Archives
-
Vol. 18 (2024)
Special issue in Manipulation of sensory information postural control performance of children, young and older adults
Description
Papers that provide comprehensive and thoughtful analysis of postural control due to manipulation of sensory systems (visual, somatosensory and vestibular) applied to tasks relevant to everyday life across the life span were published in this special issue.
Guest editors
Dr. Paula Polastri - São Paulo State University (UNESP), Bauru, SP, Brazil (ORCID - 0000-0003-2007-5950)
Dr. Daniela Godoi Jacomassi - Federeal University of São Carlos (UFSCAR), São Carlos, SP, Brazil (ORCID - 0000-0002-7043-7529)
Special issue in Using the Framework of the Uncontrolled Manifold (UCM) to Understand Motor Behavior
DescriptionSpecial issue for celebrating the 25th anniversary of the seminal work by John Scholz and Gregor Schöner, published in Experimental Brain Research, which introduced the Uncontrolled Manifold (UCM) framework to the motor behavior scientific community. Manuscripts that utilize the UCM framework to enhance our understanding of motor behavior and explore how the central nervous system controls and coordinates motor elements to stabilize performance variables in any motor task were published in this special issue.
Guest editors
Dr. Sandra Freitas - Universidade Cidade de São Paulo (UNICID), São Paulo, SP, Brazil (ORCID - 0000-0003-1973-9019)
Dr. Paulo de Freitas - Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul (UNICSUL), São Paulo, SP, Brazil (ORCID - 0000-0002-0406-041X)
Peer-review process of Special Issues
The editorial review process followed the BJMB's peer-review guidelines. The manuscripts were handled by the guest editor that invited at least two independent reviewers for a double-blind review.
-
Vol. 17 No. 6 (2023)
Special issue in memory of Prof. Michael Turvey
Description
The goal of this special issue is to make a tribute to Professor Michael Turvey (February 14th, 1941 – August 12th, 2023). Through the reflections of esteemed colleagues and former students gathered in this Special Issue of the Brazilian Journal of Motor Behavior, we gain insights into the profound influence of Michael Turvey, both professionally and personally. In the first part, five well-established scholars and Michael Turvey’s colleagues tell us about his impact on the field of motor behavior and beyond. Some also include the influence that Michael Turvey had in their careers. In the second part, four former Ph.D. students of the Center for the Ecological Study of Perception & Action (CESPA) tell us about the experience of being Michael Turvey’s student.
Guest editor
Dr Vitor S. Profeta - University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil (ORCID - 0000-0003-4920-7822)
Peer-review process
The editorial review process followed the BJMB's peer-review guidelines. The manuscripts were handled by the guest editor that invited at least two independent reviewers for a double-blind review.
-
Vol. 17 No. 5 (2023)
Special issue in Fatigue Role in Modulating Motor Skills and Muscular Responses
Description
This editorial beckons readers to the intricate relationship between fatigue and motor control skills. This theme is explored in the ensuing special issue through the lens of esteemed researchers in the field. The articles within this issue provide a comprehensive and insightful analysis of how fatigue acts as a silent saboteur, subtly undermining the efficiency and efficacy of motor responses and skills. Through a tapestry of carefully conducted studies and thought-provoking findings, contributors shed light on how fatigue insidiously affects neuromuscular responses, from altering muscle activation during specific tasks to influencing the onset of muscle soreness. This special issue, therefore, serves as a launching pad for a much-needed research agenda. It invites scholars and practitioners alike to engage with and further investigate the relationship between fatigue and motor control skills, thereby contributing to our growing understanding and knowledge of this area.
Guest editors
Dr. Bruno L. S. Bedo - University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil (ORCID - 0000-0003-3821-2327)
Dr. Carlos A. Kalva-Filho - São Paulo State University (UNESP), Bauru, SP, Brazil (ORCID - 0000-0002-8511-9590)
Peer-review process
The editorial review process followed the BJMB's peer-review guidelines. The manuscripts were handled by the guest editor that invited at least two independent reviewers for a double-blind review.
-
Vol. 17 No. 4 (2023)
Special issue "Control of Gait and Posture: a tribute to Professor Lilian T. B. Gobbi"
Description
The goal of this special issue is to discuss the control of gait and posture to make a tribute to Professor Lilian Gobbi. Considering that much of her life was spent in understanding the control of gait and posture, the present special issue will discuss cutting-edge studies that address aspects related to gait and posture, such as mobility and balance performance, kinematics, kinetics, muscle activity, and brain activity analysis, in usual and adaptative conditions. To enhance our understanding of the control of gait and posture, we encourage studies related to neurological diseases (e.g., Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, etc), aging effects, skeletal-muscle disorders, fatigue, intervention and rehabilitation focusing on gait and posture, and also theoretical hypotheses for the control of gait and posture, such as brain control and perception aspects.
Guest editor
Dr Fabio Augusto Barbieri - São Paulo State University (UNESP), Bauru, SP, Brazil (ORCID - 0000-0002-3678-8456)
Dr Lucas Simieli - São Paulo State University (UNESP), Bauru, SP, Brazil (ORCID - 0000-0001-5025-4613)
Dr Victor Spiandor Beretta - São Paulo State University (UNESP), Presidente Prudente, SP, Brazil (ORCID - 0000-0002-4640-7733)
Peer-review process
The editorial review process followed the BJMB's peer-review guidelines. The manuscripts were handled by the guest editor that invited at least two independent reviewers for a double-blind review.
-
SUPPLEMENT
Vol. 17 No. 3 (2023)Abstract Book for the Regional Motor Behavior Conferences - 2023
8o ENPACOM - ENCONTRO PAULISTA DE COMPORTAMENTO MOTOR
III Seminário Gaúcho de Comportamento Motor
3º Simpósio Espírito-Santense de Comportamento Motor -
Vol. 16 No. 5 (2022)
Special issue on the Effects of aging on locomotor patterns
Description
This special issue aims to organize scientific evidence on how healthy aging and age-related diseases affect locomotion in different contexts. Locomotion here is supposed to cover mobility performance, walking capacity, and different measures of gait (e.g., gait stability, variability, kinematics, muscle activation, synergies, and cortical activation). We also encourage studies verifying task paradigms, multidimensional correlational gait studies, interventions focusing on gait rehabilitation and falls, and discussions of different levels of gait analysis in aging and age-related diseases.
Guest editors
Dr Paulo Cezar Rocha dos Santos - Dept of Computer Science & Applied Mathematics, The Center of Advanced Technologies in Rehabilitation, Sheba Hospital, Israel (ORCID - 0000-0001-7378-1897)
Dr Diego Orcioli Silva - São Paulo State University - Unesp, Posture and Gait Studies Laboratory- LEPLO, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil (ORCID - 0000-0002-2278-8092)
Peer-review process
The editorial review process followed the BJMB's peer-review guidelines. The manuscripts were handled by the guest editor that invited at least two independent reviewers for a double-blind review.
-
SUPPLEMENT
Vol. 16 No. 4 (2022)Abstract Book for the XI Brazilian Congress of Motor Behavior (CBCM)
-
Vol. 16 No. 2 (2022)
Special Issue on The Role of Practice in Motor Skill Acquisition
Description
In this special issue, papers provide a comprehensive and thoughtful analysis of motor learning theories and processes (cognitive, perceptual, and motor mechanisms) emphasizing how different levels of analysis are changed during practice, leading to the acquisition of new motor skills.
Guest editor
Dr. Matheus Maia Pacheco - Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal (ORCID: 0000-0002-9822-981X)
Peer-review process
The editorial review process followed the BJMB's peer-review guidelines. The manuscripts were handled by the guest editor that invited at least two independent reviewers for a double-blind review.
-
Vol. 15 No. 5 (2021)
Special Issue on Fifteen Years of Brazilian Journal of Motor Behavior
Description
This is an important date considering the importance of BJMB contributing to disseminating important knowledge and the researchers’ work in the motor behavior area. The BJMB was launched with its first edition published in December of 2006. Thus in 2021, we are celebrating the 15th anniversary of BJMB.
Articles in the present special issue discuss changes in the motor behavior area in these past 15 years, argue about theoretical paradigms in motor development, motor learning, and motor control, show interesting findings related to walking and eye movements, and explore new ways for teaching in the motor behavior area. As a result, here is a rich combination of themes related to motor behavior presented in 14 articles disclosed in this commemorative issue.
Editors
Dr Fabio A. Barbieri - São Paulo State University (UNESP), Bauru, SP, Brazil (ORCID - 0000-0002-3678-8456)
Dr José A. Barela - São Paulo State University (UNESP), Rio Claro, SP, Brazil (ORCID - 0000-0003-0951-254X)
Dr Natalia M. Rinaldi - Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES), Vitória, ES, Brazil (ORCID - 0000-0001-7331-0374)
Peer-review process
The editorial review process followed the BJMB's peer-review guidelines. The manuscripts were handled by the guest editor that invited at least two independent reviewers for a double-blind review.
-
Vol. 15 No. 1 (2021)
Special issue on COVID-19 (coronavirus disease): Impacts on motor behavior
Description
The COVID-2019 pandemic is a highly pathogenic viral infection that changed drastically daily life, including social distancing as a major preventive measure. Millions of lives have been significantly altered, and a global, multi-level, and demanding stress-coping-adjustment process is ongoing. The changes in routine may impact motor behavior, requiring a flexible adaptation to new circumstances, which includes tele-interventions and physical education classes, exercise training adaptations, health care modifications, etc.
The goal of this Special Issue is to stimulate novel investigations and theoretical perspectives on how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting motor behavior in children, middle-aged and older people, and people with diseases, such as diabetes, hypertension, neurological disease, etc. We intend for this article collection to be a discussion platform on how to help people cope with and adjust to critical situations. Specific aims include understanding the effects of the pandemic on motor behavior and suggesting effective strategies to manage motor behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Editors
Dr Fabio A. Barbieri - São Paulo State University (UNESP), Bauru, SP, Brazil (ORCID - 0000-0002-3678-8456)
Dr José A. Barela - São Paulo State University (UNESP), Rio Claro, SP, Brazil (ORCID - 0000-0003-0951-254X)
Dr Natalia M. Rinaldi - Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES), Vitória, ES, Brazil (ORCID - 0000-0001-7331-0374)
Peer-review process
The editorial review process followed the BJMB's peer-review guidelines. The manuscripts were handled by the guest editor that invited at least two independent reviewers for a double-blind review.
-
Vol. 14 No. 5 (2020)
Special Issue on Cognitive and Ecological Approaches to Sports Skills
Description
In everyday life as well as in sports settings, individuals coordinate their movements to achieve simple goals like walking and talking up to complex tasks such as manipulating objects in an unstable environment. This ability to coordinate actions with teammates and/or opponents is often critical to success in sports. The traditional approach to understanding the acquisition, development, and assessment of sports skills involves the idea of cognitive science, which consider that performance is predicated on the existence of a representation or schema, responsible for the organization and regulation of behaviors (i.e., the role of the brain based on information-processing theory). In the last years, the rapid development of technologies led to improvements in our knowledge of brain activity during skills acquisition, development, and assessment, such as functional magnetic resonance imaging and mobile EEG. Instead, ecological psychology theories are not too much interested in cognition and focus on the available information constraints that afford possibilities for individuals’ perception, what they learn and know, and how they decide and act. From this perspective, the emergence of coordinated behaviors in skills acquisition, development, and assessment is based on the formation of interpersonal synergies between individuals resulting from collective actions predicated on shared action possibilities (affordances). The two theories differ in their fundamental approaches, they are opposed to the actions explanations, but sometimes may be complementary to each other. On this special topical collection of the “Brazilian Journal of Motor Behavior”, we offer a space for authors to submit their recent work as original research articles, research notes, or systematic reviews addressing contributions to one or both of the two theories of motor behavior applied to individual and collective sports performance. Examples can include but are not restricted to investigations into: 1) skills acquisition, development, and assessment, 2) forms of interactions amongst teammates and/or opponent players in-game situations, and 3) methodological aspects, challenges, and solutions to the assessment of sports skills.
Guest editors
Dr Rodrigo Aquino - Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES), Vitória, ES, Brazil (ORCID - 0000-0002-4885-7316)
Ms Luiz H Palucci Vieira - São Paulo State University (Unesp), Bauru - SP, Brazil (ORCID - 0000-0001-6981-756X)
Dr Filipe Manuel Clemente - Escola Superior Desporto e Lazer, Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Viana de Castelo, Portugal (ORCID - 0000-0001-9813-2842)
Dr João Cláudio Braga Pereira Machado - Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM), Manaus - AM, Brazil ORCID - 0000-0001-9827-5296)
Dr Gibson Moreira Praça - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte - MG, Brazil (ORCID - 0000-0001-9971-7308)
Peer-review process
The editorial review process followed the BJMB's peer-review guidelines. The manuscripts were handled by the guest editor that invited at least two independent reviewers for a double-blind review.
-
SUPPLEMENT
Vol. 13 No. 3 (2019)Abstract Book for the 6o ENPACOM - ENCONTRO PAULISTA DE COMPORTAMENTO MOTOR