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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Temporal properties of preparation phase for arm-pointing movements in various directions and distances	65
Older adults utilize less efficient postural adaptations when they are uncertain about the magnitude of a perturbation	46
Motion analysis of dyadic talk during joint search and decision-making – A replication study	41
Corrigendum to “Associations between brain structures, cognition and dual-task performance in patients with mild cognitive impairment: A study based on voxel-based morphology”.	34
End in view: Joint end-state comfort depends on gaze and extraversion	27
Inter-limb coupling in individuals with transtibial amputation during bilateral stance is direction dependent	25
Sustained effect of auditory entrainment on sequential tapping: The role of movement path complexity	24
Visuomotor adaptation and its relationship with motor ability in children with and without autism spectrum disorder	24
The effects of conscious movement investment on inhibiting a golf stroke	24
Instantaneous phase of rhythmic behaviour under volitional control	21
Quiet Eye Training in Virtual Reality and in the Real-World	18
Control of interjoint coordination in the performance of manual circular movements can explain lateral specialization	17
Dynamic visual acuity during asymmetric walking	16
Editorial Board	16
Nonlinear analysis of the movement variability structure can detect aging-related differences among cognitively healthy individuals	16
The effects of forearm movements on human gait during walking with various self-selected speeds	16
Effect of suspensory strategy on balance recovery after lateral perturbation	16
Visual cues two-steps ahead are adequate to grasp an object while walking without compromising stability	16
Does the effect of walking balance perturbations generalize across contexts?	16
How do the motor efficiency and visuo-spatial skills of primary school children relate to their teachers' evaluation of visuo-spatial skills?	15
Individual differences in children's movement variability in a virtual reality playground task	14
Constraining the arms during a slip perturbation results in a higher fall frequency in young adults	14
Contributions of Vladimir M. Zatsiorsky to human movement science	14
No effect of coactivation on fatigue-induced decreases in isokinetic and isometric torque in healthy young male adults	13
Choice of end-state comfort is dependent upon the time spent at the beginning-state and the precision requirement of the end-state	13

The predictive relationships between advanced dynamic balance and physical activity/quality of life in Parkinson's disease	13
Acute responses to locomotor tasks differ according to gait-asymmetry patterns in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy: An exploratory analysis	13
Affordance-based control of braking in cycling: Experience reveals differences in the style of control	12
Differential performance on a motor task according to the preference for task-irrelevant elements that are chosen or assigned: A randomized controlled study	12
Weighting of visual and auditory inputs in dancers with and without previous ankle injury	12
Biomechanical differences between self-paced and fixed-speed treadmill walking in persons after stroke	12
Dual tasking reduces gait asymmetry of trajectory deviation during obstacle circumvention in people with Parkinson's disease	12
Cyclic relationship of mechanical likelihood: Coupling perception-action states in extended haptic accuracy	11
How spotting technique affects dizziness and postural stability after full-body rotations in dancers	11
Determinants of mechanical efficiency trajectories from childhood to adolescence: Findings from the QUALITY cohort	11
Utilizing hierarchical redundancy for accurate throwing movement	11
The influence of proximal motor strategies on pianists' upper-limb movement variability	11
Neurobiological tensegrity: The basis for understanding inter-individual variations in task performance?	11
Across-task binding: The development of a representation in learning a continuous movement sequence	11
The effect of attentional instructions during modeling on gaze behavior and throwing accuracy in 7 to 10 year-old children	10
Contributing factors to postural stability in Prader-Willi syndrome	10
Editorial Board	10
“What needs to be seen”: An exploration into the visual anticipation behaviour of different skill-level football referees while observing long passes on-field	10
The influence of sound waves and musical experiences on movement coordination with beats	10
Differences in motor unit recruitment patterns and low frequency oscillation of discharge rates between unilateral and bilateral isometric muscle contractions	10
Evaluating cervical spine mobility and Fitt's law compliance: The DidRen laser test adapted for virtual reality with age and sex effects	10
Kinesthetic vs. visual focus: No evidence for effects of practice modality in representation types after action imagery practice and action execution practice	10
Corrigendum to “Trunk resistance to mechanical perturbations, associations with low back pain, pain-related cognitions and movement precision” [Human Movement Science Volume 92 (2023) 103159]	9
Eigenproperties of perception (dynamic touch) and action (phase dynamic) out of diversities	9
Generalization of visuomotor adaptation associated with use-dependent learning across different movement workspaces and limb postures	9
Upward perturbations trigger a stumbling effect	9
Contributions of open-loop and closed-loop control in a continuous tracking task differ depending on attentional demands during practice	9
Visual guidance of locomotor interception is based on nulling changes in target bearing (not egocentric target direction nor target-heading angle)	9
No effects of different perturbations on the performance in a mental body-rotation task (MBRT) with egocentric perspective transformations and object-based transformations	9
Rey-Osterrieth complex figure recall scores and motor skill learning in older adults: A non-linear mixed effect model-based analysis	8
Differences in compound muscle activation patterns explain upper extremity bilateral deficits	8
Measures of postural control and mobility during dual-tasking as candidate markers of instability in Huntington's disease	8
Time course of learning sequence representations in action imagery practice	8
Training 90° bimanual coordination at high frequency yields dependence on kinesthetic information and poor performance of dyadic unimanual coordination	8
Task specificity and neural adaptations after balance learning in young adults	8
Bodyweight support alters the relationship between preferred walking speed and cost of transport	8
Understanding whole-body inter-personal dynamics between two players using neural granger causality as the explainable artificial intelligence	8
Resource limitations in bimanual pointing	8
Age differences in brain activity in dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and supplementary motor areas during three different walking speed tasks	8
Effects of arm-support exoskeletons on pointing accuracy and movement	8
The effect of trunk flexion angle on lower limb mechanics during running	8
Effects of motor imagery and action observation on pelvic floor and related structures in healthy women: A randomized controlled trial	8
Editorial Board	7
Imitation of complex whole-body sequence in profoundly hearing-impaired adolescents	7
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	7
Movement pattern and upper extremity muscle activation during fast and slow continuous steering movement	7
The role of grasping demands on tactile suppression	7
Sustained submaximal isometric wrist flexion and wrist extension contractions uniquely impair maximal voluntary contraction force in the antagonist wrist action	7
Impact of subclinical neck pain on eye and hand movements in goal-directed upper limb aiming movements	7
Now you see me, now you don’t: Adapting practice through target exclusion negatively impacts motor learning	7

Through the looking-glass: Mirror feedback modulates temporal and spatial aspects of bimanual coordination	6
Axial muscle activation provides stabilization against perturbations while running	6
Time series modeling characterizes stride time variability to identify individuals with neurodegenerative disorders	6
Effects of attentional focus on quiet standing balance control in individuals with non-specific chronic low back pain	6
Evaluation of cardiopulmonary system outcomes in children with developmental coordination disorder: A systematic review	6
Human movement strategies in uncertain environments: A synergy-based approach to the stability-agility tradeoff	6
Learning complex upper-limb movements through practicing movement elements	6
Synergistic control of hand position, velocity, and acceleration fluctuates across time during simulated Nordic skiing	6
The relationship between external thoracopelvic angle and lumbar segmental axial twist angle using an ultrasound imaging technique	6
Reliability and validity of the force intersection point in the assessment of human quiet standing balance	6
Improving dynamic balance by self-controlled feedback in children with cerebral palsy	6
Interrelation between functional decline and dementia: The potential role of balance assessment	6
Virtual reality as a representative training environment for football referees	6
Strength of the perception action coupling in human body discrimination tasks	6
How do features of dynamic postural stability change with age during quiet standing, gait, and obstacle crossing?	6
Influence of radial optic flow stimulation on static postural balance in Parkinson's disease: A preliminary study	6
Age and walking conditions differently affect domains of gait	6
Editorial Board	5
A coactivation strategy in anticipatory postural adjustments during voluntary unilateral arm movement while standing in individuals with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy	5
Editorial Board	5
Balance effects of tactile stimulation at the foot	5
Effects of rhythmic auditory cueing on gait variability and voluntary control of walking -a cross-sectional study-	5
Concentric exercise-induced fatigue of the shoulder impairs proprioception but not motor control or performance in healthy young adults	5
Effects of prosthetic ankle stiffness on adaptation to uneven terrain in individuals with unilateral transtibial amputation	5
Characteristics of postural control during fixed light-touch and interpersonal light-touch contact and the involvement of interpersonal postural coordination	5
Characterizing postural balance on 2-dimensional compliant surfaces with directional virtual time-to-contact	5
Effects of freezing of gait on vertical ground reaction force in Parkinson's disease	5
Effect of dual tasking on a dynamic balance task in children with and without DCD	5
Influence of serial subtraction tasks on transient characteristics of postural control	5
Neuroelectric indices of pre-motor planning and adiposity are selectively related to balance in children	5
Influence of exercise-induced hamstrings fatigue on proprioceptive reweighting strategies and postural performance in bipedal stance in recreational athletes	5
The effectiveness of penalty takers' deception: A scoping review	5
Beyond unilateral motor impairments: Role of bilateral force control and strength asymmetry in gait coordination and falls post-stroke	5
Effects of environmental and task related conditions on postural control under concurrent visual feedback	5
Effective detection of abnormal gait patterns in Parkinson's disease patients using kinematics, nonlinear, and stability gait features	5
Audio-visual multisensory integration and haptic perception are altered in adults with developmental coordination disorder	5
Importance of head movements in gaze tracking during table tennis forehand stroke	5
Biomechanical role can vary depending on the conditions of the motor task	5