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Gerontology 2021 Mar 3:1-12. Epub 2021 Mar 3.

Somogy County Móricz Kaposi Teaching Hospital, Kaposvár, Hungary.

Background: Office workers near retirement tend to be sedentary and can be prone to mobility limitations and diseases. We examined the dose effects of exergaming volume and duration of detraining on motor and cognitive function in office workers at late midlife to reduce sedentariness and mobility limitations.

Methods: In an assessor-blinded randomized trial, 160 workers aged 55-65 years performed physically active video games in a nonimmersive form of virtual reality (exergaming) in small, supervised groups for 1 h, 1×, 2×, or 3×/week for 8 weeks followed by detraining for 8 and 16 weeks. Read More

J Neurophysiol 2021 Mar 3. Epub 2021 Mar 3.

Université Catholique de Louvain.

In humans, practically all movements are learnt and performed in a constant gravitational field. Yet, studies on arm movements and object manipulation in parabolic flight have highlighted very fast sensorimotor adaptations to altered gravity environments. Here, we wondered if the motor adjustments observed in those altered gravity environments could also be observed on Earth in a situation where the body is upside-down. Read More

Brain Topogr 2021 Mar 3. Epub 2021 Mar 3.

LET'S-ISTC-CNR, via Palestro 32, 00185, Rome, Italy.

Fatigue is a hidden symptom of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) disease that nevertheless impacts severely on patients' everyday life. Evidence indicates the involvement of the sensorimotor network and its inter-nodes communication at the basis of this symptom. Two randomized controlled trials (RCTs) showed that the personalized neuromodulation called Fatigue Relief in Multiple Sclerosis (FaReMuS) efficaciously fights multiple sclerosis (MS) fatigue. Read More

Sci Rep 2021 Mar 2;11(1):4940. Epub 2021 Mar 2.

Faculty of Human Sciences, Institute of Psychology, Bundeswehr University, Munich, Germany.

In marching bands, sports, dance and virtually all human group behaviour, we coordinate our actions with others. Coordinating actions in time and space can act as a social glue, facilitating bonding among people. However, much of our understanding about coordination dynamics is based on research into dyadic interactions. Read More

Int J Psychophysiol 2021 Feb 26. Epub 2021 Feb 26.

Laboratory of Vision Science and Optometry, Faculty of Physics, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland; Laboratory of Vision and Neuroscience, NanoBiomedical Center, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland.

Results of several neuroimaging studies support the functional equivalence model, which states that motor imagery (MI) and motor execution (ME) involve the same processes, except for the final execution component. In contrast, the motor-cognitive model implies that MI additionally involves frontal executive control processes. However, according to some authors MI may actually be more comparable to motor preparation (MP). Read More