Transfer of Motor Skills: A Comparative Study of College-Level Musicians and Athletes

Pratistha Maharjan; Randal Hyllegard; Miguel Narvaez; Steven J. Radlo

doi:10.52547/ijmcl.4.3.5

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Transfer of Motor Skills: A Comparative Study of College-Level Musicians and Athletes

Author(s):

Pratistha Maharjan

^1,*,

Randal Hyllegard

²,

Miguel Narvaez

²,

Steven J. Radlo

²

1MS. Central Park Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, New York, USA

2PhD. Department of Kinesiology, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL,USA

Journal of Motor Control and Learning:Vol. 4, issue 3; 5-9

Published online:Aug 12, 2022

Article type:Research Article

Received:Apr 11, 2022

Accepted:Jul 18, 2022

How to Cite:Pratistha MaharjanRandal HyllegardMiguel NarvaezSteven J. RadloTransfer of Motor Skills: A Comparative Study of College-Level Musicians and Athletes.J Motor Control Learn.4(3):e144312.https://doi.org/10.52547/ijmcl.4.3.5.

Abstract

Background: The transfer of motor skills is one of the central topics in motor behavior and speaks to the effects of learned motor skills on learning or performing other skills. The purpose of this investigation was to examine the transfer of skillful fine or moderately-fine movements to novel tasks requiring similar movements.

Methods: The study involved 43 undergraduate university students in three groups: university musicians, athletes and a control cohort. Two novel motor tasks were performed that required either fine hand movements (pursuit rotor task), or moderately-fine arm movements (underhand dart throw task).

Results: For the fine motor task, musicians performed better than the athletes and the control (p<0.05), but did not demonstrate less movement asymmetry than the other groups, as hypothesized (p>0.05). For the moderately-fine task, the athletes performed better than the other two groups (p<0.05), and in particular, with the dominant arm (p<0.05), as hypothesized.

Conclusion: A lack of shared elements between musical instrument playing skills and the novel fine motor task likely contributed to the relatively low levels of performance with the musicians. Conversely, the presence of more shared elements between sports throwing skills and the novel moderately-fine task likely contributed to greater levels of performance by the athletes.

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Pratistha Maharjan:[PubMed][Scholar]
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Miguel Narvaez:[PubMed][Scholar]
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