy young adults	6
Attention focus modulates afferent input to motor cortex during skilled action	6
The effects of supervised and non-supervised upper limb virtual reality exercises on upper limb sensory-motor functions in patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease	6
Sex differences in the impact of state and trait fatigue on gait variability	5
Acute responses to locomotor tasks differ according to gait-asymmetry patterns in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy: An exploratory analysis	5
How do children aged 6 to 11 stabilize themselves on an unstable sitting device? The progressive development of axial segment control	5
Are there common walking gait characteristics in patients diagnosed with late-onset Pompe disease?	5
Benefits of nonlinear analysis indices of walking stride interval in the evaluation of neurodegenerative diseases	5
Trajectory evolution and changes in the structure of movement amplitude time series	5
Enhanced visuomotor learning and generalization in expert surgeons	5
“What needs to be seen”: An exploration into the visual anticipation behaviour of different skill-level football referees while observing long passes on-field	5
The autonomy and focus of attention strategies under distraction: Frequency and sample entropy analyses in a dynamic balance task	5
Multisensory postural control in adults: Variation in visual, haptic, and proprioceptive inputs	5
Repeated exposure to tripping like perturbations elicits more precise control and lower toe clearance of the swinging foot during steady walking	5
Adopting a holistic focus of attention promotes adherence and improves performance in college track and field athletes	5
Hitting movement patterns organized by different pitching movement speeds as advanced kinematic information	5
Relatedness support enhances motivation, positive affect, and motor learning in adolescents	5
Association of mobility capacity with the masses and amounts of intramuscular non-contractile tissue of the trunk and lower extremity muscles in community-dwelling older adults	5
Effects of attentional focus and gaze instruction during observational learning of a basketball free-throw	5
How do skeletal and postural parameters contribute to maintain balance during walking?	5
Locomotion training contributes to 6-month-old infants' mental rotation ability	5
Predicting aperture crossing behavior from within-trial metrics of motor control reliability	5
Muscle synergies are modified with improved task performance in skill learning	5
Forward thinking: When a distal external focus makes you faster	5
Ankle kinetics and plantarflexor morphology in older runners with different lifetime running exposures	5
Biofeedback augmenting lower limb loading alters the underlying temporal structure of gait following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction	5
The relationship of motive disposition and situational incentives to individual differences in choking under pressure	5
Shot deception in basketball: Gaze and anticipation strategy in defence	5