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The Effect of Different Attentional Focus Instructions during Finger Movement Tasks in Healthy Subjects: An Exploratory Study
Joint Authors
Rossettini, Giacomo
Vicentini, Marco
Manganotti, Paolo
Testa, Marco
Source
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-02-14
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
External focus of attention (EFA) and internal focus of attention (IFA) represent commonly used strategies to instruct subjects during exercise.
Several studies showed EFA to be more effective than IFA to improve motor performance and learning.
To date the role of these strategies on motor performance during finger movement was less studied.
The objective of the study was to investigate motor performance, patient’s preference induced by IFA and EFA, and the focus during control condition.
Ten healthy right-handed participants performed a finger movement task in control, EFA, and IFA conditions (counterbalanced).
Errors, patient’s preference, and type of attentional focus spontaneously adopted during the control condition were recorded.
EFA determined less error (p<0.01) compared to control and IFA.
Participants preferred EFA against IFA and control condition.
In the control group 10% of subjects adopted a purely EFA, 70% of subjects adopted a purely IFA, and 20% of subjects adopted a mixture of the two foci.
Our results confirm that EFA is more effective than IFA and control in finger movement task.
Due its clinical relevance, the interaction between attention and finger movement should be further investigated.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Rossettini, Giacomo& Testa, Marco& Vicentini, Marco& Manganotti, Paolo. 2017. The Effect of Different Attentional Focus Instructions during Finger Movement Tasks in Healthy Subjects: An Exploratory Study. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1135550
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Rossettini, Giacomo…[et al.]. The Effect of Different Attentional Focus Instructions during Finger Movement Tasks in Healthy Subjects: An Exploratory Study. BioMed Research International No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1135550
American Medical Association (AMA)
Rossettini, Giacomo& Testa, Marco& Vicentini, Marco& Manganotti, Paolo. The Effect of Different Attentional Focus Instructions during Finger Movement Tasks in Healthy Subjects: An Exploratory Study. BioMed Research International. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1135550
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1135550