Abstract Background Anticipatory postural adjustments (APAs) are a feedforward
mechanism triggered in advance to a predictable perturbation, to help the individual …

Previous literature shows the beneficial effects of an external focus of attention on various
sports skills in young adults. The objective of this systematic review is to evaluate the effects …

Objective: This pilot study aimed to investigate the immediate effects of single-session
intermittent theta-burst stimulation (iTBS) on the cerebellar vermis during a balance task …

Background People after stroke often have postural impairments that can increase their risk
of falling. Anticipatory postural adjustments (APAs) are changes in the activity of postural …

The placebo effect is a powerful psychobiological phenomenon whereby a positive outcome
follows the administration of an inert treatment thought to be effective. Growing evidence …

External focus (attention to the movement effect) has been found effective in motor
performance and learning. However, while some investigators have suggested that the …

The effects of attentional focus (AF) instruction were examined in a reciprocal aiming task
implemented in a 3-dimensional, fully immersive virtual environment (VE). Within the VE …

Objective: To investigate whether the changes in the corticospinal excitability contribute to
the anticipatory postural adjustments (APAs) in the lower limb muscles when performing the …

Whether attentional focus modulates the corticospinal excitability of the lower limb muscles
in anticipatory postural adjustments (APAs) when performing a ballistic movement of the …

In virtual environments (VEs), virtual hand interaction is one of the most common and natural
interaction methods. To improve the usability of hand interaction, it is necessary to determine …