The Role of Postural Support in Young Adults' Control of Stationary Kicking

Autor/inn/en	Sidaway, Ben; Bouchard, Matthew; Chasse, Julie; Dunn, Jonathan; Govoni, Andrea; McPherson, Breanne; Roy, Katherine; Anderson, David I.
Titel	The Role of Postural Support in Young Adults' Control of Stationary Kicking
Quelle	In: Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 88 (2017) 2, S.215-222 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0270-1367
DOI	10.1080/02701367.2017.1303134
Schlagwörter	Psychomotor Skills; Males; College Students; Late Adolescents; Human Posture; Team Sports; Experiments; Physical Activities; Motion; Statistical Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychomotorische Aktivität; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Collegestudent; Halbstarker; Posture; Körperhaltung; Mannschaftssport; Erprobung; Bewegungsablauf; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	Purpose: The requirement for postural stability during the performance of motor skills has been clearly demonstrated in infants, but the necessity for such a postural substrate is not well documented in adults. The present study investigated the role of postural stability during a ballistic ball-kicking task in adults by providing varying degrees of external postural support. Method: In the 1st experiment, 30 participants performed 20 maximal-velocity kicks under each of 3 conditions: grasping a rigid stable handle, light fingertip touch, and grasping a suspended elastic tube. A 2nd experiment with 16 participants varied the position of the stable handle to examine if the handle position in Experiment 1 might simply act as a fulcrum to enhance torque generation. Results: In Experiment 1, ball velocity was significantly higher in the stable-grasp condition in both men and women with the men showing greater improvement relative to the other conditions. Experiment 2 showed that the position of the stable handle did not significantly affect kicking velocity, indicating that the handle was not simply acting as a fulcrum during the kick. Conclusion: Together, the findings suggest that postural stability may be a rate limiter in the performance of dynamic motor tasks in adults. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01