Motor learning is particularly challenging in neurological rehabilitation: patients who suffer from neurological diseases experience both physical limitations and difficulties of cognition and communication that affect and/or complicate the motor learning process. Therapists (e.g.,, physiotherapists …

Background: A significant part of neurological rehabilitation focuses on facilitating the learning of motor skills. Training can adopt either (more) explicit or (more) implicit forms of motor learning. Gait is one of the most practiced motor skills within rehabilitation in people after stroke because …

In het verleden is aangetoond dat muziektraining mogelijk een positief effect op het gehoor zou hebben, namelijk: het verstaan onder slechte akoestische omstandigheden (verjaardagsfeest, etc.) en het waarnemen van prosodie, de ‘melodie’ van de taal. Dit verschijnsel heeft te maken met neurale ‘plasticiteit’: …

KNVB masterclass motorisch leren voor fysiotherapeuten in de sport.

The pervasiveness of wearable technology has opened the market for products that analyse running biomechanics and provide feedback to the user. To improve running technique feedback should target specific running biomechanical key points and promote an external focus. Aim for this study was to define …

Many studies have shown that self-controlled feedback is beneficial for learning motor tasks, andthat learners prefer to receive feedback after supposedly good trials. However, to date all studiesconducted on self-controlled learning have used individual tasks and mainly relatively simpleskills. Therefore, …

Movement is an essential part of our lives. Throughout our lifetime, we acquire many different motor skills that are necessary to take care of ourselves (e.g., eating, dressing), to work (e.g., typing, using tools, care for others) and to pursue our hobbies (e.g., running, dancing, painting). However, …

Bij onderwijzen in het algemeen zijn mensen van nature gewend om expliciet te vertellen wat iemand moet doen. Dit is, zo blijkt uit onderzoek, ook in het vak van trainer-coach het geval. We willen iemand immers graag helpen en vertellen hoe het moet. Maar het kan ook anders.

The Athletic Skills Model offers an alternative to dominant talent development theories in the form of holistic broad-based movement education, focusing on health and wellbeing. It places the emphasis on ‘physical intelligence’ – including attributes such as agility, flexibility and stability – through …