Fostering Body Movement In Children Through An Exertion Interface As An Educational Tool

Balcells, Marta Castañer; Camerino, Oleguer; Parés, Narcís; Landry, Pascal

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.11.046

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“…We encourage athletes, coaches, and teachers to use tasks like PATHoops, which participants—not only athletes but also people of various ages and motor capabilities—must perform from both sides using locomotor skills. This guarantees a spontaneous stimulus-response, thereby avoiding previous automatic or rehearsed responses (Hommel et al, 2001 ; Castañer et al, 2010b , 2011 , 2012b ; Stöckel and Weigelt, 2012 ; Torrents et al, 2013 ). Despite involving the use of a fundamental and automatic locomotor skill—walking quickly—the novelty of the PATHoops task requires the use of multisensory information such as vestibular, visual, and kinesthetic information (Santoro et al, 2017 ).…”

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“…To measure PATHoops, the researchers recorded the strategies used by the participants: (a) Same way: The athlete goes to the same wing as the foot used in the first step (e.g., right-right); (b) Opposite way: The athlete goes to the opposite wing as the foot used in the first step (e.g., left-right); or (c) Other: The athlete performs some other type of spatial orientation strategy. Given that novelty in motor situations involving fundamental acquired skills guarantees a spontaneous stimulus-response, thus preventing the use of automatic or rehearsed responses (Hommel et al, 2001 ; Castañer et al, 2010b , 2011 , 2012b , 2016c , 2017b ; Stöckel and Weigelt, 2012 ; Torrents et al, 2013 ), we designed PATHoops to be a novel situation involving locomotor skills. We decided to focus on the locomotor skill of walking quickly—i.e., feet-tapping—because this is a fundamental and automatic motor skill and because it involves multisensory information such as vestibular, visual, and kinesthetic information (Hart and Gabbard, 1997 ; Gabbard and Hart, 2002 ; Santoro et al, 2017 ).…”

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Profiles of Motor Laterality in Young Athletes' Performance of Complex Movements: Merging the MOTORLAT and PATHoops Tools

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Laterality is a key aspect of the analysis of basic and specific motor skills. It is relevant to sports because it involves motor laterality profiles beyond left-right preference and spatial orientation of the body. The aim of this study was to obtain the laterality profiles of young athletes, taking into account the synergies between the support and precision functions of limbs and body parts in the performance of complex motor skills. We applied two instruments: (a) MOTORLAT, a motor laterality inventory comprising 30 items of basic, specific, and combined motor skills, and (b) the Precision and Agility Tapping over Hoops (PATHoops) task, in which participants had to perform a path by stepping in each of 14 hoops arranged on the floor, allowing the observation of their feet, left-right preference and spatial orientation. A total of 96 young athletes performed the PATHoops task and the 30 MOTORLAT items, allowing us to obtain data about limb dominance and spatial orientation of the body in the performance of complex motor skills. Laterality profiles were obtained by means of a cluster analysis and a correlational analysis and a contingency analysis were applied between the motor skills and spatial orientation actions performed. The results obtained using MOTORLAT show that the combined motor skills criterion (for example, turning while jumping) differentiates athletes' uses of laterality, showing a clear tendency toward mixed laterality profiles in the performance of complex movements. In the PATHoops task, the best spatial orientation strategy was “same way” (same foot and spatial wing) followed by “opposite way” (opposite foot and spatial wing), in keeping with the research assumption that actions unfolding in a horizontal direction in front of an observer's eyes are common in a variety of sports.

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“…We employed observational methodology 2015¸ Sánchez-Algarra & Anguera, 2013, which has proven to be a powerful tool for analyzing physical activity benefits (Warburton, Nicol & Bredin, 2006) and motor skills (Castañer, Camerino, Parés, & Landry, 2011). A portable heart rate (HR) monitoring device was used for dynamic heart rate measurements.…”

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¿Cómo combinar datos observacionales y fisiológicos? Un estudio de caso de habilidades motrices y frecuencia cardíaca en programas de actividad física para mujeres

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Título: ¿Cómo combinar datos observacionales y fisiológicos? Un estudio de caso de patrones de habilidades motoras y frecuencia cardíaca en programas de ejercicio para mujeres adultas. Resumen: El presente estudio analiza las respuestas individuales y de grupo de la frecuencia cardiaca de mujeres adultas mientras realizan actividad física. El interés de este estudio recae en comparar como estas respuestas varían entre sesiones de ejercicio rutinario y sesiones que incluyen variedad de habilidades motrices. Participaron 67 mujeres adultas (edad 65.1 ± 11.7) usuarias de programas de actividad física municipales. Analizamos dos sesiones representativas: una estándar de los propios programas de actividad física que realizan y otra diseñada ad hoc con variedad de diversos tipos de habilidades y capacidades motrices. Utilizamos la metodología observacional para obtener datos categóricos de las habilidades motrices realizadas en cada sesión a partir del instrumento de observación OSMOS-in context. Los datos continuos obtenidos de la frecuencia cardíaca individual de cada participante se midieron mediante monitorización en cada sesión. El análi-sis conjunto de ambos tipos de datos, categóricos y continuos, se realizó mediante la aplicación de Cadenas Ocultas de Markov (HMM). Los resultados obtenidos consideramos que son bastante relevantes puesto que indican que la sesión que aporta mayor riqueza motriz no solo muestra una mayor adecuación cardíaca a la intensidad del ejercicio (según las recomendaciones del American College of Sports Medicine) sino una mayor variabilidad individual, incluso una mayor sincronización entre todas las participantes con respecto a la sesión estándar propia de los programas de actividad física que realizan asiduamente. Palabras clave: Habilidades motrices; mujeres adultas; daos categóricos; datos continuos; Cadenas Ocultas de Markov. Abstract:The present study analyzes individual and group heart rate responses in exercising adult women. The specific aim was to compare responses during routine workout sessions within a community exercise program with responses during a purpose-designed workout session targeting diverse motor skills. Sixty-seven adult women with a mean ± SD age of 65.1 ± 11.7 years participated in the study. Two representative sessions were analyzed: a standard workout session the women took at the local community center and an ad hoc session designed to build on a variety of motor skills and capabilities. Observational methodology was used to collect categorical data on motor skill performance during each session using the OSMOS-in context observation instrument. Continuous heart rate data were recorded for all participants during each session. A combined analysis of categorical and continuous data was undertaken using Hidden Markov Models. The results show that the session targeting a greater diversity of motor skills not only met the cardiovascular fitness recommendations of the American College of Sports Medicine, but resulted in greater individual variability and greater ...

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“…In our previous work, we have shown that the IS is a good interface to promote a rich diversity of movements [5]. In this research, our experts in physical activity have looked into dominant motor capacities that should be considered for any exergame designed for this interface.…”

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“…Moreover, OSMOS allows coding motor behaviors specific to game environments, such as manipulation of objects or group interaction. OSMOS has previously been adapted for the IS [5] to facilitate the analysis of motor behavior response on the IS. Every single motor action based on OSMOS was coded using the video analysis software LINCE developed by INEFC [10].…”

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Design strategy to stimulate a diversity of motor skills for an exergame addressed to children

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Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children

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A rich variety of videogames promoting physical activity has followed the emergence of new full-body interfaces. Known as exergames, these active videogames are often presented in the market as a ludic substitute to traditional sport. Although they present the benefit of being engaging, to date, the content and modality of interaction of these games cannot be granted as a regular mean to do exercise. This is an issue of particular relevance when they are perceived as a valid alternative to develop children's motor skills. This paper presents the design strategies and evaluation of the "Fish Game", an exergame that has been specifically designed to spur children to execute specific types of movement determined by health experts. In a controlled assessment with 150 children, we compared the diversity of movement in the Fish Game with respect to a previously designed game. Video analysis shows a richer variety of movements was executed in the Fish Game. We discuss the limitations of our current design procedure and future avenues that could be explored with health experts to enhance it.

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Fostering Body Movement In Children Through An Exertion Interface As An Educational Tool

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Profiles of Motor Laterality in Young Athletes' Performance of Complex Movements: Merging the MOTORLAT and PATHoops Tools

Profiles of Motor Laterality in Young Athletes' Performance of Complex Movements: Merging the MOTORLAT and PATHoops Tools

¿Cómo combinar datos observacionales y fisiológicos? Un estudio de caso de habilidades motrices y frecuencia cardíaca en programas de actividad física para mujeres

Design strategy to stimulate a diversity of motor skills for an exergame addressed to children

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