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Trial reportPloS one2024

Ipsilateral transfer of motor skill from lower to upper limb in healthy adults: A randomized controlled trial.

Noa Efrat Sherman, Orit Elion, Zvi Kozol, Moshe Einat, Silvi Frenkel-Toledo

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in PloS one, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Noa Efrat ShermanDepartment of Physical Therapy, School of Health Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel.
Orit ElionDepartment of Physical Therapy, School of Health Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel.
Zvi KozolDepartment of Physical Therapy, School of Health Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel.
Moshe EinatDepartment of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel.
Silvi Frenkel-ToledoDepartment of Physical Therapy, School of Health Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel.ORCID 0000-0001-8991-3428

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background and purposeWhereas motor skills of the untrained upper limb (UL) can improve following practice with the other UL, it has yet to be determined if an UL motor skill can improve following practice of that skill with the lower limb (LL).

methodsForty-five healthy subjects randomly participated in a 10-minute single-session intervention of (1) practicing 50 reaching movement (RM) sequences with the non-dominant left LL toward light switches (LL group); or (2) observing the identical 50 light switches sequences (Switches Observation (SO) group); or (3) observing nature films (Nature Observation (NO) group). RM sequence performance with the left UL toward the light switches was tested before and immediately after the intervention and retested after 24 h.

resultsReaching response time improved in the LL group more than in the SO and NO groups in the posttest (pBonferroni = 0.038 and pBonferroni < 0.001, respectively), and improved in the LL group more than in the NO group in the retest (pBonferroni = 0.004). Percentage of fails did not differ between groups across the timepoints.

conclusionsIt appears that the actual practice of the RM sequence skill with the UL together with the cognitive element embedded in the observation of the RM sequences contributes to ipsilateral transfer from LL to UL.

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Lower ExtremityMotor SkillsUpper ExtremityAdultFemaleHealthy VolunteersHumansMaleMovementYoung Adult

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PMCPMC11104604

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