The relationship between the kinesthetic imagery ability and movement auditory kinematic in increasing muscle activity amplitude based on motor imagery
Poster Presentation
Paper ID : 1277-SSRC
Authors
Department of Sport Science, School of Humanities, Damghan University, Damghan, Iran
Abstract
The present study aimed to investigate the effect of audiovisual motor imagery on the muscle activity amplitude and to explore the mediating role of kinesthetic imagery ability. Twenty-five female students, with an average age of 20.37, participated in three conditions of motor imagery of basketball jump shot: a) without pattern, b) visual pattern, and c) audiovisual pattern. The auditory pattern was created by converting the important kinematic characteristic of the basketball jump shot skill (angular velocity of the elbow joint) into sound and matching it with the visual pattern. The third version of the Movement Imagery Ability Questionnaire (MIQ-3) was used to measure participants' imagery ability. In each condition, after receiving the pattern, subjects had a maximum of 10 seconds to imagery of the skill. Electrical activity of Triceps muscle was recorded in all three imagery conditions. ANOVA with repeated measure and Pearson correlation coefficient were used for data analysis. The results indicated that the electrical activity of the muscle caused by motor imagery was significantly higher than in the other two conditions. Furthermore, the results showed that a significant relationship between the kinesthetic imagery ability and the muscle activity amplitude existed only in the conditions of audiovisual pattern. The auditory pattern used in this research conveyed information related to the movement itself, creating a greater sense of movement in participants, which in turn affected the muscle activity amplitude. Additionally, higher kinesthetic imagery ability played a mediating role in creating a greater sense of movement in the conditions of audiovisual pattern.
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