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Jayasinghe SAL, Sainburg RL, Sarlegna FR. Role of proprioception in corrective visually-guided movements: larger movement errors in both arms of a deafferented individual compared to control participants. Exp Brain Res 2024; 242:2329-2340. [PMID: 39110161 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-024-06901-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2024] [Accepted: 07/23/2024] [Indexed: 09/26/2024]
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Proprioception plays an important role in both feedforward and feedback processes underlying movement control. This has been shown with individuals who suffered a profound proprioceptive loss and use vision to partially compensate for the sensory loss. The purpose of this study was to specifically examine the role of proprioception in feedback motor responses to visual perturbations by examining voluntary arm movements in an individual with a rare case of selective peripheral deafferentation (GL). We compared her left and right hand movements with those of age-matched female control participants (70.0 years ± 0.2 SEM) during a reaching task. Participants were asked to move their unseen hand, represented by a cursor on the screen, quickly and accurately to reach a visual target. A visual perturbation could be pseudorandomly applied, at movement onset, to either the target position (target jump) or the cursor position (cursor jump). Results showed that despite the continuous visual feedback that was provided, GL produced larger errors in final position accuracy compared to control participants, with her left nondominant hand being more erroneous after a cursor jump. We also found that the proprioceptively-deafferented individual produced less spatially efficient movements than the control group. Overall, these results provide evidence of a heavier reliance on proprioceptive feedback for movements of the nondominant hand relative to the dominant hand, supporting the view of a lateralization of the feedback processes underlying motor control.
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- Shanie A L Jayasinghe
- Division of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
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- Department of Neurology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
- Department of Kinesiology, Pennsylvania State University, State College, University Park, PA, USA
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Liang SGS, Fan ESL, Lam PK, Kwok WT, Ma CZH, Lam FMH. The effect of adding real-time postural feedback in balance and mobility training in older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Arch Gerontol Geriatr 2024; 123:105439. [PMID: 38643641 DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2024.105439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2024] [Revised: 03/26/2024] [Accepted: 04/05/2024] [Indexed: 04/23/2024]
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OBJECTIVES This study aimed to systematically review the additional value of providing real-time postural feedback during balance and mobility training in older people. METHODS PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, and Web-of-Science were searched from inception to August 2023. Studies comparing the effectiveness of feedback-based versus non-feedback-based postural balance or mobility training on balance or mobility outcomes were selected. Similar outcomes were pooled in meta-analyses using a random-effect model. The quality of evidence for available outcomes was rated by Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE). RESULTS Eight studies were identified with 203 subjects. Two studies showed that providing postural feedback immediately improved stability in static balance and gait. For the post-training effect, however, no significant change was found in trunk movement during single-leg standing (i.e., pitch angle, MD=0.65, 95 %CI=-0.77 to 2.07, low-quality; roll angle, MD=0.96, 95 %CI=-0.87 to 2.80, moderate-quality), in the Mini-BESTest (MD=1.88, 95 %CI=-0.05 to 3.80, moderate-quality), and in balance confidence (MD=0.29, 95 %CI=-3.43 to 4.2, moderate-quality). A worsened functional reach distance was associated with providing feedback during balance training (MD=-3.26, 95 %CI=-6.31 to -0.21, high-quality). Meta-analyses on mobility outcomes were mostly insignificant, except for the trunk-roll angle of walking (MD=0.87, 95 %CI=0.05 to 1.70, low-quality) and trunk-pitch angle of walking with head-turning (MD=1.87, 95 %CI=0.95 to 2.79, moderate-quality). CONCLUSION Adding real-time postural feedback to balance and mobility training might immediately improve stability in balance and mobility in older people. However, mixed results were reported for its post-training effect.
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- Sam Guo-Shi Liang
- Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
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Magnani FG, Cacciatore M, Barbadoro F, Ippoliti C, Leonardi M. Sense of ownership influence on tactile perception: Is the predictive coding account valid for the somatic rubber hand Illusion? Conscious Cogn 2024; 123:103710. [PMID: 38870729 DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2024.103710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2024] [Revised: 05/08/2024] [Accepted: 06/04/2024] [Indexed: 06/15/2024]
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According to the predictive coding account, the attenuation of tactile perception on the hand exposed to the visuo-tactile Rubber Hand Illusion (vtRHI) relies on a weight increase of visual information deriving from the fake hand and a weight decrease of tactile information deriving from the individual's hand. To explore if this diametrical modulation persists in the absence of vision when adopting the somatic RHI (sRHI), we recorded tactile acuity measures before and after both RHI paradigms in 31 healthy individuals, hypothesizing a weight decrease for somatosensory information deriving from the hand undergoing the illusion and a weight increase for those deriving from the contralateral hand in the sRHI. Our results showed a significant overall decrease in tactile acuity on the hand undergoing the illusion whilst no changes emerged on the contralateral hand during sRHI. Since the sRHI was not accompanied by the hand spatial remapping, despite the generation of the feeling of ownership toward the fake hand, we hypothesized spatial remapping might play a pivotal role in determining sensory information weight attribution.
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- Francesca G Magnani
- SC Neurologia, Salute Pubblica, Disabilità - Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- SC Neurologia, Salute Pubblica, Disabilità - Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy.
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- SC Neurologia, Salute Pubblica, Disabilità - Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- SC Neurologia, Salute Pubblica, Disabilità - Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- SC Neurologia, Salute Pubblica, Disabilità - Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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Sakurai M, Spitzley KA, Karduna AR. Awareness of Visual Offset Reduces but Does Not Eliminate Joint Repositioning Errors in Virtual Reality. J Mot Behav 2024; 56:592-599. [PMID: 39014967 DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2024.2368120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2024] [Revised: 05/16/2024] [Accepted: 06/07/2024] [Indexed: 07/18/2024]
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The present study investigated the effect of visual offset (visuo-proprioceptive mismatch) in joint repositioning task in a three-dimensional virtual reality (VR) environment when participants were instructed to ignore vision. Twenty-five physically healthy young individuals performed shoulder joint position sense test. Repositioning accuracy was tested under two visual conditions, accurate and offset visions, and two instructions, no guidance or ignore vision. In accurate vision trials, the virtual hand of the tested limb seen in VR was congruent with where the participant placed their hand. In the offset vision condition, the virtual hand was seen 8° above or below their actual hand in the vertical plane. Repositioning error (i.e. constant error) in offset vision trials was lower when the participants were instructed to ignore vision compared to when no instruction about the visual offset was given (p < 0.001). However, constant error in offset vision trials was larger than accurate vision trials when the participants tried to ignore vision in both visual conditions (p < 0.001). Our results suggest that humans may be able to down-weight vision to some extent by conscious effort, while the influence of vision is difficult to eliminate when vision is present.
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- Motoki Sakurai
- Department of Human Physiology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA
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- Department of Human Physiology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA
- Slocum Research and Education Foundation, Eugene, Oregon, USA
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- Department of Human Physiology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA
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Oancea G, Manzone DM, Tremblay L. Short-Term Modulation of Online Monocular Visuomotor Function. J Mot Behav 2024:1-10. [PMID: 38275206 DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2024.2306322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2023] [Accepted: 01/11/2024] [Indexed: 01/27/2024]
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Previous literature suggests that correcting ongoing movements is more effective when using the dominant limb and seeing with the dominant eye. Specifically, individuals are more effective at adjusting their movement to account for an imperceptibly perturbed or changed target location (i.e., online movement correction), when vision is available to the dominant eye. However, less is known if visual-motor functions based on monocular information can undergo short-term neuroplastic changes after a bout of practice, to improve online correction processes. Participants (n = 12) performed pointing movements monocularly and their ability to correct their movement towards an imperceptibly displaced target was assessed. On the first day, the eye associated with smaller correction amplitudes was exclusively trained during acquisition. While correction amplitude was assessed again with both eyes monocularly, only the eye with smaller correction amplitudes in the pre-test showed significant improvement in delayed retention. These results indicate that monocular visuomotor pathways can undergo short-term neuroplastic changes.
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- Gabriela Oancea
- Perceptual Motor Behaviour Laboratory, Centre for Motor Control, Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Perceptual Motor Behaviour Laboratory, Centre for Motor Control, Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Perceptual Motor Behaviour Laboratory, Centre for Motor Control, Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Mortaza N, Passmore SR, Glazebrook CM. Adapting to Altered Sensory Input: Effects of Induced Paresthesia on Goal-Directed Movement Planning and Execution. Brain Sci 2023; 13:1341. [PMID: 37759942 PMCID: PMC10526316 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci13091341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2023] [Revised: 09/12/2023] [Accepted: 09/16/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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The current study investigated how temporarily induced paresthesia in the moving limb affects the performance of a goal-directed target aiming task. Three-dimensional displacement data of 14 neurotypical participants were recorded while they pointed to a target on a computer monitor in four conditions: (i) paresthesia-full-vision; (ii) paresthesia-without-target vision; (iii) no-paresthesia-full-vision; (iv) no paresthesia-without-target vision. The four conditions were blocked and counterbalanced such that participants performed the paresthesia and no-paresthesia conditions on two separate days. To assess how aiming performance changed in the presence of paresthesia, we compared early versus late performance (first and last 20% of trials). We found that endpoint accuracy and movement speed were reduced in the presence of paresthesia, but only without target vision. With repetition, participants adjusted their movement performance strategy, such that with induced paresthesia, they used a movement strategy that included more pre-planned movements that depended less on online control.
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- Niyousha Mortaza
- Program of Applied Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada
- Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada; (S.R.P.); (C.M.G.)
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- Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada; (S.R.P.); (C.M.G.)
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- Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada; (S.R.P.); (C.M.G.)
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Horváth Á, Ferentzi E, Ragó A, Köteles F. The retention of proprioceptive information is suppressed by competing verbal and spatial task. Q J Exp Psychol (Hove) 2023; 76:783-791. [PMID: 35410549 PMCID: PMC10031633 DOI: 10.1177/17470218221096251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Proprioceptive information makes us able to perceive the position of our joints from an internal point of view. In the certain cases, proprioceptive information has to be stored in short-term memory, for example, during the learning of new motor skills or the assessment of proprioceptive accuracy. However, there are contradictory findings about the modality-specific storage of proprioceptive information in working memory. In this preregistered study, we applied the interference paradigm, assessing proprioceptive memory capacity in the subdominant elbow joint for 35 young individuals in five different experimental conditions: (a) without competing task/interference (baseline condition), (b) with motor interference, (c) with spatial interference, (d) with visual interference, and (e) with verbal interference. Proprioceptive span was lower in the verbal and spatial interference condition than in the baseline condition, whereas no significant differences were found for the motor and visual conditions. These results indicate that individuals use verbal and spatial strategies to encode proprioceptive information in short-term memory, and, in contrast to our expectation, the motor subsystem of working memory is not substantially involved in this process.
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- Áron Horváth
- Doctoral School of Psychology, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Budapest, Hungary
- Institute of Health Promotion and Sport Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Health Promotion and Sport Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Psychology, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Health Promotion and Sport Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Budapest, Hungary
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Nieto-Guisado A, Solana-Tramunt M, Marco-Ahulló A, Sevilla-Sánchez M, Cabrejas C, Campos-Rius J, Morales J. The Mediating Role of Vision in the Relationship between Proprioception and Postural Control in Older Adults, as Compared to Teenagers and Younger and Middle-Aged Adults. Healthcare (Basel) 2022; 10:103. [PMID: 35052267 PMCID: PMC8776119 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare10010103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2021] [Revised: 12/30/2021] [Accepted: 01/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The aim of this study is to analyze the mediating role of vision in the relationship between conscious lower limb proprioception (dominant knee) and bipedal postural control (with eyes open and closed) in older adults, as compared with teenagers, younger adults and middle-aged adults. METHODS The sample consisted of 119 healthy, physically active participants. Postural control was assessed using the bipedal Romberg test with participants' eyes open and closed on a force platform. Proprioception was measured through the ability to reposition the knee at 45°, measured with the Goniometer Pro application's goniometer. RESULTS The results showed an indirect relationship between proprioception and postural control with closed eyes in all age groups; however, vision did not mediate this relationship. CONCLUSIONS Older adults outperformed only teenagers on the balance test. The group of older adults was the only one that did not display differences with regard to certain variables when the test was done with open or closed eyes. It seems that age does not influence performance on proprioception tests. These findings help us to optimize the design of training programs for older adults and suggest that physical exercise is a protective factor against age-related decline.
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- Ainhoa Nieto-Guisado
- Department of Sports Sciences, FPCEE Blanquerna, Ramon Llull University, 08022 Barcelona, Spain; (A.N.-G.); (C.C.); (J.C.-R.); (J.M.)
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- Department of Sports Sciences, FPCEE Blanquerna, Ramon Llull University, 08022 Barcelona, Spain; (A.N.-G.); (C.C.); (J.C.-R.); (J.M.)
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- Department of Neuropsychology, Methodology, Social and Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Catholic University of Valencia, 46001 Valencia, Spain;
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- Department of Sports Sciences, FPCEE Blanquerna, Ramon Llull University, 08022 Barcelona, Spain; (A.N.-G.); (C.C.); (J.C.-R.); (J.M.)
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- Department of Sports Sciences, FPCEE Blanquerna, Ramon Llull University, 08022 Barcelona, Spain; (A.N.-G.); (C.C.); (J.C.-R.); (J.M.)
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- Department of Sports Sciences, FPCEE Blanquerna, Ramon Llull University, 08022 Barcelona, Spain; (A.N.-G.); (C.C.); (J.C.-R.); (J.M.)
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Kumawat AS, Manson GA, Welsh TN, Tremblay L. Detecting Endpoint Error of an Ongoing Reaching Movement: the Role of Vision, Proprioception, and Efference. J Mot Behav 2021; 54:457-465. [PMID: 34913850 DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2021.2013767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Brief windows of vision presented during reaching movements contribute to endpoint error estimates. It is not clear whether such error detection processes depend on other sources of information (e.g., proprioception and efference). In the current study, participants were presented with a brief window of vision and then judged whether their movement endpoint under- or over-shot the target after: 1) performing an active reach; 2) being passively guided by a robotic arm; and 3) observing a fake hand moved by the robot arm. Participants were most accurate at estimating their endpoint error in the active movement conditions and least accurate in the action observation condition. Thus, both efferent and proprioceptive information significantly contribute to endpoint error detection processes even with brief visual feedback.
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- Animesh Singh Kumawat
- Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,School of Kinesiology & Health Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Shafer RL, Wang Z, Bartolotti J, Mosconi MW. Visual and somatosensory feedback mechanisms of precision manual motor control in autism spectrum disorder. J Neurodev Disord 2021; 13:32. [PMID: 34496766 PMCID: PMC8427856 DOI: 10.1186/s11689-021-09381-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2021] [Accepted: 08/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) show deficits processing sensory feedback to reactively adjust ongoing motor behaviors. Atypical reliance on visual and somatosensory feedback each have been reported during motor behaviors in ASD suggesting that impairments are not specific to one sensory domain but may instead reflect a deficit in multisensory processing, resulting in reliance on unimodal feedback. The present study tested this hypothesis by examining motor behavior across different visual and somatosensory feedback conditions during a visually guided precision grip force test. METHODS Participants with ASD (N = 43) and age-matched typically developing (TD) controls (N = 23), ages 10-20 years, completed a test of precision gripping. They pressed on force transducers with their index finger and thumb while receiving visual feedback on a computer screen in the form of a horizontal bar that moved upwards with increased force. They were instructed to press so that the bar reached the level of a static target bar and then to hold their grip force as steadily as possible. Visual feedback was manipulated by changing the gain of the force bar. Somatosensory feedback was manipulated by applying 80 Hz tendon vibration at the wrist to disrupt the somatosensory percept. Force variability (standard deviation) and irregularity (sample entropy) were examined using multilevel linear models. RESULTS While TD controls showed increased force variability with the tendon vibration on compared to off, individuals with ASD showed similar levels of force variability across tendon vibration conditions. Individuals with ASD showed stronger age-associated reductions in force variability relative to controls across conditions. The ASD group also showed greater age-associated increases in force irregularity relative to controls, especially at higher gain levels and when the tendon vibrator was turned on. CONCLUSIONS Our findings that disrupting somatosensory feedback did not contribute to changes in force variability or regularity among individuals with ASD suggests a reduced ability to integrate somatosensory feedback information to guide ongoing precision manual motor behavior. We also document stronger age-associated gains in force control in ASD relative to TD suggesting delayed development of multisensory feedback control of motor behavior.
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- Robin L Shafer
- Life Span Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
- Kansas Center for Autism Research and Training (K-CART), University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
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- Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
- Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Life Span Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
- Kansas Center for Autism Research and Training (K-CART), University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
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- Life Span Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.
- Kansas Center for Autism Research and Training (K-CART), University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.
- Clinical Child Psychology Program, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.
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Spitzley KA, Karduna AR. Joint Position Accuracy Is Influenced by Visuoproprioceptive Congruency in Virtual Reality. J Mot Behav 2021; 54:92-101. [PMID: 34121630 DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2021.1916425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Weighted integration of visual and proprioceptive information is important in movement planning and execution. The present study used a virtual reality system to determine how upper limb movement consistency and accuracy are altered when (a) vision of the limb is removed and (b) proprioception and vision of the limb are misaligned. A one degree of freedom upper limb movement task was performed under three visual conditions of the limb; accurate vision, no vision, and offset vision. Movement consistency was unaltered by the change in visual condition. Compared to the accurate vision condition, movement accuracy was unchanged in the no vision condition but decreased with a visual offset. When available, vision was relied upon more heavily than proprioception for task completion.
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- Kate A Spitzley
- Department of Human Physiology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA
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- Department of Human Physiology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA
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Goodman R, Tremblay L. Older adults rely on somatosensory information from the effector limb in the planning of discrete movements to somatosensory cues. Exp Gerontol 2021; 150:111310. [PMID: 33741455 DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2021.111310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2020] [Revised: 02/16/2021] [Accepted: 03/08/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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While younger and older adults can perform upper-limb reaches to spatial targets with comparable endpoint accuracy (i.e., Helsen et al., 2016; Goodman et al., 2020), movement planning (i.e., reaction time) is significantly longer in older versus younger adults (e.g., Pohl et al., 1996; Goodman et al., 2020). Critically relevant to the current study, age-related differences in reaction time are even greater when older adults plan movement towards somatosensory versus visual or bimodal targets in the absence of vision of the moving limb (e.g., Goodman et al., 2020). One proposed explanation of these lengthened reaction times to somatosensory targets is that older adults may be experiencing challenges in implementing sensorimotor transformations when planning discrete movements of their unseen limb. To test this idea and assess the contributions of somatosensory information to these motor planning processes, tendon vibration was applied to the muscles of the effector limb between reaching movements made towards visual, somatosensory, or bimodal targets. The results revealed that older adults show the greatest increases in reaction times when vibration was applied during the preparation of movements to somatosensory targets. Further, both older and younger adults exhibited decreased movement endpoint precision when tendon vibration was applied. However, only older adults showed significantly lower movement endpoint precision due to tendon vibration when making movements to somatosensory targets, versus both visual and bimodal targets. These results corroborate previous evidence that older adults have difficulties planning upper-limb movements to somatosensory targets. As well, these results yielded novel evidence that such motor planning processes in older adult rely on somatosensory cues from the effector limb.
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- Rachel Goodman
- Perceptual Motor Behaviour Laboratory, Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto, Canada; Centre for Motor Control, University of Toronto, Canada.
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- Perceptual Motor Behaviour Laboratory, Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto, Canada; Centre for Motor Control, University of Toronto, Canada
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Ferrari F, Shell CE, Thumser ZC, Clemente F, Plow EB, Cipriani C, Marasco PD. Proprioceptive Augmentation With Illusory Kinaesthetic Sensation in Stroke Patients Improves Movement Quality in an Active Upper Limb Reach-and-Point Task. Front Neurorobot 2021; 15:610673. [PMID: 33732129 PMCID: PMC7956990 DOI: 10.3389/fnbot.2021.610673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2020] [Accepted: 02/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Stroke patients often have difficulty completing motor tasks even after substantive rehabilitation. Poor recovery of motor function can often be linked to stroke-induced damage to motor pathways. However, stroke damage in pathways that impact effective integration of sensory feedback with motor control may represent an unappreciated obstacle to smooth motor coordination. In this study we investigated the effects of augmenting movement proprioception during a reaching task in six stroke patients as a proof of concept. We used a wearable neurorobotic proprioceptive feedback system to induce illusory kinaesthetic sensation by vibrating participants' upper arm muscles over active limb movements. Participants were instructed to extend their elbow to reach-and-point to targets of differing sizes at various distances, while illusion-inducing vibration (90 Hz), sham vibration (25 Hz), or no vibration was applied to the distal tendons of either their biceps brachii or their triceps brachii. To assess the impact of augmented kinaesthetic feedback on motor function we compared the results of vibrating the biceps or triceps during arm extension in the affected arm of stroke patients and able-bodied participants. We quantified performance across conditions and participants by tracking limb/hand kinematics with motion capture, and through Fitts' law analysis of reaching target acquisition. Kinematic analyses revealed that injecting 90 Hz illusory kinaesthetic sensation into the actively contracting (agonist) triceps muscle during reaching increased movement smoothness, movement directness, and elbow extension. Conversely, injecting 90 Hz illusory kinaesthetic sensation into the antagonistic biceps during reaching negatively impacted those same parameters. The Fitts' law analyses reflected similar effects with a trend toward increased throughput with triceps vibration during reaching. Across all analyses, able-bodied participants were largely unresponsive to illusory vibrational augmentation. These findings provide evidence that vibration-induced movement illusions delivered to the primary agonist muscle involved in active movement may be integrated into rehabilitative approaches to help promote functional motor recovery in stroke patients.
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Affiliation(s)
- Francesca Ferrari
- The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy.,Department of Excellence in Robotics & A.I., Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy
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- Laboratory for Bionic Integration, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Lerner Research Institute-Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, United States.,Advanced Platform Technology Center, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Laboratory for Bionic Integration, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Lerner Research Institute-Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, United States.,Research Service, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy.,Department of Excellence in Robotics & A.I., Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Lerner Research Institute-Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, United States.,Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy.,Department of Excellence in Robotics & A.I., Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy
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- Laboratory for Bionic Integration, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Lerner Research Institute-Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, United States.,Advanced Platform Technology Center, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, United States
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Phillips D, Zahariev A, Karduna A. Shoulder Joint Position Sense Can Be Reduced by Sensory Reference Frame Transformations. Percept Mot Skills 2021; 128:938-951. [PMID: 33593118 DOI: 10.1177/0031512521993040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Joint position sense (JPS) is commonly evaluated using an angle replication protocol with vision occluded. However, multiple sources of sensory information are integrated when moving limbs accurately, not just proprioception. The purpose of this study was to examine different availability of vision during an active JPS protocol at the shoulder. Specifically, the effects of four conditions of vision availability were examined for three target shoulder elevation angles (50°, 70° & 90°): vision occluded continuously (P-P); vision available continuously (VP-VP); vision occluded only during target memorization (P-VP); and vision occluded only during target position replication (VP-P). There were 18 participants (M age = 21, SD = 1 years). We used separate repeated ANOVAs to examine the effect of condition and target angle on participants' absolute error (AE, a measure of accuracy) and constant error (CE, a measure of directional bias). We found a significant main effect for condition and angle for both dependent variables (p < 0.01), and follow-up analysis indicated that participants were most accurate in the VP-VP condition and least accurate in the P-VP condition. Further follow-up analysis showed that accuracy improved with higher target elevation angles, consistent with previous research findings. Constant error results were similar, as there was a prominent tendency to overshoot the target. Unsurprisingly, participants performed best at the angle replication protocol with their eyes open. However, while accuracy was reduced when vision was occluded during target memorization, it was restored during target replication. This finding may have indicated an accuracy cost due to introduced noise when transforming sensory information from a proprioceptive reference frame into a visual reference frame.
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- David Phillips
- Department of Exercise Science and Physical Education, Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey, United States
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- Department of Human Physiology, University of Oregon , Eugene, United States
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- Department of Human Physiology, University of Oregon , Eugene, United States
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Manzone DM, Tremblay L. Contributions of exercise-induced fatigue versus intertrial tendon vibration on visual-proprioceptive weighting for goal-directed movement. J Neurophysiol 2020; 124:802-814. [PMID: 32755335 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00263.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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It has been argued that exercise-induced muscle fatigue and tendon vibration can alter proprioceptive estimates of limb position. While exercise-induced muscle fatigue may also affect central efferent processes related to limb position sense, tendon vibration specifically targets peripheral afferent signals. It is unclear, however, whether either of these perturbations (i.e., muscle fatigue or tendon vibration) can alter the multisensory weighting processes preceding goal-directed movements. The current study sought to specifically explore visual-proprioceptive weighting before or after eccentric exercise-induced antagonist muscle fatigue (experiment 1) versus with or without intertrial simultaneous agonist-antagonist tendon vibration (experiment 2). To assess sensory weighting, a visual-proprioceptive mismatch between the participant's actual initial starting position and the associated visual cursor position was employed. This method provides an estimate of the participant's reliance on the proprioceptive or visual starting limb position for their aiming movements. Although there was clear evidence of muscle fatigue, there was no systematic alteration of proprioceptive weighting after eccentric exercise and no relationship between sensory weighting and the level of fatigue. On the other hand, participants' reliance on their actual (proprioceptive) limb position was systematically reduced when exposed to agonist-antagonist tendon vibration before each aiming movement. These findings provide seminal evidence that intertrial tendon vibration, but not exercise-induced fatigue, can alter the reliability of proprioceptive estimates and the relative contributions of visual and proprioceptive information for goal-directed movement.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Previous work has used muscle fatigue or tendon vibration to perturb proprioceptive limb position estimates. This study sought to determine whether exercise-induced muscle fatigue versus intertrial tendon vibration can alter multisensory weighting for upper limb-aiming movements. By introducing a discrepancy between participants' actual proprioceptive and visual finger position, this study provides seminal evidence for the reduction of proprioceptive-to-visual weighting using intertrial tendon vibration but no evidence for a systematic reduction following exercise-induced fatigue.
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- Damian M Manzone
- Perceptual Motor Behaviour Laboratory, Centre for Motor Control, Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Perceptual Motor Behaviour Laboratory, Centre for Motor Control, Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Visual feedback from a virtual body modulates motor illusion induced by tendon vibration. PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH 2020; 85:926-938. [DOI: 10.1007/s00426-020-01366-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2019] [Accepted: 05/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Glazebrook CM, Brown K, Prime SL, Passmore SR, Marotta JJ. Both reaching and grasping are impacted by temporarily induced paresthesia. Somatosens Mot Res 2020; 37:106-116. [PMID: 32312126 DOI: 10.1080/08990220.2020.1750359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Along with visual feedback, somatosensory feedback provides the nervous system with information regarding movement performance. Somatosensory system damage disrupts the normal feedback process, which can lead to a pins and needles sensation, or paresthaesia, and impaired movement control. The present study assessed the impact of temporarily induced median nerve paresthaesia, in individuals with otherwise intact sensorimotor function, on goal-directed reaching and grasping movements. Healthy, right-handed participants performed reach and grasp movements to five wooden Efron shapes, of which three were selected for analysis. Participants performed the task without online visual feedback and in two somatosensory conditions: 1) normal; and 2) disrupted somatosensory feedback. Disrupted somatosensory feedback was induced temporarily using a Digitimer (DS7AH) constant current stimulator. Participants' movements to shapes 15 or 30 cm to the right of the hand's start position were recorded using a 3 D motion analysis system at 300 Hz (Optotrak 3 D Investigator). Analyses revealed no significant differences for reaction time. Main effects for paresthaesia were observed for temporal and spatial aspects of the both the reach and grasp components of the movements. Although participants scaled their grip aperture to shape size under paresthaesia, the movements were smaller and more variable. Overall participants behaved as though they perceived they were performing larger and faster movements than they actually were. We suggest the presence of temporally induced paresthaesia affected online control by disrupting somatosensory feedback of the reach and grasp movements, ultimately leading to smaller forces and fewer corrective movements.
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- Cheryl M Glazebrook
- Perceptual Motor Integration Lab, Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Perceptual Motor Integration Lab, Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Neurocognition and Psychophysics Laboratory, Department of Psychology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.,Perception and Action Lab, Department of Psychology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Perceptual Motor Behaviour Lab, Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Perception and Action Lab, Department of Psychology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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Two types of memory-based (pantomime) reaches distinguished by gaze anchoring in reach-to-grasp tasks. Behav Brain Res 2020; 381:112438. [PMID: 31857149 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2019.112438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2019] [Revised: 12/13/2019] [Accepted: 12/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Comparisons of target-based reaching vs memory-based (pantomime) reaching have been used to obtain insight into the visuomotor control of reaching. The present study examined the contribution of gaze anchoring, reaching to a target that is under continuous gaze, to both target-based and memory-based reaching. Participants made target-based reaches for discs located on a table or food items located on a pedestal or they replaced the objects. They then made memory-based reaches in which they pantomimed their target-based reaches. Participants were fitted with hand sensors for kinematic tracking and an eye tracker to monitor gaze. When making target-based reaches, participants directed gaze to the target location from reach onset to offset without interrupting saccades. Similar gaze anchoring was present for memory-based reaches when the surface upon which the target had been placed remained. When the target and its surface were both removed there was no systematic relationship between gaze and the reach. Gaze anchoring was also present when participants replaced a target on a surface, a movement featuring a reach but little grasp. That memory-based reaches can be either gaze anchor-associated or gaze anchor-independent is discussed in relation to contemporary views of the neural control of reaching.
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Howard CM, Smith LL, Coslett HB, Buxbaum LJ. The role of conflict, feedback, and action comprehension in monitoring of action errors: Evidence for internal and external routes. Cortex 2019; 115:184-200. [PMID: 30831536 DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2019.01.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2018] [Revised: 12/10/2018] [Accepted: 01/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The mechanisms and brain regions underlying error monitoring in complex action are poorly understood, yet errors and impaired error correction in these tasks are hallmarks of apraxia, a common disorder associated with left hemisphere stroke. Accounts of monitoring of language posit an internal route by which production planning or competition between candidate representations provide predictive signals that monitoring is required to prevent error, and an external route in which output is monitored using the comprehension system. Abnormal reliance on the external route has been associated with damage to brain regions critical for sensory-motor transformation and a pattern of gradual error 'clean-up' called conduite d'approche (CD). Action pantomime data from 67 participants with left hemisphere stroke were consistent with versions of internal route theories positing that competition signals monitoring requirements. Support Vector Regression Lesion Symptom Mapping (SVR-LSM) showed that lesions in the inferior parietal, posterior temporal, and arcuate fasciculus/superior longitudinal fasciculus predicted action conduite d'approche, overlapping the regions previously observed in the language domain. A second experiment with 12 patients who produced substantial action CD assessed whether factors impacting the internal route (action production ability, competition) versus external route (vision of produced actions, action comprehension) influenced correction attempts. In these 'high CD' patients, vision of produced actions and integrity of gesture comprehension interacted to determine successful error correction, supporting external route theories. Viewed together, these and other data suggest that skilled actions are monitored both by an internal route in which conflict aids in detection and correction of errors during production planning, and an external route that detects mismatches between produced actions and stored knowledge of action appearance. The parallels between language and action monitoring mechanisms and neuroanatomical networks pave the way for further exploration of common and distinct processes across these domains.
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- Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute, Elkins Park, PA, USA
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Juravle G, Colino FL, Meleqi X, Binsted G, Farnè A. Vision facilitates tactile perception when grasping an object. Sci Rep 2018; 8:15653. [PMID: 30353083 PMCID: PMC6199312 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-33916-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2018] [Accepted: 10/07/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Tactile sensitivity measured on the hand is significantly decreased for a moving (MH), as opposed to a resting hand (RH). This process (i.e., tactile suppression) is affected by the availability of visual information during goal-directed action. However, the timing of the contribution of visual information is currently unclear for reach-to-grasp movements, especially in the period before the digits land on the object to grasp it. Here participants reached for, grasped, and lifted an object placed in front of them in conditions of full/limited vision. Tactile perception was assessed by measures of signal detection theory (d' & c'). Electro-cutaneous stimulation could be delivered/not at the MH/RH, either during movement preparation, execution, before grasping, or while lifting the object. Results confirm tactile gating at the MH. This result is accompanied by a significant conservative criterion shift at the MH for the latter movement stages. Importantly, visual information enhances MH sensitivity just before grasping the object, but also improves RH sensitivity, during object lift. These findings reveal that tactile suppression is shaped by visual inputs at critical action stages. Further, they indicate that such a time-dependent modulation from vision to touch extends beyond the MH, suggesting a dynamic monitoring of the grasp space.
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- Georgiana Juravle
- Integrative Multisensory Perception Action & Cognition Team - ImpAct, Lyon Neuroscience Research Center, INSERM U1028, CNRS U5292, Lyon, France.
- University of Lyon 1, Lyon, France.
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- Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada
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- Faculty of Health and Social Development, School of Health and Exercise Sciences, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, Canada
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- Integrative Multisensory Perception Action & Cognition Team - ImpAct, Lyon Neuroscience Research Center, INSERM U1028, CNRS U5292, Lyon, France
- University of Lyon 1, Lyon, France
- Hospices Civils de Lyon, Mouvement & Handicap, Neuro-immersion, Lyon, France
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Avanzino L, Fiorio M, Conte A. Actual and Illusory Perception in Parkinson's Disease and Dystonia: A Narrative Review. Front Neurol 2018; 9:584. [PMID: 30079051 PMCID: PMC6062595 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2018.00584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2018] [Accepted: 06/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Sensory information is continuously processed so as to allow behavior to be adjusted according to environmental changes. Before sensory information reaches the cortex, a number of subcortical neural structures select the relevant information to send to be consciously processed. In recent decades, several studies have shown that the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease (PD) and dystonia involve sensory processing abnormalities related to proprioceptive and tactile information. These abnormalities emerge from psychophysical testing, mainly temporal discrimination, as well as from experimental paradigms based on bodily illusions. Although the link between proprioception and movement may be unequivocal, how temporal tactile information abnormalities and bodily illusions relate to motor disturbances in PD and dystonia is still a matter of debate. This review considers the role of altered sensory processing in the pathophysiology of movement disorders, focusing on how sensory alteration patterns differ between PD and dystonia. We also discuss the evidence available and the potential for developing new therapeutic strategies based on the manipulation of multi-sensory information and bodily illusions in patients with these movement disorders.
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- Laura Avanzino
- Section of Human Physiology, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
- IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy
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