Effects of Kinesthetic Versus Visual Imagery Practise on Two Technical Dance Movements: a Pilot Study/ / Elizabeth Coker Girón; Tara McIsaac; Dawn Nilsen
.-- Andover, NJ : J. Michael Ryan Publishing, , 2012:
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Journal of dance, medicine & science -- Vol. 16, núm. 1, 2012, p. 36
RESUMEN: Motor Imagery is a type of mental practice that involves imagining the body performing a movement in the absence of motor output. Dance training traditionally incorporates mental practise techniques, but quantitative effects of motor imagery on the performance of dance movements are largely unknown. This pilot study compared the effects of two differents imagery modalities, external visual imagery modalities, external visual imagery and kinesthetic imagery, on pelvis and hip kinesmatics during two technical dances movements, plié and sauté. Each of three female dance students (mean age = 19.7 years, mean years of training = 10.7) was assigned to use type of imagery practice: visual imagery, kinesthetic imagery, or no imagery. Effects of motor imagery on peak external hip rotation varied by both modality and task. Kinesthetic imagery increased peak external hip rotation pliés, while visual imagery increased peak external hip rotation for sautés. Findings suggest that the success of motor imagery in improving performance may be task-specific. Dancers may benefit from matching imagery modality to technical tasks in order to improve alignment and thereby avoid chronic injury.