Outputs (4)

Ceiling effects in the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 (MABC-2) suggest that non-parametric scoring methods are required (2018)
Journal Article
French, B., Sycamore, N. J., McGlashan, H. L., Blanchard, C. C., & Holmes, N. P. (in press). Ceiling effects in the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 (MABC-2) suggest that non-parametric scoring methods are required. PLoS ONE, 13(6), Article e0198426. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0198426

Initially designed to identify children's movement impairments in clinical settings, the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 (MABC-2) is also widely used to evaluate children's movement in research. Standardised scores on the test are calculat... Read More about Ceiling effects in the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 (MABC-2) suggest that non-parametric scoring methods are required.

Cortical excitability correlates with the event-related desynchronization during brain-computer interface control (2018)
Journal Article
Daly, I., Blanchard, C. C., & Holmes, N. P. (in press). Cortical excitability correlates with the event-related desynchronization during brain-computer interface control. Journal of Neural Engineering, 15(2), https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-2552/aa9c8c

Objective: Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) based on motor control have been suggested as tools for stroke rehabilitation. Some initial successes have been achieved with this approach, however the mechanism by which they work is not yet fully underst... Read More about Cortical excitability correlates with the event-related desynchronization during brain-computer interface control.

Improvement in children’s fine motor skills following a computerized typing intervention (2017)
Journal Article
McGlashan, H. L., Blanchard, C. C., Sycamore, N. J., Lee, R., French, B., & Holmes, N. P. (in press). Improvement in children’s fine motor skills following a computerized typing intervention. Human Movement Science, 56(B), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2017.10.013

Children spend a large proportion of their school day engaged in tasks that require manual dexterity. If children experience difficulties with their manual dexterity skills it can have a consequential effect on their academic achievement. The first a... Read More about Improvement in children’s fine motor skills following a computerized typing intervention.

Online control of prehension predicts performance on a standardised motor assessment test in 8-12 year old children (2017)
Journal Article
Blanchard, C. C., McGlashan, H. L., French, B., Sperring, R. J., Petrocochino, B., & Holmes, N. P. (2017). Online control of prehension predicts performance on a standardised motor assessment test in 8-12 year old children. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, Article 374. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00374

Goal-directed hand movements are guided by sensory information and may be adjusted 'online', during the movement. If the target of a movement unexpectedly changes position, trajectory corrections can be initiated in as little as 100ms in adults. This... Read More about Online control of prehension predicts performance on a standardised motor assessment test in 8-12 year old children.