OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Motor Behavior is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Compensatory Strategies Due to Knee Flexion Constraint during Gait of Non-Disabled Adults	29
Structural Learning Benefits in a Visuomotor Adaptation Task Generalize to a Contralateral Effector	19
The Relationship between Postural Control and Muscle Quality in Older Adults	15
Motor Control in Parkinson’s Disease During the Performance of Multi-Joint Reversal Movements	12
Effect of Social Context on Cognitive and Motor Behavior: A Systematic Review	12
The Effect of Walking in High Heels on the Activation and Deactivation of Upper Trunk Muscles	11
How Positional Constraints Affect Footedness in Football: A Notational Analysis of Five Leagues in Europe	11
Is Dyadic Fitts’ Law Task Affected by Action Observation?	10
Effects of Upper Limb Robot Therapy with Action Observation Training on Subacute Stroke Patients: A Randomised Controlled Trial	10
The Relationship between Inclination for Conscious Movement Monitoring and Control and Stopping a Golf Stroke	9
Effects of Age and Attentional Focus on the Performance and Coordination of the Sit-to-Stand Task	9
Approaching Process in Walking through an Aperture for Individuals with Stroke	9
Motion Analysis of the Mug Transportation Task Through Upper Limb Kinematics	9
Determining the Corticospinal Responses and Cross-Transfer of Ballistic Motor Performance in Young and Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	8
The Reciprocal Nature of Fitts’ Law in Space and Time	8
Self-Controlled Feedback in Motor Learning: The Effects Depend on the Frequency of Request	8
Partial-Hand Prosthesis Users Show Improved Reach-to-Grasp Behaviour Compared to Transradial Prosthesis Users with Increased Task Complexity	8
Effects of Attentional Focus on Dual-Task Walking Performance in Older and Young Adults	7
Reciprocal Inhibition and Coactivation of Ankle Muscles in Low- and High-Velocity Forward and Backward Perturbations	7
Association between the Effects of Positive Social-Comparative Feedback and Learners’ Competitiveness	6
The Effects of Constraints on the Variability of Throwing Patterns in Young Children	6
More Predictable and Less Automatized Movements during Walking -not during Repetitive Punching- in Knee Osteoarthritis	6
Systemic Effects of Molar and Incisor Biting on Walking Direction With and Without Visual Feedback	6
Accuracy of Force Generation and Preparatory Prefrontal Oxygenation in Ballistic Hand Power and Precision Grips	5
A Violation of Fitts’ Law is Maintained in Ecologically Valid Settings	5

Effects of Moderate-to-Vigorous Acute Exercise on Conscious Perception and Visual Awareness	5
Strategies Adopted by Stroke Patients to Maintain Balance in Dynamic Tasks in a Video Game	5
Investigating the EEG Profile of Elite and Non-Elite Players in the Basketball Free Throw Task	5
Postural Stability When Grasping an Object While Standing: Younger and Older Adults (Fallers and Non-Fallers)	5
The Effects of tDCS with NDT on the Improvement of Motor Development in Cerebral Palsy	5
Midfrontal Theta and Cognitive Control During Interlimb Coordination Across the Adult Lifespan	4
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Reduces the Negative Impact of Mental Fatigue on Swimming Performance	4
Scaling of Joint Motion and Muscle Activation for 3-Dimensional Control of Reach Extent	4
Optimizing Motor Learning: Difficulty Manipulation Combined with Feedback- Frequency Enhance Under-Time-Pressure Fine-Motor-Coordination Skill Acquisition and Retention	4
Examining Learner-Controlled Role-Switching in Dyad Practice for the Learning of a Speed Cup-Stacking Task	4
Acute Effects of Strength and Skill Training on the Cortical and Spinal Circuits of Contralateral Limb	4
Does Phase of the Menstrual Cycle Affect Balance and Postural Control?	4
Infant Sitting and Multi-Directional Reaching Skill	4
Implicit Versus Explicit Learning a Novel Skill for High School Students	4
Changes in Movement Control Processes Following Visuomotor Adaptation	4
Cueing Changes in Peak Vertical Ground Reaction Force to Improve Coordination Dynamics in Walking	4
Kinematic Analysis of Reaching Tasks at Different Execution Speeds in Children with Neonatal Brachial Plexus Palsy	3
Control of paretic and non-paretic upper extremity during bimanual reaching after stroke	3
Effects of External Pacing Type on the Cross-Education of Motor Skill	3
Effect of Dual Task on Step Variability during Stepping in Place without Vision	3
Joint Position Accuracy Is Influenced by Visuoproprioceptive Congruency in Virtual Reality	3
Interlimb Coordination during Double Support Phase of Gait in People with and without Stroke	3
Treadmill Handrail-Use Increases the Anteroposterior Margin of Stability in Individuals’ Post-Stroke	3
Muscle activation pattern during two-legged hopping in children with and without down syndrome	3
Reaching Task in Rats: Quantitative Evaluation and Effects of 6-OHDA into the Striatum	3
Reducing Grip Uncertainty During Initial Prosthetic Hand Use Improves Eye-Hand Coordination and Lowers Mental Workload	3
Limb-Target Control Increases With Effective Index of Difficulty	3
Development of an Effector-Specific Stop Signal Task with Higher Complexity: A Proof-of-Concept Study	3
Computer-Assisted Rehabilitation Shows Greater Efficacy Than Traditional in Visuospatial Skills and Cognition in Neglect Patients	3
Online Anticipatory Cues During Practice Disrupt Intentional and Incidental Sequence Learning	3
Straying Off Course: The Negative Impact of Mind Wandering on Fine Motor Movements	3
Effects of Muscular Fatigue on the Performance of Handgrip Tasks During Force Generation and Relaxation	3
Attentional Demand of a Movement Sequence Guided by Visual-Spatial and by Motor Representations	3
Neural Correlates of Dual-Task Processing following Motor Sequence Learning: A Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) Study	3