Human Movement Science

Papers
(The median citation count of Human Movement Science is 2. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
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Temporal properties of preparation phase for arm-pointing movements in various directions and distances46
Older adults utilize less efficient postural adaptations when they are uncertain about the magnitude of a perturbation34
Motion analysis of dyadic talk during joint search and decision-making – A replication study26
Corrigendum to “Associations between brain structures, cognition and dual-task performance in patients with mild cognitive impairment: A study based on voxel-based morphology”.25
End in view: Joint end-state comfort depends on gaze and extraversion21
Inter-limb coupling in individuals with transtibial amputation during bilateral stance is direction dependent18
Sustained effect of auditory entrainment on sequential tapping: The role of movement path complexity18
The effects of conscious movement investment on inhibiting a golf stroke17
Instantaneous phase of rhythmic behaviour under volitional control17
Control of interjoint coordination in the performance of manual circular movements can explain lateral specialization17
Quiet Eye Training in Virtual Reality and in the Real-World16
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Dynamic visual acuity during asymmetric walking16
Does the effect of walking balance perturbations generalize across contexts?15
The effects of forearm movements on human gait during walking with various self-selected speeds15
How do the motor efficiency and visuo-spatial skills of primary school children relate to their teachers' evaluation of visuo-spatial skills?14
Effect of suspensory strategy on balance recovery after lateral perturbation14
Individual differences in children's movement variability in a virtual reality playground task14
Contributions of Vladimir M. Zatsiorsky to human movement science13
Constraining the arms during a slip perturbation results in a higher fall frequency in young adults13
Choice of end-state comfort is dependent upon the time spent at the beginning-state and the precision requirement of the end-state13
Acute responses to locomotor tasks differ according to gait-asymmetry patterns in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy: An exploratory analysis12
Weighting of visual and auditory inputs in dancers with and without previous ankle injury12
The predictive relationships between advanced dynamic balance and physical activity/quality of life in Parkinson's disease12
Dual tasking reduces gait asymmetry of trajectory deviation during obstacle circumvention in people with Parkinson's disease12
No effect of coactivation on fatigue-induced decreases in isokinetic and isometric torque in healthy young male adults12
Differential performance on a motor task according to the preference for task-irrelevant elements that are chosen or assigned: A randomized controlled study12
Biomechanical differences between self-paced and fixed-speed treadmill walking in persons after stroke11
Cyclic relationship of mechanical likelihood: Coupling perception-action states in extended haptic accuracy11
Utilizing hierarchical redundancy for accurate throwing movement11
Affordance-based control of braking in cycling: Experience reveals differences in the style of control11
How spotting technique affects dizziness and postural stability after full-body rotations in dancers11
Neurobiological tensegrity: The basis for understanding inter-individual variations in task performance?11
Across-task binding: The development of a representation in learning a continuous movement sequence10
The influence of sound waves and musical experiences on movement coordination with beats10
Determinants of mechanical efficiency trajectories from childhood to adolescence: Findings from the QUALITY cohort10
Kinesthetic vs. visual focus: No evidence for effects of practice modality in representation types after action imagery practice and action execution practice10
The influence of proximal motor strategies on pianists' upper-limb movement variability10
“What needs to be seen”: An exploration into the visual anticipation behaviour of different skill-level football referees while observing long passes on-field9
Differences in motor unit recruitment patterns and low frequency oscillation of discharge rates between unilateral and bilateral isometric muscle contractions9
Evaluating cervical spine mobility and Fitt's law compliance: The DidRen laser test adapted for virtual reality with age and sex effects9
Contributing factors to postural stability in Prader-Willi syndrome9
Training 90° bimanual coordination at high frequency yields dependence on kinesthetic information and poor performance of dyadic unimanual coordination8
Effects of arm-support exoskeletons on pointing accuracy and movement8
Generalization of visuomotor adaptation associated with use-dependent learning across different movement workspaces and limb postures8
Eigenproperties of perception (dynamic touch) and action (phase dynamic) out of diversities8
Contributions of open-loop and closed-loop control in a continuous tracking task differ depending on attentional demands during practice8
Resource limitations in bimanual pointing8
Rey-Osterrieth complex figure recall scores and motor skill learning in older adults: A non-linear mixed effect model-based analysis8
Corrigendum to “Trunk resistance to mechanical perturbations, associations with low back pain, pain-related cognitions and movement precision” [Human Movement Science Volume 92 (2023) 103159]8
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Visual guidance of locomotor interception is based on nulling changes in target bearing (not egocentric target direction nor target-heading angle)8
Understanding whole-body inter-personal dynamics between two players using neural granger causality as the explainable artificial intelligence8
Upward perturbations trigger a stumbling effect8
No effects of different perturbations on the performance in a mental body-rotation task (MBRT) with egocentric perspective transformations and object-based transformations8
Effects of motor imagery and action observation on pelvic floor and related structures in healthy women: A randomized controlled trial7
Bodyweight support alters the relationship between preferred walking speed and cost of transport7
Sustained submaximal isometric wrist flexion and wrist extension contractions uniquely impair maximal voluntary contraction force in the antagonist wrist action7
Time course of learning sequence representations in action imagery practice7
Differences in compound muscle activation patterns explain upper extremity bilateral deficits7
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Age differences in brain activity in dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and supplementary motor areas during three different walking speed tasks7
Measures of postural control and mobility during dual-tasking as candidate markers of instability in Huntington's disease7
The role of grasping demands on tactile suppression7
Virtual reality as a representative training environment for football referees7
Movement pattern and upper extremity muscle activation during fast and slow continuous steering movement6
Now you see me, now you don’t: Adapting practice through target exclusion negatively impacts motor learning6
How do features of dynamic postural stability change with age during quiet standing, gait, and obstacle crossing?6
Human movement strategies in uncertain environments: A synergy-based approach to the stability-agility tradeoff6
Reliability and validity of the force intersection point in the assessment of human quiet standing balance6
Impact of subclinical neck pain on eye and hand movements in goal-directed upper limb aiming movements6
Association of mobility capacity with the masses and amounts of intramuscular non-contractile tissue of the trunk and lower extremity muscles in community-dwelling older adults6
Strength of the perception action coupling in human body discrimination tasks6
Interrelation between functional decline and dementia: The potential role of balance assessment6
Learning complex upper-limb movements through practicing movement elements6
Through the looking-glass: Mirror feedback modulates temporal and spatial aspects of bimanual coordination6
Imitation of complex whole-body sequence in profoundly hearing-impaired adolescents6
Synergistic control of hand position, velocity, and acceleration fluctuates across time during simulated Nordic skiing6
Axial muscle activation provides stabilization against perturbations while running6
Time series modeling characterizes stride time variability to identify individuals with neurodegenerative disorders6
Influence of exercise-induced hamstrings fatigue on proprioceptive reweighting strategies and postural performance in bipedal stance in recreational athletes5
The effectiveness of penalty takers' deception: A scoping review5
Effect of dual tasking on a dynamic balance task in children with and without DCD5
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Influence of serial subtraction tasks on transient characteristics of postural control5
Effects of freezing of gait on vertical ground reaction force in Parkinson's disease5
Age and walking conditions differently affect domains of gait5
A coactivation strategy in anticipatory postural adjustments during voluntary unilateral arm movement while standing in individuals with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy5
Effects of rhythmic auditory cueing on gait variability and voluntary control of walking -a cross-sectional study-5
Characteristics of postural control during fixed light-touch and interpersonal light-touch contact and the involvement of interpersonal postural coordination5
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Effective detection of abnormal gait patterns in Parkinson's disease patients using kinematics, nonlinear, and stability gait features5
Balance effects of tactile stimulation at the foot5
Effect of verbal reinforcement on electromyographic activity and performance in the traditional front plank exercise5
Influence of radial optic flow stimulation on static postural balance in Parkinson's disease: A preliminary study5
Effects of environmental and task related conditions on postural control under concurrent visual feedback5
Improving dynamic balance by self-controlled feedback in children with cerebral palsy5
Neuroelectric indices of pre-motor planning and adiposity are selectively related to balance in children5
Importance of head movements in gaze tracking during table tennis forehand stroke5
Concentric exercise-induced fatigue of the shoulder impairs proprioception but not motor control or performance in healthy young adults5
Characterizing postural balance on 2-dimensional compliant surfaces with directional virtual time-to-contact5
Audio-visual multisensory integration and haptic perception are altered in adults with developmental coordination disorder5
Effects of prosthetic ankle stiffness on adaptation to uneven terrain in individuals with unilateral transtibial amputation5
Evaluation of cardiopulmonary system outcomes in children with developmental coordination disorder: A systematic review5
Biomechanical role can vary depending on the conditions of the motor task5
Effects of attentional focus on quiet standing balance control in individuals with non-specific chronic low back pain5
Beyond unilateral motor impairments: Role of bilateral force control and strength asymmetry in gait coordination and falls post-stroke4
Individual goals interact with dyad goals to constrain and facilitate the formation of interpersonal patterns of coordination4
Good times, bad times? An evaluation of event detection strategies in time to boundary postural assessments4
Force and electromyography reflections of sensory action-effect weighting during pinching4
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Determining the optimal challenge point for learning motor skills in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder4
Second-order motor planning difficulties in children with developmental coordination disorder4
Countermovement jump analysis: Effects of acoustic and visual stimuli on jump performance in volleyball players evaluated by inertial measurement unit4
Impairment in understanding grasping movements in egocentric and allocentric perspectives in children with cerebral palsy due to periventricular leukomalacia4
Visual feedbacks influence short-term learning of torque versus motion profile with robotic guidance among young adults4
Hemodynamic responses of quiet standing simultaneously performed with different cognitive loads in older adults4
Temporal synchronization for in-phase and antiphase movements during bilateral finger- and foot-tapping tasks4
The science of deceptive human movement4
Haptic coordination: Squeezing a vibrating stress ball decreases anxiety and arousal4
The underlying mechanisms of improved balance after one and ten sessions of balance training in older adults4
Exploring the role of ankle muscle function in gait impairments and fall risk in Parkinson's disease4
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Bayesian integration during sensorimotor estimation in elite athletes4
The effect of stretching on nerve excitability4
The effect of planned active play on the fundamental movement skills of preschool children4
Does height-induced threat modulate shortening of reaction times induced by a loud stimulus in a lateral stepping and a wrist extension task?4
Are synergies continuously present in cyclical movements? An example with the basketball dribble task4
Trial-to-trial motor behavior during a reinforcement learning task in children ages 6 to 124
Relatedness support enhances motivation, positive affect, and motor learning in adolescents4
Evaluation of motor capacity and neuromotor control for tapping and sliding movements reveals differences in visuomotor control4
Mutual avoidance behaviours of two pedestrians passing through an aperture4
Estimation of sagittal-plane whole-body angular momentum during perturbed and unperturbed gait using simplified body models4
Externalizing problems mediate the relationship between motor proficiency and internalizing problems in children: An extension of the Environmental Stress Hypothesis4
Hierarchical and synergistic organization of control variables during the multi-digit grasp of a free and an externally fixed object4
Biomechanical responses following compelled forward versus backward body shift: How aging and perturbation direction alter balance recovery?3
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Immediate effects of different feedback methods on running jump height and motion improvement in male college basketball players3
Corrigendum to “Multifractality in postural sway supports quiet eye training in aiming tasks: A study of golf putting” [Human Movement Science, (2025) 103341. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2025.10333
Effects of passive interpersonal light touch during walking on postural control responses: An exploratory study3
Shot fakes as an indicator of successful offense in basketball3
Age and beta amyloid deposition impact gait speed, stride length, and gait smoothness while transitioning from an even to an uneven walking surface in older adults3
Effect of optokinetic virtual reality scenes on a sitting-to-stand movement3
Movement variability and limb loading symmetry during simulated daily functional tasks3
Investigating the efficacy of a tactile feedback system to increase the gait speed of older adults3
Impact of attentional focus and action verbs on bench press performance3
Higher entropy in movements may promote enhanced upper limb motor precision3
Qualitative age-related changes in fine motor skill performance among 3- to 6-year-old typically developing children3
Reduced trunk movement control during motor dual-tasking in older adults3
Repeated exposure to virtual reality decreases reliance on visual inputs for balance control in healthy adults3
Gait in younger and older adults during rhythmic auditory stimulation is influenced by groove, familiarity, beat perception, and synchronization demands3
Comparison of inter-joint coordination strategies during activities of daily living with prosthetic and anatomical limbs3
Susceptibility to walking balance perturbations in young adults is largely unaffected by anticipation3
Studying the timescale of perceptual-motor (re)calibration following a change in visual display gain3
Effect of a novel exercise program on the development of motor skills in children with sensory processing disorders (SPD)3
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Perceptual-motor recalibration is intact in older adults3
Effects of attentional focus and cognitive load on novice dart throwing: Evidence from quiet eye duration and pupillary responses3
Spatial sonification of letters on tablets to stimulate literacy skills and handwriting in 5 y-o children: A pilot study3
Attentional focus effects on joint covariation in a reaching task3
Gender stereotype threat and motor learning: Exploring its impact, underlying mechanisms, and attentional focus pathways for mitigation3
Effects of age and surface instability on the control of the center of mass3
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Effect of immersive virtual reality on overground gait stability in children with cerebral palsy: A prospective case-control study3
Auditory cueing facilitates temporospatial accuracy of sequential movements3
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Visual behavior of racing bike cyclists in multi-tasking situations2
Coordination tending towards an anti-phase relationship determines greater sway reduction during entrainment with a simulated partner2
Keeping balance during head-free smooth pursuit: The role of aging2
Dynamic balance of persons with unilateral upper limb absence when responding to a walking disturbance2
Sex differences in the impact of state and trait fatigue on gait variability2
The use of motor imagery in 6–7-year-old children is not robust: Evidence from two motor imagery tasks2
Exploring how metronome pacing at varying movement speeds influences local dynamic stability and coordination variability of lumbar spine motion during repetitive lifting2
Corrigendum to “Multifractality in postural sway supports quiet eye training in aiming tasks: A study of golf putting” Human Movement Science, 76 (2021) 1027522
Effects of age simulation and age on motor sequence learning: Interaction of age-related cognitive and motor decline2
Facilitative effects of use-dependent learning on interlimb transfer of visuomotor adaptation in a person with congenital mirror movements2
Top speed sprinting: Thigh angular motion and eccentric hamstring strength in faster vs. slower sprinters2
Effects of postural instability on the coordination between posture and arm reaching2
Effects of age on the visuo-locomotor control used to circumvent a virtual pedestrian with different limb movements2
Immediate effects of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on gait patterns in chronic stroke survivors: A single group, pretest-posttest clinical trial2
Task difficulty promotes tactical learning but supresses the positive learning effects of autonomy and cognitive effort2
Adaptation in motor strategies for postural control associated with sensory reweighting2
Walking against the odds: The intricate connection between spatiotemporal characteristics, kinetic and kinematic variables, cognitive stress, and passive assistive exoskeletons in senior and young adu2
Multi-tasking deteriorates trunk movement control during and after obstacle avoidance2
Correlation between subcutaneous adipose tissue of the head and body mass index: Implications for functional neuroimaging2
Generation of forward angular impulse with different initial conditions2
Combination of narrow and wide bandwidth knowledge of performance in the acquisition of a complex sports motor skill2
Virtual reality promotes greater improvements than video-stimulation screen on perceptual-cognitive skills in young soccer athletes2
Influence of texting while walking on lower extremity gait function in young adults2
Producing deceptive actions in sports: The costs of generating head fakes in basketball2
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Force-field perturbations and muscle vibration strengthen stability-related foot placement responses during steady-state gait in healthy adults2
Effect of the soft tissue artifact on marker measurements and on the calculation of the helical axis of the knee during a gait cycle: A study on the CAMS-Knee data set2
Individual differences in working memory capacity and conscious processing do not explain explicit and implicit learning outcomes in physical education2
Development of eye-hand coordination in typically developing children and adolescents assessed using a reach-to-grasp sequencing task2
A temporal quantitative analysis of visuomotor behavior during four twisting somersaults in elite and sub-elite trampolinists2
The nature of savings associated with a visuomotor adaptation task that involves one arm or both arms2
End-state comfort planning after explicit goal instructions in children with and without probable developmental coordination disorder2
Collision avoidance behaviours while young adults avoid a virtual pedestrian approaching on a 45° angle under attentionally demanding conditions2
Neuromuscular adaptations to perturbation-based balance training using treadmill belt accelerations do not transfer to an obstacle trip in older people: A cross-over randomised controlled trial2
Predictability shapes movement kinematics and grip force regulation in human object handovers2
Comprehensive visualization of spinal motion in gait sequences based on surface topography2
The effect of movement frequency on perceptual-motor learning of a novel bimanual coordination pattern2
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Cognitive load causes kinematic changes in both elite and non-elite rowers2
The effect of ageing on between-limb centre of pressure coordination in standing balance: Is there evidence for reactive control challenges among older adults?2
Quiet standing and anteroposterior limits of stability in adolescents and young adults with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy2
Does visual cueing improve gait initiation in people with Parkinson's disease?2
Effect of verbal cues on the coupling and stability of anti-phase bimanual coordination pattern in children with probable developmental coordination disorder2
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