Motor Skills Development

Latest research

1. Toward preventive interventions in developmental coordination disorder: in need of early behavioral markers?

   • Camille Blondet
   • Alice C. Roy
   • Alice Gomez

   in Journal of Neural Transmission

   Article Open access 25 February 2026

   

2. A gamified AI movement assessment and feedback approach for university students in physical education: Effects on movement skills, learning engagement, and behavioral patterns

   • Yu-Hsien Huang
   • Lu-Ho Hsia
   • Gwo-Jen Hwang

   in Education and Information Technologies

   Article Open access 24 February 2026

   

3. Stärkung der Resistenz der Muskulatur und des Gehirns – Reduzierung inaktivitätsbedingter Defizite durch prähabilitatives Training

   • Wolfgang Laube

   in Manuelle Medizin

   Article 24 February 2026

   

4. Precision of reaches and proprioception in motor control and adaptation

   • Denise Y. P. Henriques
   • Raphael Q. Gastrock
   • Bernard Marius ‘t Hart

   in Discover Neuroscience

   Article Open access 22 February 2026

   

5. Three-dimensional assessment of finger individuation reveals finger- and joint-specific selective motor control deficits in children with cerebral palsy

   • Owais A. Khan
   • Divya Rai
   • Jing Xu

   in Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

   Article Open access 20 February 2026

   

6. Early developmental intervention and neurodevelopmental trajectories in preterm infants without severe brain injury

   • Jungha Yun
   • Seong Phil Bae
   • Suyeon Park

   in Pediatric Research

   Article 19 February 2026

   

7. Parkinson’s disease impairs grip force release during a sinusoidal force tracking task

   • Sara Davidson
   • Kenneth Learman
   • Jay L. Alberts

   in Experimental Brain Research

   Article Open access 18 February 2026

   

8. Comprehensive effects of Parkinson’s disease multimodal complex treatment (PD-MCT): a two-center prospective trial

   • Isabel Friedrich
   • Laura Gutschow
   • Christopher Fricke

   in Journal of Neurology

   Article Open access 18 February 2026

   

9. Baseline motor abilities modulate gains in neuromuscular performance in a 12-week virtual aerobic dance training

   • Ting-Yi Hsueh
   • Shi-Mei Jiang
   • Yu-Ting Tseng

   in Sport Sciences for Health

   Article Open access 13 February 2026

   

10. Identifying motor learning deficits in neurological conditions: a critical analysis of a perennial problem

    • Rajiv Ranganathan
    • Sharo Costa
    • Rohan Ved

    in Experimental Brain Research

    Article Open access 12 February 2026

    

11. Self-care skills training for school-age leukemia patients: current evidence and future directions

    • Ting Feng
    • Chaolang Zhang
    • Li Ying Zhang

    in European Journal of Pediatrics

    Article 12 February 2026

    

12. Integrated cognitive-motor exercise for core symptoms and executive functions in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a randomized clinical trial

    • Fei-Long Zhu
    • Zheng-Hao Dong
    • Yuan-Chun Ren

    in World Journal of Pediatrics

    Article 11 February 2026

    

13. Editorial

    • Gerald Jarnig

    in Pädiatrie & Pädologie

    Article 10 February 2026

14. Lumbar disc herniation with moderate-to-severe motor deficit: A multicenter real-world study

    • Henri d’Astorg
    • Hadrien Giorgi
    • Olivier Hamel

    in European Spine Journal

    Article 09 February 2026

    

15. Leveraging wearable haptics for guidance in virtual rehabilitation: effects on motor control from an immersive VR setting

    • Ali KhalilianMotamed Bonab
    • Cristian Camardella
    • Daniele Leonardis

    in Scientific Reports

    Article Open access 04 February 2026

    

16. Age-related changes in proprioception are of limited size, outcome-dependent and task-dependent

    • Stien Van De Plas
    • Jean-Jacques Orban de Xivry

    in GeroScience

    Article 04 February 2026

    

17. Tailoring POCUS training to local needs: a context-adapted curriculum for pediatric emergency medicine in France

    • Léa Lenglart
    • Thomas Lun
    • Luigi Titomanlio

    in European Journal of Pediatrics

    Article 04 February 2026

    

18. Differences in motor skill-related physical fitness between moderately thin and normal weight rural Ethiopian children (ages 5–7)

    • Yabsra Melaku Dubale
    • Tefera Belachew
    • Evi Verbecque

    in Scientific Reports

    Article Open access 04 February 2026

    

19. How learning handwriting trains the brain: the science behind the cursive wars

    • Mariana Lenharo

    in Nature

    Article 02 February 2026

    

20. The Irish Early Years Workforce: Professional Development, Self-Efficacy, and Engagement

    • Ragan H. McLeod

    in Early Childhood Education Journal

    Article 02 February 2026

    

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