Papers by Osmar Pinto Neto
Experimental Brain Research, Apr 30, 2021
The current investigation was designed to examine the influence of inherent and incidental constr... more The current investigation was designed to examine the influence of inherent and incidental constraints on the stability characteristics associated with bimanual and social coordination. Individual participants (N = 9) and pairs of participants (N = 18, 9 pairs) were required to rhythmically coordinate patterns of isometric forces in 1:1 in-phase and 1:2 multi-frequency patterns by exerting force with their right and left limbs. Lissajous information was provided to guide performance. Participants performed 13 practice trials and 1 test trial per pattern. On the test trial, muscle activity from the triceps brachii muscles of each arm was recorded. EMG-EMG coherence between the two EMG signals was calculated using wavelet coherence. The behavioral data indicated that individual participants performed the 1:1 in-phase pattern more accurately and with less variability than paired participants. The EMG coherence analysis indicated significantly higher coherence for individual participants than for the paired participants during the 1:1 in-phase pattern, whereas no differences were observed between groups for the 1:2 coordination pattern. The results of the current investigation support the notion that neural crosstalk can stabilize 1:1 in-phase coordination when contralateral and ipsilateral signals are integrated via the neuromuscular linkage between two effectors.
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Journal of Neurophysiology, Jul 1, 2010
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Journal of Chiropractic Medicine
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Human Movement Science, 2022
An experiment was designed to determine the effects of sensory uncertainty on sensorimotor estima... more An experiment was designed to determine the effects of sensory uncertainty on sensorimotor estimation in elite athletes compared to non-athletes. Nineteen elite athletes and 16 non-athletes were required to estimate when and where a cursor arrived at a target location. The cursor position was displayed through its entire trajectory in the certain condition while only briefly in the uncertain condition. Accuracy and variability in time and spatial domains were calculated. A Bayesian analysis using subsets of subjects' total spatial variance was also performed. The results indicated that athletes and non-athletes used estimation strategies consistent with Bayesian integration. The results also showed a decrease in variability for spatial performance for both groups during the uncertain condition compared to the certain condition, especially when the cursor location was further away from the prior mean. This decrease in variability was significantly greater for non-athletes. By concentrating performance around the end-point mean location, an increase in spatial error occurred. More spatial and timing errors were observed in non-athletes than athletes, indicating athletes were more certain about likelihood information or their interpretation of likelihood information than non-athletes. These results suggest that athletic experience may facilitate the use of probabilistic information for optimal sensorimotor estimations.
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Research on Biomedical Engineering, 2020
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Computers in biology and medicine, Jan 16, 2018
This study aimed to compare the heart autonomic control (HAC) response during two time-limited ph... more This study aimed to compare the heart autonomic control (HAC) response during two time-limited physical workouts using linear and nonlinear methods. A total of 20 healthy volunteers performed two physical workouts lasting 5 (P5) and 10 min (P10). In both workouts, volunteers performed as many repetitions as possible within the time limit of sets of 10 repetitions of four different exercises in the order of pull-ups, push-ups, barbell power clean, and barbell shoulder to overhead press. Barbell exercises were performed using a load of 50% of each volunteer's personal record for the jerk lift. Successive RR intervals were recorded 1 h before, immediately after, and 1 h after each workout. HAC parameters were obtained using linear (e.g., time- and frequency-domain analysis) and nonlinear [e.g., recurrence plot (RP)] methods. The number of repetitions was recorded during each workout, and the cadence (e.g., repetitions per minute) was calculated. All HAC parameters showed a signific...
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Somatosensory & motor research, Jun 19, 2017
Older adults are more variable than young adults on tasks that demand the simultaneous control of... more Older adults are more variable than young adults on tasks that demand the simultaneous control of more than one effector, and the difference between age groups may be related to their different capacity of coordinating the force output of the involved effectors. The goal of this study was to determine whether age-associated differences in motor output variability during tasks involving the simultaneous dorsiflexion of two feet can be partially explained by differences in coordination and possibly attenuated by physical training. Ten young and 22 old adults (10 trained and 12 untrained old adults) volunteered to participate in the study. Trained older adults had experience in a high-intensity mixed modality training (MMT) regime for a minimum of 1 year. Volunteers performed successive trials of a constant force task and a goal-directed task, with and without visual feedback. Within- and between-trial variability were calculated and coordination was quantified using the uncontrolled m...
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An epidemiological compartmental model was used to simulate social distancing strategies to conta... more An epidemiological compartmental model was used to simulate social distancing strategies to contain the COVID-19 pandemic and prevent a second wave in São Paulo, Brazil. Optimization using genetic algorithm was used to determine the optimal solutions. Our results suggest the best-case strategy for São Paulo is to maintain or increase the current magnitude of social distancing for at least 60 more days and increase the current levels of personal protection behaviors by a minimum of 10% (e.g., wearing facemasks, proper hand hygiene and avoid agglomeration). Followed by a long-term oscillatory level of social distancing with a stepping-down approach every 80 days over a period of two years with continued protective behavior.
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Journal of Applied Biomechanics, May 1, 2007
The main goal of this article is to quantify the contribution of effective mass (me) and handspee... more The main goal of this article is to quantify the contribution of effective mass (me) and handspeed (shi) on the palm strike performance of kung fu athletes (kung fu group) compared with nonpractitioners (control group). All subjects were asked to strike a basketball. Hand and ball speed (sbf) were determined by high-speed video analysis. The value for me was determined by an equation that does not depend upon postimpact measurement of the hand speed. The results show that kung fu athletes had greater shi (6.67 [SD 1.42] m/s), p = 0.042), higher me (2.62 [SD 0.33] kg, p = 0.004), and greater sbf (9.00 [SD 1.89] m/s), p = 0.004) than the nonpractitioners (5.04 [SD 0.57] m/s, 1.33 [SD 0.19] kg, and 5.72 [SD 0.44] m/s, respectively). Comparing the average values obtained for me and hand and forearm mass (m), it was found that for the control group me is statistically equal to m (p = 0.917), whereas for the kung fu group me is significant greater than m (p = 0.003). It is suggested that for impacts against heavier objects, the effective mass would be the main factor to distinguish a martial arts-trained from an untrained subject.
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Perceptual and Motor Skills, Feb 1, 2008
This paper presents a comparison of force, power, and efficiency values calculated from Kung Fu Y... more This paper presents a comparison of force, power, and efficiency values calculated from Kung Fu Yau-Man palm strikes, when performed by 7 experienced and 6 novice men. They performed 5 palm strikes to a freestanding basketball, recorded by high-speed camera at 1000 Hz. Nonparametric comparisons and correlations showed experienced practitioners presented larger values of mean muscle force, mean impact force, mean muscle power, mean impact power, and mean striking efficiency, as is noted in evidence obtained for other martial arts. Also, an interesting result was that for experienced Kung Fu practitioners, muscle power was linearly correlated with impact power (ρ = .98) but not for the novice practitioners (ρ = .46).
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FIEP Bulletin On-line, 2006
Despite the importance of power production in human movement analyses, this is one of the least e... more Despite the importance of power production in human movement analyses, this is one of the least examined biomechanical parameter. This fact can be attributed to the difficulty in measuring this parameter and its abstract nature (Enoka, 2000). The present paper examines power values of several people performing Kung Fu strikes. For that, seven individuals were requested to hit a high-density rubber surface, performing Yau-Man Kung Fu “palm” strikes. A high-speed camera at a 1000 fps rate recorded all strikes. The results show power values up to 1200 W and that Kung Fu adept practitioners obtained larger values compared to the control group. The paper also concludes that after a few years of training, individuality is the most determinant factor in the power magnitude of one's strikes.
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DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals), Oct 1, 2007
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Human Movement Science, 2022
An experiment was designed to determine the effects of sensory uncertainty on sensorimotor estima... more An experiment was designed to determine the effects of sensory uncertainty on sensorimotor estimation in elite athletes compared to non-athletes. Nineteen elite athletes and 16 non-athletes were required to estimate when and where a cursor arrived at a target location. The cursor position was displayed through its entire trajectory in the certain condition while only briefly in the uncertain condition. Accuracy and variability in time and spatial domains were calculated. A Bayesian analysis using subsets of subjects' total spatial variance was also performed. The results indicated that athletes and non-athletes used estimation strategies consistent with Bayesian integration. The results also showed a decrease in variability for spatial performance for both groups during the uncertain condition compared to the certain condition, especially when the cursor location was further away from the prior mean. This decrease in variability was significantly greater for non-athletes. By concentrating performance around the end-point mean location, an increase in spatial error occurred. More spatial and timing errors were observed in nonathletes than athletes, indicating athletes were more certain about likelihood information or their interpretation of likelihood information than non-athletes. These results suggest that athletic experience may facilitate the use of probabilistic information for optimal sensorimotor estimations.
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European Journal of Applied Physiology, Feb 21, 2012
The purpose of this study was to determine whether practice of a sinusoidal task induces differen... more The purpose of this study was to determine whether practice of a sinusoidal task induces different neural adaptations for shortening and lengthening contractions performed within a task. Fourteen young adults were instructed to accurately match a sinusoidal target by lifting and lowering a light load (15% of 1 repetition maximum; 1-RM) with their index finger for 35 s. Each subject performed a total of 50 practice trials during the practice session. After 48 h, subjects performed five trials with the same sinusoidal target at each of three loading conditions: 15% (retention/savings), 7.5% (transfer to a lighter load), and 30% (transfer to a heavier load) of 1-RM. Movement error was quantified as the root mean square error of the movement trace from the target, while movement variability was quantified as the standard deviation of the acceleration of the index finger. First dorsal interosseus muscle activation was recorded using surface electromyography (EMG). The frequency structure of the acceleration and EMG signals were obtained using wavelets. Subjects were able to retain the trained task for both shortening and lengthening contractions; however, they exhibited better savings for the shortening contractions. Additionally, for the lowering segments of the task subjects exhibited better transfer to the lighter load. Short-term adaptation and transfer results may be related to changes in the agonist muscle neural activation. Finally, we found greater movement variability during lengthening contractions which was related to both the frequency structure of the acceleration and EMG signals.
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DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals), Nov 1, 2009
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Experimental Gerontology, Jul 1, 2012
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Journal of Neurophysiology, Feb 1, 2010
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Experimental and Applied Acarology
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SSRN Electronic Journal, 2020
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Lasers in medical science, Jan 5, 2016
The objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of laser and LED therapies, associat... more The objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of laser and LED therapies, associated with lateral decubitus position and flexion exercises of the lower limbs in patients with lumbar disk herniation (LDH). It is a randomized blinded clinical trial. Fifty-four subjects with LDH L4-L5 and L5-S1 were selected and randomly allocated into groups: laser 904 nm, placebo, and LED 945 nm. The numbers of subjects for each group that completed the treatment were 18, 13, and 18, respectively. Twelve points over the lumbar spine region (L2 to S1) and eight points on the injured thigh in the path of the lumbar roots L5 and S1 were irradiated. Irradiation parameters for each point were as follows: laser wavelength 904 ± 10 nm, average power 0.038 ± 20 % W, irradiated area 0.16 cm(2), energy per point 4 J, and treatment time per point 104 s; LED wavelength 945 ± 15 nm, power 0.1 W, irradiated area 1.0cm(2), energy per point 4 J, and treatment time per point 40 s. Lateral decubitus opp...
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