Although healthy gait is often considered to be characterized by symmetric movement patterns, asymmetries in the early acquisition of gait have been thought to reflect differing balancing vs. propulsive roles for the limbs [1]. In adults, asymmetries have been linked to limb dominance [2,3]. Seeley et al. [3] tested for effects of limb dominance on support and propulsive roles, and found only m...

PURPOSE To investigate dynamic postural stability performance of young adolescent athletes. METHODS Eighty-nine male and 81 female athletes participated. Each participant performed 3 trials of the anterior, posterior-medial, and posterior-lateral reach directions of the Star Excursion Balance Test on each limb. Distance achieved for each direction was expressed as a percentage of leg length, ...

BACKGROUND Knowledge of normal muscle characteristics is crucial in planning rehabilitation programmes for injured athletes. There is a high incidence of ankle and anterior tibial symptoms in football players, however little is known about the effect of limb dominance on the anterior tibial muscle group (ATMG). The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of limb dominance and sports-spec...

Theories of grounded cognition emphasize the role of sensorimotor simulation in conceptual knowledge. With regard to action concepts, the motor system is hypothesized to play a central role in their representation and processing. The present study investigates whether patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) who have greater upper versus greater lower limb impairments show different patterns of p...

Virgile, A and Bishop, C. narrative review of limb dominance: Task specificity the importance fitness testing. J Strength Cond Res 35(3): 846–858, 2021—Preferential function must be sustained through repetitious asymmetrical activities for continuous athletic development and, ultimately, optimal performance. As such, prevalence dominance between-limb differences is common in athletes. Severe ha...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the influence of hand dominance on the maintenance of gains after home-based modified constraint-induced movement therapy (mCIMT). METHOD Aprevious randomized controlled trial was conducted to examine the addition of trunk restraint to the mCIMT. Twenty-two chronic stroke survivors with mild to moderate motor impairments received individual home-based mCIMT with or wi...

INTRODUCTION: The anterior translation of humeral head (ATHH) in glenoid cavity is one of the commonly evaluated measures to diagnose glenohumeral joint (GHJ) disorders. It is not clear that limb dominance and gender affect the ATHH in glenoid cavity. An understanding on such effects is important for clinicians to evaluate shoulder disorders. AIM: This study compares the ATHH between gender and...