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Golf putt outcomes are predicted by sensorimotor cerebral EEG rhythms
Author(s) -
Babiloni Claudio,
Del Percio Claudio,
Iacoboni Marco,
Infarinato Francesco,
Lizio Roberta,
Marzano Nicola,
Crespi Gianluca,
Dassù Federica,
Pirritano Mirella,
Gallamini Michele,
Eusebi Fabrizio
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the journal of physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.802
H-Index - 240
eISSN - 1469-7793
pISSN - 0022-3751
DOI - 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.141630
Subject(s) - rhythm , psychology , sensorimotor rhythm , electroencephalography , balance (ability) , motor control , physical medicine and rehabilitation , communication , audiology , neuroscience , neurofeedback , medicine
It is not known whether frontal cerebral rhythms of the two hemispheres are implicated in fine motor control and balance. To address this issue, electroencephalographic (EEG) and stabilometric recordings were simultaneously performed in 12 right‐handed expert golfers. The subjects were asked to stand upright on a stabilometric force platform placed at a golf green simulator while playing about 100 golf putts. Balance during the putts was indexed by body sway area. Cortical activity was indexed by the power reduction in spatially enhanced alpha (8–12 Hz) and beta (13–30 Hz) rhythms during movement, referred to as the pre‐movement period. It was found that the body sway area displayed similar values in the successful and unsuccessful putts. In contrast, the high‐frequency alpha power (about 10–12 Hz) was smaller in amplitude in the successful than in the unsuccessful putts over the frontal midline and the arm and hand region of the right primary sensorimotor area; the stronger the reduction of the alpha power, the smaller the error of the unsuccessful putts (i.e. distance from the hole). These results indicate that high‐frequency alpha rhythms over associative, premotor and non‐dominant primary sensorimotor areas subserve motor control and are predictive of the golfer's performance.

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