Some call Clock Yourself an exercise app. Some call it a brain game. Can’t it be both? Made by @MegLowryPT to make exercise fun. Scaleable for EVERYONE. $3USD
The Clock Yourself app trains FAST steps in UNANTICIPATED directions.
It is unapologetically 'low-tech", leveraging 12 coordinates of an imaginary clockface so there's no need to wire up mats & sensors.
#Versatile#Exergame#ReactionTimeTraining
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A thought provoking blog.
For those clinicians who haven’t considered this before; Clock Yourself is a metronome app dressed up with fun cognitive challenges to make exercises more engaging and improve adherence.
You can absolutely apply it to tendonopathy rehab.
What causes muscle inhibition in tendinopathy? Corticospinal inhibition, right?
And how do we fix it? Metronome stair climbing or calf or quads oscillations, right?
Well, it is not that simple
In this blog we unpack muscle inhibition in tendinopathy.
tendinopathyrehab.com/blog/n…
I use @clock_yourself app and some printouts I made. No fancy lights but I argue more mentally challenging and you get same reactiveness.
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Physio/S&C tweeps: I was about to buy some BlazePods but I see they have got a bit sneaky and now in addition to a high purchase price they are asking for a monthly subscription
What's your alternative recommendations?
BJSM published a whopping big review on exercise and cognition.
#Exergames had the largest effect on general cognition and memory.
Clock Yourself is an exergame designed to make exercise fun while you work on your cognitive processing & stepping speed
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Hi colleagues.
Sorry for my absence. I intended to take a short hiatus from twitter when Elon got involved, and then I just didn't miss it.
@MegLowryPT was deleted at some point🤷♀️
Is this there a better platform for academic/professional exchange or is this still it?
Delighted to see that our paper is one of the most downloaded articles @JBiomech
Great to know that so many people are interested in it and hoping that calculation, interpretation and reporting become more consistent with time!
Train anticipatory control. Learn proactively shift your weight or move your body prior to making movements that make you unstable. Here's an idea for practicing anticipatory control. If you don't have fancy light thingys, use the app @clock_yourself. youtu.be/AnZxei9rJr4
The Clock Yourself app trains FAST steps in UNANTICIPATED directions.
It is unapologetically 'low-tech", leveraging 12 coordinates of an imaginary clockface so there's no need to wire up mats & sensors.
#Versatile#Exergame#ReactionTimeTraining
👉🏻 m.youtube.com/watch?v=uvLu4O…
A clockface is a familiar mental model for most people. But it embodies a lot of symbolism that requires some higher executive cognitive skills to make sense of it.
The different levels of the @clock_yourself exercise app either simplify the clock, or add cognitive complexity.
Older adults should perform resistance exercise for many different health benefits, but I get tired of seeing bold claims that strength exercise reduces fall risk without any further nuance/context (as in this recent infographic from doi-org.mu.idm.oclc.org/10.1…) Our best evidence...
Generous sharing of downloadable resources that can be used with the Clock Yourself app for various cognitive loading exercises.
#NeuroPT#GeriPT#MindMotorExercise
Thank you for the mention Dr.Burcal. True credit to you all who produce research; I just regurgitate. Linked are 2 resources that I pair w/ @clock_yourself. 2 sets of colors in case they memorize. Prints dbl sided
Markers: bit.ly/3gSWzZl
Colors: bit.ly/3j19Mlw
Step response training
Clock Yourself is my favourite rehab app… simple but effective to incorporate skill progressions based on:
✅ Planned to random
✅ Dual tasking / cognitive load
✅ Step speed
Plus it’s easy to quantify volume…
…and clients love it!