Advances in Assessment and Training of Perceptual-Motor Performance

Dear Colleagues,

Methods used for sport performance enhancement and musculoskeletal injury rehabilitation have historically focused on assessment and training of physical attributes, such as muscle strength, endurance, and flexibility. Furthermore, a reductionist focus on the status of specific body parts has often overshadowed consideration of interactions among the numerous components contributing to the function of a whole-body complex system.

Despite the obvious role of brain processes in the control of human interactions with the environment, the transformation of sensory inputs into movement responses has only recently become an area of focused interest among sport scientists and clinicians who seek to optimize human performance capabilities. Advancements in neuroimaging technologies are rapidly increasing knowledge in this area, but clinical applications need further development.

The purpose of this Special Issue is to gather research reports pertaining to measurable behaviors or physiological markers that are associated with potentially modifiable brain processes, such as selective attention, visual detection, sensory weighting, stimulus discrimination, conflict resolution, decision making, motor control, and bilateral movement symmetry.

Any research findings that may contribute to a better understanding of interventions for improvements in the speed, accuracy, and consistency of responses to environmental stimuli are welcomed, as well as content relating to the prevention and/or rehabilitation of specific types of injuries through improved integration of perceptual, cognitive, and motor processes (e.g., sport-related concussion, anterior cruciate ligament disruption, chronic ankle instability).

Prof. Dr. Gary Wilkerson
Guest Editor

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