Effects of Fencing Training on Motor Performance and Asymmetry Vary With Handedness
| Autor: | Mateusz Witkowski, Andrzej Przybyla, Krzysztof Karpowicz, Stanislaw Solnik, Maciej Tomczak |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Cognitive Neuroscience media_common.quotation_subject Biophysics Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Athletic Performance Asymmetry Functional Laterality 050105 experimental psychology Fencing 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Physical medicine and rehabilitation medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Child Exercise Motor asymmetry media_common Left handed biology Athletes 05 social sciences Training (meteorology) biology.organism_classification Female Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Motor Behavior. 52:50-57 |
| ISSN: | 1940-1027 0022-2895 |
| Popis: | Previous studies showed that motor asymmetries are reduced in left-handers and after a long-term fencing training in right-handers. Interestingly, left-handed athletes are substantially over-represented in elite fencing. These findings have been speculatively explained by imbalance in experience of fighting opposite handedness opponents resulted from skewed distribution of handedness, i.e. lefties encounter more righties than righties encounter lefties. Whereas these assumptions could be accurate, the underlying mechanisms remain ambiguous. In this study, we investigated effects of fencing training on motor performance and asymmetry with respect to handedness. We compared fencing performance of left- and right-handed fencers in both training and combat conditions. In the combat condition, left-handers won seven out of twelve matches consisted of twelve bouts each. They also showed a significantly longer hit detection time, a measure indicating better quality of fencing attack. In the training condition, left-handed fencers completed fencing board tests significantly faster than right-handers. These findings provide additional factor of superior motor performance to be considered when interpreting over-representation of lefties in elite fencing. Furthermore, our left-handers were less lateralized, which could explain that superior motor performance. This idea is consistent with previous findings of reduced asymmetry in right-handed fencers when comparing to non-athletes. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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