Mirror Visual Feedback Training Improves Intermanual Transfer in a Sport-Specific Task: A Comparison between Different Skill Levels
Table 2
Absolute and relative performance improvements for all test variables separated by CONDITION EXPERTISE. Shown are mean values along standard deviations.
CONDITION EXPERTISE
Task/variable
Performance improvements
Performance improvements (%)
Right hand
Left hand
Right hand
Left hand
Control novice
Dribbling performance
19.06 ± 15.33
16.50 ± 11.41
17.23
11.80
MVF novice
18.55 ± 9.79
15.58 ± 9.33
14.91
10.27
Control experienced
17.70 ± 11.48
6.50 ± 8.94
18.21
6.11
MVF experienced
18.51 ± 11.93
16.87 ± 11.93
19.97
16.41
Control novice
Dribbling error
−1.06 ± 1.45
−1.82 ± 2.02
40.66
40.80
MVF novice
−1.53 ± 1.45
−1.14 ± 1.75
42.99
24.35
Control experienced
−1.35 ± 2.07
−1.18 ± 2.25
63.81
35.91
MVF experienced
−0.65 ± 1.13
−0.70 ± 1.38
37.68
28.61
Control novice
Slalom performance (sec)
−0.25 ± 0.64
−0.64 ± 0.75
6.68
2.61
MVF novice
−0.33 ± 0.39
−0.42 ± 0.42
4.43
3.63
Control experienced
−0.42 ± 0.51
−0.28 ± 0.39
3.41
4.93
MVF experienced
−0.58 ± 0.83
−0.65 ± 0.52
7.53
6.90
Note that the relative improvements, for example, 63.81% for the experienced control group (right hand), appear to be very high. Participants’ error scores were generally relatively low, so reducing error from two errors in the pretest up to only one error in the posttest is already a 100% change.
