title: The role of textured material in supporting perceptual-motor functions.
abstract: Simple deformation of the skin surface with textured materials can improve human perceptual-motor performance. The implications of these findings are inexpensive, adaptable and easily integrated clothing, equipment and tools for improving perceptual-motor functionality. However, some clarification is needed because mixed results have been reported in the literature, highlighting positive, absent and/or negative effects of added texture on measures of perceptual-motor performance. Therefore the aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of textured materials for enhancing perceptual-motor functionality. The systematic review uncovered two variables suitable for sub-group analysis within and between studies: participant age (groupings were 18-51 years and 64.7-79.4 years) and experimental task (upright balance and walking). Evaluation of studies that observed texture effects during upright balance tasks, uncovered two additional candidate sub-groups for future work: vision (eyes open and eyes closed) and stability (stable and unstable). Meta-analysis (random effects) revealed that young participants improve performance by a small to moderate amount in upright balance tasks with added texture (SMD = 0.28, 95%CI = 0.46-0.09, Z = 2.99, P = 0.001; Tau(2) = 0.02; Chi(2) = 9.87, df = 6, P = 0.13; I(2) = 39.22). Significant heterogeneity was found in, the overall effect of texture: Tau(2) = 0.13; Chi(2) = 130.71, df = 26, P<0.0001; I(2) = 85.98%, pooled samples in upright balance tasks: Tau(2) = 0.09; Chi(2) = 101.57, df = 13, P<0.001; I(2) = 72.67%, and in elderly in upright balance tasks: Tau(2) = 0.16; Chi(2) = 39.42, df = 5, P<0.001; I(2) = 83.05%. No effect was shown for walking tasks: Tau(2) = 0.00; Chi(2) = 3.45, df = 4, P = 0.27, I(2) = 22.99%. Data provides unequivocal support for utilizing textured materials in young healthy populations for improving perceptual-motor performance. Future research is needed in young healthy populations under conditions where visual and proprioceptive information is challenged, as in high-speed movements, or where use of equipment mediates the performer-environment interaction or where dysfunctional information sources 'compete' for attention. In elderly and ailing populations data suggests further research is required to better understand contexts where texture can facilitate improved perceptual-motor performance.
authors.affiliation: Centre d'Etude des Transformations des Activités Physiques et Sportives (CETAPS)-EA 3832, Faculty of Sports Sciences, University of Rouen, Rouen, Haute-Normandie, France. d.orth@qut.edu.au
authors.forename: Dominic
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Orth
authors.forename: Keith
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Davids
authors.forename: Jon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wheat
authors.forename: Ludovic
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Seifert
authors.forename: Jarmo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liukkonen
authors.forename: Timo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jaakkola
authors.forename: Derek
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ashford
authors.forename: Graham
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kerr
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D004856:Postural Balance; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D011984:Sensory Receptor Cells / Q000502:physiology; D014785:Vision, Ocular; D016138:Walking; D055815:Young Adult
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