The Role of Vision in Maintaining Stroke Synchronization in K2 Crew-Boat Kayaking.

Front Sports Act Living

Physical Education and Sports Science Academic Group, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.

Published: October 2020

This study investigated the role of vision in maintaining stroke synchronization in crew-boat sprint kayaking. Sixteen sprint kayakers from a national team were paired into eight two-seater (K2) crews. Each crew paddled at high intensity with the back paddler's eyes open or closed in a randomized order. Using video analysis, stroke synchronization was quantified by the timing offsets between the front and back paddlers at four key positions of the stroke. All crews could paddle continuously without capsize or stopping under both visual conditions. In the absence of vision, neither 200-m performance time ( = 0.23, = 0.47, small effect size) nor stroke rate ( = 0.41, = 0.31, small effect size) was severely affected. There were no significant effects of vision on stroke synchronization offsets between the front and back paddlers across all key positions (all > 0.05). Highly skilled paddlers likely relied on the kinesthetic perception to maintain the boat synchronization when visual information was not available.

Download full-text PDF

Source
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7739771PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2020.569130DOI Listing

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

stroke synchronization
16
role vision
8
vision maintaining
8
maintaining stroke
8
synchronization crew-boat
8
offsets front
8
front paddlers
8
paddlers key
8
key positions
8
small size
8

Similar Publications

Background: Ventricular diverticula are a rare congenital cardiac disorder presenting with an extremely low incidence. The presence of an apical diverticulum of the right ventricle has been associated with other congenital heart diseases such as tetralogy of Fallot. An important defining characteristic of ventricular diverticula that separates them from aneurysms through imaging techniques, is that they possess myocardial contraction synchronous to the adjacent walls, contributing to the ventricular stroke volume, so they do not usually require surgical treatment.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Little strokes fell big oaks: The use of weak magnetic fields and reactive oxygen species to fight cancer.

Redox Biol

December 2024

Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine and Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 3000, 90014, Oulu, Finland.

The increase in early-stage cancers, particularly gastrointestinal, breast and kidney cancers, has been linked to lifestyle changes such as consumption of processed foods and physical inactivity, which contribute to obesity and diabetes - major cancer risk factors. Conventional treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation often lead to severe long-term side effects, including secondary cancers and tissue damage, highlighting the need for new, safer and more effective therapies, especially for young patients. Weak electromagnetic fields (WEMF) offer a promising non-invasive approach to cancer treatment.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Surface Electromyography for the Diagnosis of Tremor Syndrome: A Study of 97 Patients.

Ann Indian Acad Neurol

November 2024

Department of Neurology and Stroke Medicine, Amrita Hospital, Faridabad, Delhi National Capital Region, India.

Background And Objectives: Tremor is one of the most frequent movement disorders encountered in clinical practice with heterogeneous phenomenology and etiology. Surface electromyography (SEMG) is a noninvasive and reproducible test that can diagnose tremor syndromes.

Methods: In this retrospective study, the clinical and electrophysiologic records of 97 consecutive patients with tremor syndromes who visited our movement disorder clinic between January 2023 and March 2024 were examined.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

The Respiratory-Swallow Coordination may be Related to Aspiration in Infratentorial Stroke Patients.

Dysphagia

December 2024

Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, No. 600, Tianhe Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China.

To investigate the characteristics of respiratory-swallow coordination (RSC) in poststroke dysphagia (PSD) patients following infratentorial stroke (IS) and further explore their association with aspiration. PSD patients after IS and age-matched healthy controls were recruited. Nasal airflow and sound signals were recorded using a nasal cannula-type flow sensor and contact microphone, which were synchronized with videofluoroscopic swallowing studies (VFSS).

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Background: Data about the safety and the efficacy of flow diversion for distal anterior cerebral artery (DACA) aneurysms are limited. We present the largest multicenter analysis evaluating the outcomes of flow diversion in unruptured DACA aneurysm treatment.

Methods: Databases from 39 centers were retrospectively reviewed for unruptured DACA aneurysms treated with flow-diverting stents.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?

Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!