Mirror Visual Feedback Training Improves Intermanual Transfer in a Sport-Specific Task: A Comparison between Different Skill Levels

Joint Authors

Steinberg, Fabian
Pixa, Nils Henrik
Doppelmayr, Michael

Source

Neural Plasticity

Issue

Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-11, 11 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2016-08-24

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

11

Main Subjects

Biology
Medicine

Abstract EN

Mirror training therapy is a promising tool to initiate neural plasticity and facilitate the recovery process of motor skills after diseases such as stroke or hemiparesis by improving the intermanual transfer of fine motor skills in healthy people as well as in patients.

This study evaluated whether these augmented performance improvements by mirror visual feedback (MVF) could be used for learning a sport-specific skill and if the effects are modulated by skill level.

A sample of 39 young, healthy, and experienced basketball and handball players and 41 novices performed a stationary basketball dribble task at a mirror box in a standing position and received either MVF or direct feedback.

After four training days using only the right hand, performance of both hands improved from pre- to posttest measurements.

Only the left hand (untrained) performance of the experienced participants receiving MVF was more pronounced than for the control group.

This indicates that intermanual motor transfer can be improved by MVF in a sport-specific task.

However, this effect cannot be generalized to motor learning per se since it is modulated by individuals’ skill level, a factor that might be considered in mirror therapy research.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Steinberg, Fabian& Pixa, Nils Henrik& Doppelmayr, Michael. 2016. Mirror Visual Feedback Training Improves Intermanual Transfer in a Sport-Specific Task: A Comparison between Different Skill Levels. Neural Plasticity،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-11.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)

Steinberg, Fabian…[et al.]. Mirror Visual Feedback Training Improves Intermanual Transfer in a Sport-Specific Task: A Comparison between Different Skill Levels. Neural Plasticity No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-11.
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American Medical Association (AMA)

Steinberg, Fabian& Pixa, Nils Henrik& Doppelmayr, Michael. Mirror Visual Feedback Training Improves Intermanual Transfer in a Sport-Specific Task: A Comparison between Different Skill Levels. Neural Plasticity. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1113354

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1113354