Efficient elastic tissue motions indicate general motor skill.

ABSTRACT: Insights into the general nature of motor skill could fundamentally change how we develop movement abilities, with implications for musculoskeletal well-being and injury. Here, we sought to identify indicators of general motor skill-those shared by experts across disciplines (e.g., squash, ballet, volleyball) during non-specialized movements (e.g., reaching for water). Identifying such general indicators of motor skill has remained elusive. Using ultrasound imaging with deep learning and optical flow analysis, we tracked elastic tissues (muscles and associated connective tissues) during a simple reaching task performed similarly by world-class athletes and regional-level athletes drawn from diverse disciplines, as well as untrained non-experts. We analyzed two types of inefficient tissue m

SUBMITTER: Namburi P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12540710 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature