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Cullen KE. Vestibular motor control. HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL NEUROLOGY 2023; 195:31-54. [PMID: 37562876 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-98818-6.00022-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/12/2023]
Abstract
The vestibular system is an essential sensory system that generates motor reflexes that are crucial for our daily activities, including stabilizing the visual axis of gaze and maintaining head and body posture. In addition, the vestibular system provides us with our sense of movement and orientation relative to space and serves a vital role in ensuring accurate voluntary behaviors. Neurophysiological studies have provided fundamental insights into the functional circuitry of vestibular motor pathways. A unique feature of the vestibular system compared to other sensory systems is that the same central neurons that receive direct input from the afferents of the vestibular component of the 8th nerve can also directly project to motor centers that control vital vestibular motor reflexes. In turn, these reflexes ensure stabilize gaze and the maintenance of posture during everyday activities. For instance, a direct three-neuron pathway mediates the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) pathway to provide stable gaze. Furthermore, recent studies have advanced our understanding of the computations performed by the cerebellum and cortex required for motor learning, compensation, and voluntary movement and navigation. Together, these findings have provided new insights into how the brain ensures accurate self-movement during our everyday activities and have also advanced our knowledge of the neurobiological mechanisms underlying disorders of vestibular processing.
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- Kathleen E Cullen
- Departments of Biomedical Engineering, of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, and of Neuroscience; Kavli Neuroscience Discovery Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States.
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Fears NE, Templin TN, Sherrod GM, Bugnariu NL, Patterson RM, Miller HL. Autistic Children Use Less Efficient Goal-Directed Whole Body Movements Compared to Neurotypical Development. J Autism Dev Disord 2022:10.1007/s10803-022-05523-0. [PMID: 35441912 DOI: 10.1007/s10803-022-05523-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Autistic children have differences in their movements which impact their functional performance. Virtual-reality enables researchers to study movement in safe, engaging environments. We used motion-capture to measure how 7-13-year-old autistic and neurotypical children make whole-body movements in a virtual-reality task. Although children in both groups were successful, we observed differences in their movements. Autistic children were less efficient moving to the target. Autistic children did not appear to use a movement strategy. While neurotypical children were more likely to overshoot near targets and undershoot far targets, autistic children did not modulate their strategy. Using kinematic data from tasks in virtual-reality, we can begin to understand the pattern of movement challenges experienced by autistic children.
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- Nicholas E Fears
- School of Health Professions, University of North Texas Health Science Center, 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, TX, 76109, USA
- School of Kinesiology, University of Michigan, 830 N. University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI, 48170, USA
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- School of Health Professions, University of North Texas Health Science Center, 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, TX, 76109, USA
- Southwest Research Institute, 6220 Culebra Rd., San Antonio, TX, 78238, USA
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- School of Health Professions, University of North Texas Health Science Center, 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, TX, 76109, USA
- University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1720 University Blvd., Birmingham, AL, 35294, USA
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- School of Health Professions, University of North Texas Health Science Center, 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, TX, 76109, USA
- School of Health Sciences, University of the Pacific, 155 Fifth St., San Francisco, CA, 94103, USA
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- University of North Texas Health Science Center, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, TX, 76109, USA
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- School of Health Professions, University of North Texas Health Science Center, 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, TX, 76109, USA.
- School of Kinesiology, University of Michigan, 830 N. University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI, 48170, USA.
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Khanafer S, Sveistrup H, Levin MF, Cressman EK. Age-related changes in upper limb coordination in a complex reaching task. Exp Brain Res 2021; 239:2285-2294. [PMID: 34081178 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-021-06143-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2020] [Accepted: 05/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
When reaching to targets within arm's reach, intentional trunk motion must be neutralized by compensatory motion of the upper limb (UL). Advanced age has been associated with deterioration in the coordination of multi-joint UL movements. In the current study, we looked to determine if older adults also have difficulties modifying their UL movements (i.e., coordination between the shoulder and elbow joints), during a complex reaching task when trunk motion is manipulated. Two groups of healthy participants were recruited: 18 young (mean age = 24.28 ± 2.89 years old) and 18 older (mean age = 72.11 ± 2.39 years old) adults. Participants reached to a target with their eyes closed, while simultaneously moving the trunk forward. In 40% of trials, the trunk motion was unexpectedly blocked. Participants performed the task with both their dominant and non-dominant arms, and at a preferred and fast speed. All participants were able to coordinate motion at the elbow and shoulder joints in a similar manner and modify this coordination in accordance with motion at the trunk, regardless of the hand used or speed of movement. Specifically, in reaches that involved forward trunk motion (free-trunk trials), all participants demonstrated increased elbow flexion (i.e., less elbow extension) compared to blocked-trunk trials. In contrast, when trunk motion was blocked (blocked-trunk trials), all reaching movements were accompanied by increased shoulder horizontal adduction. While coordination of UL joints was similar across older and young adults, the extent of changes at the elbow and shoulder was smaller and less consistent in older adults compared to young participants, especially when trunk motion was involved. These results suggest that older adults can coordinate their UL movements based on task requirements, but that their performance is not as consistent as young adults.
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- Sajida Khanafer
- School of Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa, 125 University, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada
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- School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- School of Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa, 125 University, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada.
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Hasanbarani F, Batalla MAP, Feldman AG, Levin MF. Mild Stroke Affects Pointing Movements Made in Different Frames of Reference. Neurorehabil Neural Repair 2021; 35:207-219. [PMID: 33514272 PMCID: PMC7934162 DOI: 10.1177/1545968321989348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
Abstract
Background Motor performance is a complex process controlled in task-specific spatial frames of reference (FRs). Movements can be made within the framework of the body (egocentric FR) or external space (exocentric FR). People with stroke have impaired reaching, which may be related to deficits in movement production in different FRs. Objective To characterize rapid motor responses to changes in the number of degrees of freedom for movements made in different FRs and their relationship with sensorimotor and cognitive impairment in individuals with mild chronic stroke. Methods Healthy and poststroke individuals moved their hand along the contralateral forearm (egocentric task) and between targets in the peripersonal space (exocentric task) without vision while flexing the trunk. Trunk movement was blocked in randomized trials. Results For the egocentric task, controls produced the same endpoint trajectories in both conditions (free- and blocked-trunk) by preserving similar shoulder-elbow interjoint coordination (IJC). However, endpoint trajectories were dissimilar because of altered IJC in stroke. For the exocentric task, controls produced the same endpoint trajectories when the trunk was free or blocked by rapidly changing the IJC, whereas this was not the case in stroke. Deficits in exocentric movement after stroke were related to cognitive but not sensorimotor impairment. Conclusions Individuals with mild stroke have deficits rapidly responding to changing conditions for complex reaching tasks. This may be related to cognitive deficits and limitations in the regulation of tonic stretch reflex thresholds. Such deficits should be considered in rehabilitation programs encouraging the reintegration of the affected arm into activities of daily living.
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- Fariba Hasanbarani
- School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada.,Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal, CRIR, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada.,Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal, CRIR, Montréal, QC, Canada.,Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Limburg, Netherlands
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal, CRIR, Montréal, QC, Canada.,Department of Neuroscience, University of Montréal, QC, Canada
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- School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada.,Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal, CRIR, Montréal, QC, Canada
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Martin CZ, Lapierre P, Haché S, Lucien D, Green AM. Vestibular contributions to online reach execution are processed via mechanisms with knowledge about limb biomechanics. J Neurophysiol 2021; 125:1022-1045. [PMID: 33502952 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00688.2019] [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: 11/22/2022] Open
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Studies of reach control with the body stationary have shown that proprioceptive and visual feedback signals contributing to rapid corrections during reaching are processed by neural circuits that incorporate knowledge about the physical properties of the limb (an internal model). However, among the most common spatial and mechanical perturbations to the limb are those caused by our body's own motion, suggesting that processing of vestibular signals for online reach control may reflect a similar level of sophistication. We investigated this hypothesis using galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) to selectively activate the vestibular sensors, simulating body rotation, as human subjects reached to remembered targets in different directions (forward, leftward, rightward). If vestibular signals contribute to purely kinematic/spatial corrections for body motion, GVS should evoke reach trajectory deviations of similar size in all directions. In contrast, biomechanical modeling predicts that if vestibular processing for online reach control takes into account knowledge of the physical properties of the limb and the forces applied on it by body motion, then GVS should evoke trajectory deviations that are significantly larger during forward and leftward reaches as compared with rightward reaches. When GVS was applied during reaching, the observed deviations were on average consistent with this prediction. In contrast, when GVS was instead applied before reaching, evoked deviations were similar across directions, as predicted for a purely spatial correction mechanism. These results suggest that vestibular signals, like proprioceptive and visual feedback, are processed for online reach control via sophisticated neural mechanisms that incorporate knowledge of limb biomechanics.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Studies examining proprioceptive and visual contributions to rapid corrections for externally applied mechanical and spatial perturbations during reaching have provided evidence for flexible processing of sensory feedback that accounts for musculoskeletal system dynamics. Notably, however, such perturbations commonly arise from our body's own motion. In line with this, we provide compelling evidence that, similar to proprioceptive and visual signals, vestibular signals are processed for online reach control via sophisticated mechanisms that incorporate knowledge of limb biomechanics.
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- Christophe Z Martin
- Département de Neurosciences, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Département de Neurosciences, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Département de Neurosciences, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Département de Neurosciences, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Département de Neurosciences, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Alouche SR, Molad R, Demers M, Levin MF. Development of a Comprehensive Outcome Measure for Motor Coordination; Step 1: Three-Phase Content Validity Process. Neurorehabil Neural Repair 2020; 35:185-193. [PMID: 33349134 DOI: 10.1177/1545968320981955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND Motor coordination, the ability to produce context-dependent organized movements in spatial and temporal domains, is impaired after neurological injuries. Outcome measures assessing coordination mostly quantify endpoint performance variables (ie, temporal qualities of whole arm movement) but not movement quality (ie, trunk and arm joint displacements). OBJECTIVE To develop an outcome measure to assess coordination of multiple body segments at both endpoint trajectory and movement quality levels, based on observational kinematics, in adults with neurological injuries. METHODS A 3-phase study was used to develop the Comprehensive Coordination Scale (CCS): instrument development, Delphi process, and focus group meeting. The CCS was constructed from common tests used in clinical practice and research. Rating scales for different behavioral elements were developed to guide analysis. For content validation, 8 experts (ie, neurological clinicians/researchers) answered questionnaires about relevance, comprehension, and feasibility of each test and rating scale. A focus group conducted with 6 of 8 experts obtained consensus on rating scale and instruction wording, and identified gaps. Three additional experts reviewed the revised CCS content to obtain a final version. RESULTS Experts identified a gap regarding assessment of hand/finger coordination. The CCS final version is composed of 6 complementary tests of coordination: finger-to-nose, arm-trunk, finger, lower extremity, and 2- and 4-limb interlimb coordination. Constructs include spatial and temporal variables totaling 69 points. Higher scores indicate better performance. CONCLUSIONS The CCS may be an important, understandable and feasible outcome measure to assess spatial and temporal coordination. CCS measurement properties are presented in the companion article.
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- Sandra R Alouche
- Universidade Cidade de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.,McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital Site of Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital Site of Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital Site of Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital Site of Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Aasa B, Sandlund J, Rudolfsson T, Aasa U. Acuity of goal-directed arm movements and movement control; evaluation of differences between patients with persistent neck/shoulder pain and healthy controls. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOTHERAPY 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/21679169.2020.1785004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- Björn Aasa
- Department of Surgical and Perioperative Sciences, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Department of Occupational Health Sciences and Psychology, University of Gävle, Gävle, Sweden
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- Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Ezeukwu OA, Ojukwu CP, Okemuo AJ, Anih CF, Ikele IT, Chukwu SC. Biomechanical analysis of the three recommended breastfeeding positions. Work 2020; 66:183-191. [DOI: 10.3233/wor-203162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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- Department of Medical Rehabilitation, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, Enugu State, Nigeria
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- Department of Medical Rehabilitation, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, Enugu State, Nigeria
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- Department of Medical Rehabilitation, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, Enugu State, Nigeria
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Muraoka T, Kurtzer I. Spinal Circuits Mediate a Stretch Reflex Between the Upper Limbs in Humans. Neuroscience 2020; 431:115-127. [PMID: 32062020 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2020.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2019] [Revised: 01/29/2020] [Accepted: 02/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
Abstract
Inter-limb reflexes play an important role in coordinating behaviors involving different limbs. Previous studies have demonstrated that human elbow muscles express an inter-limb stretch reflex at long-latency (50-100 ms), a timing consistent with a trans-cortical linkage. Here we probe for inter-limb stretch reflexes in the shoulder muscles of human participants. Unexpected torque pulses displaced one or both shoulders while participants adopted a steady posture against background torques. The results demonstrated inter-limb stretch reflexes occurring at short-latency for both shoulder extensors and flexors; the rapid timing (36-50 ms) must involve a spinal linkage for the two arms. Inter-limb stretch reflexes were also observed at long-latency yet they were opposite to the preceding short-latency; when the short-latency stretch reflex was excitatory then the long-latency stretch reflex was inhibitory and vice versa. Comparing the responses to contralateral arm displacement to those during simultaneous displacement of both arms revealed that inhibitory inter-limb stretch reflexes are independent of within-limb stretch reflexes, but that excitatory inter-limb stretch reflexes are suppressed by within-limb stretch reflexes. Our results provide the first demonstration of short-latency inter-limb stretch reflexes in the upper limb of humans and reveal interacting spinal circuits for within-limb and inter-limb stretch reflexes.
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- Tetsuro Muraoka
- College of Economics, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Biomedical Sciences, New York Institute of Technology - College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, New York, USA.
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, New York Institute of Technology - College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, New York, USA
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Subramanian SK, Baniña MC, Sambasivan K, Haentjens K, Finestone HM, Sveistrup H, Levin MF. Motor-Equivalent Intersegmental Coordination Is Impaired in Chronic Stroke. Neurorehabil Neural Repair 2020; 34:210-221. [PMID: 31976815 DOI: 10.1177/1545968319899912] [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: 11/15/2022]
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Background. Kinematic abundance permits using different movement patterns for task completion. Individuals poststroke may take advantage of abundance by using compensatory trunk displacement to overcome upper limb (UL) movement deficits. However, movement adaptation in tasks requiring specific intersegment coordination may remain limited. Objective. We tested movement adaptation in both arms of individuals with chronic stroke (n = 16) and nondominant arms of controls (n = 12) using 2 no-vision reaching tasks involving trunk movement (40 trials/arm). Methods. In the "stationary hand task" (SHT), subjects maintained the hand motionless over a target while leaning the trunk forward. In the "reaching hand task" (RHT), subjects reached to the target while leaning forward. For both tasks, trunk movement was unexpectedly blocked in 40% of trials to assess the influence of trunk movement on adaptive arm positioning or reaching. UL sensorimotor impairment, activity, and sitting balance were assessed in the stroke group. The primary outcome measure for SHT was gain (g), defined as the extent to which trunk displacement contributing to hand motion was offset by appropriate changes in UL movements (g = 1: complete compensation) and endpoint deviation for RHT. Results. Individuals poststroke had lower gains and greater endpoint deviation using the more-affected compared with less-affected UL and controls. Those with less sensorimotor impairment, greater activity levels, and better sitting balance had higher gains and smaller endpoint deviations. Lower gains were associated with diminished UL adaptability. Conclusions. Tests of condition-specific adaptability of interjoint coordination may be used to measure UL adaptability and changes in adaptability with treatment.
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- Sandeep K Subramanian
- Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital site of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation (CRIR), Laval, Quebec, Canada
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- Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital site of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation (CRIR), Laval, Quebec, Canada.,McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital site of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation (CRIR), Laval, Quebec, Canada.,McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital site of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation (CRIR), Laval, Quebec, Canada.,McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,Élisabeth Bruyère Hospital, Bruyère Continuing Care, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.,Bruyère Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital site of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation (CRIR), Laval, Quebec, Canada.,McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Oostwoud Wijdenes L, van Beers RJ, Medendorp WP. Vestibular modulation of visuomotor feedback gains in reaching. J Neurophysiol 2019; 122:947-957. [DOI: 10.1152/jn.00616.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
Abstract
Humans quickly and sophisticatedly correct their movements in response to changes in the world, such as when reaching to a target that abruptly changes its location. The vigor of these movement corrections is time-dependent, increasing if the time left to make the correction decreases, which can be explained by optimal feedback control (OFC) theory as an increase of optimal feedback gains. It is unknown whether corrections for changes in the world are as sophisticated under full-body motion. For successful visually probed motor corrections during full-body motion, not only the motion of the hand relative to the body needs to be taken into account, but also the motion of the hand in the world should be considered, because their relative positions are changing. Here, in two experiments, we show that visuomotor feedback corrections in response to target jumps are more vigorous for faster passive full-body translational acceleration than for slower acceleration, suggesting that vestibular information modulates visuomotor feedback gains. Interestingly, these corrections do not demonstrate the time-dependent characteristics that body-stationary visuomotor feedback gains typically show, such that an optimal feedback control model fell short to explain them. We further show that the vigor of corrections generally decreased over the course of trials within the experiment, suggesting that the sensorimotor system adjusted its gains when learning to integrate the vestibular input into hand motor control. NEW & NOTEWORTHY Vestibular information is used in the control of reaching movements to world-stationary visual targets, while the body moves. Here, we show that vestibular information also modulates the corrective reach responses when the target changes position during the body motion: visuomotor feedback gains increase for faster body acceleration. Our results suggest that vestibular information is integrated into fast visuomotor control of reaching movements.
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- Leonie Oostwoud Wijdenes
- Radboud University, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Radboud University, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Department of Human Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Radboud University, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Age differences in arm–trunk coordination during trunk-assisted reaching. Exp Brain Res 2018; 237:223-236. [DOI: 10.1007/s00221-018-5412-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2018] [Accepted: 10/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Chiou SY, Strutton PH, Perez MA. Crossed corticospinal facilitation between arm and trunk muscles in humans. J Neurophysiol 2018; 120:2595-2602. [PMID: 29847230 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00178.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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A voluntary contraction of muscles with one arm increases the excitability of corticospinal projections to the contralateral resting arm, a phenomenon known as crossed facilitation. Although many motor tasks engage simultaneous activation of the arm and trunk, interactions between corticospinal projections targeting these segments remain largely unknown. Using transcranial magnetic stimulation over the trunk representation of the primary motor cortex, we examined motor-evoked potentials (MEPs) in the resting erector spinae (ES) muscle when the contralateral arm remained at rest or performed 20% of isometric maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) into index finger abduction, thumb abduction, elbow flexion, and elbow extension. We found that MEP size in the ES increased during all voluntary contractions, with greater facilitation occurring during elbow flexion and index finger abduction. To further examine the origin of changes in MEP size, we measured short-interval intracortical inhibition (SICI) and cervicomedullary MEPs (CMEPs) in the ES muscle during elbow flexion and index finger abduction and when the arm remained at rest. Notably, SICI decreased and CMEPs remained unchanged in the ES during both voluntary contractions compared with rest, suggesting a cortical origin for the effects. Our findings reveal crossed facilitatory interactions between trunk extensor and proximal and distal arm muscles, particularly for elbow flexor and index finger muscles, likely involving cortical mechanisms. These interactions might reflect the different role of these muscles during functionally relevant arm and trunk movements. NEW & NOTEWORTHY Many of the tasks of daily life involve simultaneous activation of the arm and trunk. We found that responses in the erector spinae muscles evoked by motor cortical stimulation increased in size during elbow flexion and extension and during index finger abduction and thumb abduction. Crossed facilitation with the trunk was more pronounced during elbow flexion and index finger abduction. These results might reflect the different role of these muscles during arm and trunk movements.
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- Shin-Yi Chiou
- Faculty of Medicine, The Nick Davey Laboratory, Division of Surgery, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London , London , United Kingdom.,Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Systems Neuroscience Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Faculty of Medicine, The Nick Davey Laboratory, Division of Surgery, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London , London , United Kingdom
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Systems Neuroscience Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.,Department of Neurological Surgery, The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami , Miami, Florida.,Bruce W. Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Miami, Florida
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Viaro R, Bonazzi L, Maggiolini E, Franchi G. Cerebellar Modulation of Cortically Evoked Complex Movements in Rats. Cereb Cortex 2018; 27:3525-3541. [PMID: 27329134 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhw167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Intracortical microstimulation (ICMS) delivered to the motor cortex (M1) via long- or short-train duration (long- or short-duration ICMS) can evoke coordinated complex movements or muscle twitches, respectively. The role of subcortical cerebellar input in M1 output, in terms of long- and short-duration ICMS-evoked movement and motor skill performance, was evaluated in rats with bilateral lesion of the deep cerebellar nuclei. After the lesion, distal forelimb movements were seldom observed, and almost 30% of proximal forelimb movements failed to match criteria defining the movement class observed under control conditions. The classifiable movements could be evoked in different cortical regions with respect to control and many kinematic variables were strongly affected. Furthermore, movement endpoints within the rat's workspace shrunk closer to the body, while performance in the reaching/grasping task worsened. Surprisingly, neither the threshold current values for evoking movements nor the overall size of forelimb movement representation changed with respect to controls in either long- or short-duration ICMS. We therefore conclude that cerebellar input via the motor thalamus is crucial for expressing the basic functional features of the motor cortex.
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- Riccardo Viaro
- Department of Biomedical and Specialty Surgical Sciences, Section of Human Physiology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.,Center for Translational Neurophysiology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Specialty Surgical Sciences, Section of Human Physiology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Center for Translational Neurophysiology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Specialty Surgical Sciences, Section of Human Physiology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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Tomita Y, Mullick AA, Levin MF. Reduced Kinematic Redundancy and Motor Equivalence During Whole-Body Reaching in Individuals With Chronic Stroke. Neurorehabil Neural Repair 2018; 32:175-186. [DOI: 10.1177/1545968318760725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Yosuke Tomita
- McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital Site, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal (CRIR), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital Site, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal (CRIR), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital Site, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal (CRIR), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Principles of Motor Recovery After Neurological Injury Based on a Motor Control Theory. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2017; 957:121-140. [PMID: 28035563 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-47313-0_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/04/2023]
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Problems of neurological rehabilitation are considered based on two levels of the International Classification of Functioning (ICF)-Body Structures and Function level and Activity level-and modulating factors related to the individual and the environment. Specifically, at the Body Structures and Function level, problems addressed include spasticity, muscle weakness, disordered muscle activation patterns and disruptions in coordinated movement. At the Activity level, deficits in multi-joint and multi-segment upper limb reaching movements are reviewed. We address how physiologically well established principles in the control of actions, Threshold Control and Referent Control as outlined in the Equilibrium-Point theory can help advance the understanding of underlying deficits that may limit recovery at each level.
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Lei Y, Perez MA. Phase-dependent deficits during reach-to-grasp after human spinal cord injury. J Neurophysiol 2017; 119:251-261. [PMID: 28931614 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00542.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Most cervical spinal cord injuries result in asymmetrical functional impairments in hand and arm function. However, the extent to which reach-to-grasp movements are affected in humans with incomplete cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) remains poorly understood. Using kinematics and electromyographic (EMG) recordings in hand and arm muscles we studied the different phases of unilateral self-paced reach-to-grasp movements (arm acceleration, hand opening and closing) to a small cylinder in the more and less affected arms of individuals with cervical SCI and in age-matched controls. We found that SCI subjects showed prolonged movement duration in both arms during arm acceleration, and hand opening and closing compared with controls. Notably, the more affected arm showed an additional increase in movement duration at the time to close the hand compared with the less affected arm. Also, the time at which the index finger and thumb contacted the object and the variability of finger movement trajectory were increased in the more compared with the less affected arm of SCI participants. Participants with prolonged movement duration during hand closing were those with more pronounced deficits in sensory function. The muscle activation ratio between the first dorsal interosseous and abductor pollicis brevis muscles decreased during hand closing in the more compared with the less affected arm of SCI participants. Our results suggest that deficits in movement kinematics during reach-to-grasp movements are more pronounced at the time to close the hand in the more affected arm of SCI participants, likely related to deficits in EMG muscle activation and sensory function. NEW & NOTEWORTHY Humans with cervical spinal cord injury usually present asymmetrical functional impairments in hand and arm function. Here, we demonstrate for the first time that deficits in movement kinematics during reaching and grasping movements are more pronounced at the time to close the hand in the more affected arm of spinal cord injury. We suggest that this is in part related to deficits in muscle activation ratios between hand muscles and a decrease in sensory function.
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- Yuming Lei
- University of Miami, Department of Neurological Surgery, The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, Miami, Florida.,Bruce W. Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center , Miami, Florida
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- University of Miami, Department of Neurological Surgery, The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, Miami, Florida.,Bruce W. Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center , Miami, Florida
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Tomita Y, Feldman AG, Levin MF. Referent control and motor equivalence of reaching from standing. J Neurophysiol 2016; 117:303-315. [PMID: 27784802 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00292.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2016] [Accepted: 10/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Motor actions may result from central changes in the referent body configuration, defined as the body posture at which muscles begin to be activated or deactivated. The actual body configuration deviates from the referent configuration, particularly because of body inertia and environmental forces. Within these constraints, the system tends to minimize the difference between these configurations. For pointing movement, this strategy can be expressed as the tendency to minimize the difference between the referent trajectory (RT) and actual trajectory (QT) of the effector (hand). This process may underlie motor equivalent behavior that maintains the pointing trajectory regardless of the number of body segments involved. We tested the hypothesis that the minimization process is used to produce pointing in standing subjects. With eyes closed, 10 subjects reached from a standing position to a remembered target located beyond arm length. In randomly chosen trials, hip flexion was unexpectedly prevented, forcing subjects to take a step during pointing to prevent falling. The task was repeated when subjects were instructed to intentionally take a step during pointing. In most cases, reaching accuracy and trajectory curvature were preserved due to adaptive condition-specific changes in interjoint coordination. Results suggest that referent control and the minimization process associated with it may underlie motor equivalence in pointing. NEW & NOTEWORTHY Motor actions may result from minimization of the deflection of the actual body configuration from the centrally specified referent body configuration, in the limits of neuromuscular and environmental constraints. The minimization process may maintain reaching trajectory and accuracy regardless of the number of body segments involved (motor equivalence), as confirmed in this study of reaching from standing in young healthy individuals. Results suggest that the referent control process may underlie motor equivalence in reaching.
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- Yosuke Tomita
- School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal, Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital, Laval, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; and.,Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal, Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital, Laval, Quebec, Canada
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- School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; .,Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal, Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital, Laval, Quebec, Canada
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Hondzinski JM, Soebbing CM, French AE, Winges SA. Different damping responses explain vertical endpoint error differences between visual conditions. Exp Brain Res 2016; 234:1575-87. [DOI: 10.1007/s00221-015-4546-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2015] [Accepted: 12/23/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Srinivasan D, Mathiassen SE, Samani A, Madeleine P. Effects of concurrent physical and cognitive demands on arm movement kinematics in a repetitive upper-extremity precision task. Hum Mov Sci 2015; 42:89-99. [DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2015.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2015] [Revised: 05/05/2015] [Accepted: 05/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Srinivasan D, Rudolfsson T, Mathiassen SE. Between- and within-subject variance of motor variability metrics in females performing repetitive upper-extremity precision work. J Electromyogr Kinesiol 2015; 25:121-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2014.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2014] [Revised: 10/09/2014] [Accepted: 10/20/2014] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Budri M, Lodi E, Franchi G. Sensorimotor restriction affects complex movement topography and reachable space in the rat motor cortex. Front Syst Neurosci 2014; 8:231. [PMID: 25565987 PMCID: PMC4264501 DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2014.00231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2014] [Accepted: 11/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Long-duration intracortical microstimulation (ICMS) studies with 500 ms of current pulses suggest that the forelimb area of the motor cortex is organized into several spatially distinct functional zones that organize movements into complex sequences. Here we studied how sensorimotor restriction modifies the extent of functional zones, complex movements, and reachable space representation in the rat forelimb M1. Sensorimotor restriction was achieved by means of whole-forelimb casting of 30 days duration. Long-duration ICMS was carried out 12 h and 14 days after cast removal. Evoked movements were measured using a high-resolution 3D optical system. Long-term cast caused: (i) a reduction in the number of sites where complex forelimb movement could be evoked; (ii) a shrinkage of functional zones but no change in their center of gravity; (iii) a reduction in movement with proximal/distal coactivation; (iv) a reduction in maximal velocity, trajectory and vector length of movement, but no changes in latency or duration; (v) a large restriction of reachable space. Fourteen days of forelimb freedom after casting caused: (i) a recovery of the number of sites where complex forelimb movement could be evoked; (ii) a recovery of functional zone extent and movement with proximal/distal coactivation; (iii) an increase in movement kinematics, but only partial restoration of control rat values; (iv) a slight increase in reachability parameters, but these remained far below baseline values. We pose the hypothesis that specific aspects of complex movement may be stored within parallel motor cortex re-entrant systems.
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- Mirco Budri
- Section of Human Physiology, Department of Biomedical and Specialty Surgical Sciences, University of Ferrara Ferrara, Italy
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- Section of Human Physiology, Department of Biomedical and Specialty Surgical Sciences, University of Ferrara Ferrara, Italy
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- Section of Human Physiology, Department of Biomedical and Specialty Surgical Sciences, University of Ferrara Ferrara, Italy
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Yoo WG. Comparison of Reaching Velocity, Upper Trunk Movement, and Center of Force Movement between a Dominant and Nondominant Hand Reaching Task. J Phys Ther Sci 2014; 26:1547-8. [PMID: 25364108 PMCID: PMC4210393 DOI: 10.1589/jpts.26.1547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2014] [Accepted: 04/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to compare the reaching velocity of the upper
trunk and the center of force (COF) during a reaching task with the dominant and
nondominant hands. [Subjects] Ten males between the ages of 20 and 30 years participated
in this study. [Methods] This study measured the reaching velocity, upper trunk movement,
and center of force movement during a reaching task using the dominant and nondominant
hands. [Results] There was no significant difference in reaching velocity between the
dominant and nondominant hands in the reaching task. The forward movement of the upper
trunk and COF movement in reaching with nondominant hand were significantly decreased
compared with those of the dominant hand. [Conclusion] Therefore, when evaluating the
reaching performance of patients clinically, it is necessary to evaluate trunk movement,
reaching velocity, and the subsequent movement of the body center.
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- Won-Gyu Yoo
- Department of Physical Therapy, College of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Inje University, Republic of Korea
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Itaguchi Y, Fukuzawa K. Hand-use and tool-use in grasping control. Exp Brain Res 2014; 232:3613-22. [PMID: 25081103 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-014-4053-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2014] [Accepted: 07/22/2014] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Yoshihiro Itaguchi
- Psychology Section, Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Waseda University, 1-24-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo, 162-8644, Japan,
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Togo S, Kagawa T, Uno Y. Change of a motor synergy for dampening hand vibration depending on a task difficulty. Exp Brain Res 2014; 232:3101-9. [PMID: 24894587 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-014-3994-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2013] [Accepted: 05/13/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The present study investigated the relationship between the number of usable degrees of freedom (DOFs) and joint coordination during a human-dampening hand vibration task. Participants stood on a platform generating an anterior-posterior directional oscillation and held a water-filled cup. Their usable DOFs were changed under the following conditions of limb constraint: (1) no constraint; (2) ankle constrained; and (3) ankle-knee constrained. Kinematic whole-body data were recorded using a three-dimensional position measurement system. The jerk of each body part was evaluated as an index of oscillation intensity. To quantify joint coordination, an uncontrolled manifold (UCM) analysis was applied and the variance of joints related to hand jerk divided into two components: a UCM component that did not affect hand jerk and an orthogonal (ORT) component that directly affected hand jerk. The results showed that hand jerk when the task used a cup filled with water was significantly smaller than when a cup containing stones was used, regardless of limb constraint condition. Thus, participants dampened their hand vibration utilizing usable joint DOFs. According to UCM analysis, increasing the oscillation velocity and the decrease in usable DOFs by the limb constraints led to an increase of total variance of the joints and the UCM component, indicating that a synergy-dampening hand vibration was enhanced. These results show that the variance of usable joint DOFs is more fitted to the UCM subspace when the joints are varied by increasing the velocity and limb constraints and suggest that humans adopt enhanced synergies to achieve more difficult tasks.
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- Shunta Togo
- Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8603, Japan,
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Paclet F, Ambike S, Zatsiorsky VM, Latash ML. Enslaving in a serial chain: interactions between grip force and hand force in isometric tasks. Exp Brain Res 2013; 232:775-87. [PMID: 24309747 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-013-3787-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2013] [Accepted: 11/18/2013] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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This study was motivated by the double action of extrinsic hand muscles that produce grip force and also contribute to wrist torque. We explored interactions between grip force and wrist torque in isometric force production tasks. In particular, we tested a hypothesis that an intentional change in one of the two kinetic variables would produce an unintentional change in the other (enslaving). When young healthy subjects produced accurate changes in the grip force, only minor effects on the force produced by the hand (by wrist flexion/extension action) were observed. In contrast, a change in the hand force produced consistent changes in grip force in the same direction. The magnitude of such unintentional grip force change was stronger for intentional hand force decrease as compared to hand force increase. These effects increased with the magnitude of the initial grip force. When the subjects were asked to produce accurate total force computed as the sum of the hand and grip forces, strong negative covariation between the two forces was seen across trials interpreted as a synergy stabilizing the total force. An index of this synergy was higher in the space of "modes," hypothetical signals to the two effectors that could be changed by the controller one at a time. We interpret the complex enslaving effects (positive force covariation) as conditioned by typical everyday tasks. The presence of synergic effects (negative, task-specific force covariation) can be naturally interpreted within the referent configuration hypothesis.
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- Florent Paclet
- Department of Kinesiology, Rec.Hall-268N, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
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Shaikh T, Goussev V, Feldman AG, Levin MF. Arm-trunk coordination for beyond-the-reach movements in adults with stroke. Neurorehabil Neural Repair 2013; 28:355-66. [PMID: 24270057 DOI: 10.1177/1545968313510973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND By involving additional degrees of freedom, the nervous system may preserve hand trajectories when making pointing movements with or without trunk displacement. Previous studies indicate that the potential contribution of trunk movement to hand displacement for movements made within arm reach is neutralized by appropriate compensatory shoulder and elbow rotations. For beyond-the-reach movements, compensatory coordination is attenuated after the hand peak velocity, allowing trunk movement to contribute to hand displacement. OBJECTIVE To investigate if the timing and spatial coordination of arm and trunk movements during beyond-the-reach movements is preserved in stroke. METHODS Eleven healthy control subjects and 11 individuals with mild-to-moderate chronic unilateral hemiparesis participated. Arm and trunk kinematics during 60 target reaches to an ipsilaterally placed target were recorded. In 30% of randomly chosen trials, trunk movement was unexpectedly prevented (blocked-trunk trials) by an electromagnetic device, resulting in divergence of the hand trajectory from that in free-trunk trials. Hand trajectories and elbow-shoulder interjoint coordination were compared between trials. RESULTS In stroke participants, hand trajectory divergence occurred at a shorter movement extent and interjoint coordination patterns diverged at a relatively greater distance compared to controls. Thus, arm movements in stroke participants only partially compensated trunk displacement resulting in the trunk movement contributing to arm movement earlier and to a larger extent during reaching. CONCLUSION Individuals with mild-to-moderate stroke have deficits in timing and spatial coordination of arm and trunk movements during different parts of a reaching movement. This deficit may be targeted in therapy to improve upper limb function.
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Wilhelm L, Zatsiorsky VM, Latash ML. Equifinality and its violations in a redundant system: multifinger accurate force production. J Neurophysiol 2013; 110:1965-73. [PMID: 23904497 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00461.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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We explored a hypothesis that transient perturbations applied to a redundant system result in equifinality in the space of task-related performance variables but not in the space of elemental variables. The subjects pressed with four fingers and produced an accurate constant total force level. The "inverse piano" device was used to lift and lower one of the fingers smoothly. The subjects were instructed "not to intervene voluntarily" with possible force changes. Analysis was performed in spaces of finger forces and finger modes (hypothetical neural commands to fingers) as elemental variables. Lifting a finger led to an increase in its force and a decrease in the forces of the other three fingers; the total force increased. Lowering the finger back led to a drop in the force of the perturbed finger. At the final state, the sum of the variances of finger forces/modes computed across repetitive trials was significantly higher than the variance of the total force/mode. Most variance of the individual finger force/mode changes between the preperturbation and postperturbation states was compatible with constant total force. We conclude that a transient perturbation applied to a redundant system leads to relatively small variance in the task-related performance variable (equifinality), whereas in the space of elemental variables much more variance occurs that does not lead to total force changes. We interpret the results within a general theoretical scheme that incorporates the ideas of hierarchically organized control, control with referent configurations, synergic control, and the uncontrolled manifold hypothesis.
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- Luke Wilhelm
- Department of Kinesiology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania; and
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Development of anticipatory orienting strategies and trajectory formation in goal-oriented locomotion. Exp Brain Res 2013; 227:131-47. [DOI: 10.1007/s00221-013-3495-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2012] [Accepted: 03/17/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Complex movement topography and extrinsic space representation in the rat forelimb motor cortex as defined by long-duration intracortical microstimulation. J Neurosci 2013; 33:2097-107. [PMID: 23365246 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3454-12.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Electrical stimulation of the motor cortex in the rat can evoke complex forelimb multi-joint movements, including movement of limb and paw. In this study, these movements have been quantified in terms of 3D displacement and kinematic variables of two markers positioned on the wrist and middle digits (limb and paw movement, respectively). Electrical microstimulation was applied to the motor cortex using a pulse train of 500 ms duration. Movements were measured using a high-resolution 3D optical system. Five classes of limb movements (abduction, adduction, extension, retraction, elevation) and four classes of paw movements (opening, closure, opening/closure sequence, supination) were described according to their kinematics. A consistent topography of these classes of movements was presented across the motor cortex together with a topography of spatial locations to which the paw was directed. In about one-half of cortical sites, a specific pattern of limb-paw movement combination did exist. Four categories of limb-paw movements resembling behavioral repertoire were identified: reach-shaping, reach-grasp sequence, bring-to-body, and hold-like movement. Overall, the forelimb motor region included: (1) a large caudal forelimb area dominated by reach-shaping movement representation; (2) a small rostral area containing reach-grasp sequence and bring-to-body movement representation; and (3) a more lateral portion where hold-like movement was represented. These results support the view that, in rats, the motor cortex controls forelimb movements at a relatively complex level and suggest that the orderly representation of complex movements and their dynamics/kinematics emerge from the principles of forelimb motor cortex organization.
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Ma HI, Hwang WJ, Wang CY, Fang JJ, Leong IF, Wang TY. Trunk-arm coordination in reaching for moving targets in people with Parkinson's disease: comparison between virtual and physical reality. Hum Mov Sci 2012; 31:1340-52. [PMID: 22513232 DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2011.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2011] [Revised: 09/16/2011] [Accepted: 11/08/2011] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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We used a trunk-assisted prehension task to examine the effect of task (reaching for stationary vs. moving targets) and environmental constraints (virtual reality [VR] vs. physical reality) on the temporal control of trunk and arm motions in people with Parkinson's disease (PD). Twenty-four participants with PD and 24 age-matched controls reached for and grasped a ball that was either stationary or moving along a ramp 120% of arm length away. In a similar VR task, participants reached for a virtual ball that was either stationary or moving. Movement speed was measured as trunk and arm movement times (MTs); trunk-arm coordination was measured as onset interval and offset interval between trunk and arm motions, as well as a summarized index-desynchrony score. In both VR and physical reality, the PD group had longer trunk and arm MTs than the control group when reaching for stationary balls (p<.001). When reaching for moving balls in VR and physical reality, however, the PD group had lower trunk and arm MTs, onset intervals, and desynchrony scores (p<.001). For the PD group, VR induced shorter trunk MTs, shorter offset intervals, and lower desynchrony scores than did physical reality when reaching for moving balls (p<.001). These findings suggest that using real moving targets in trunk-assisted prehension tasks improves the speed and synchronization of trunk and arm motions in people with PD, and that using virtual moving targets may induce a movement termination strategy different from that used in physical reality.
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- Hui-Ing Ma
- Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan.
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Zhou SH, Oetomo D, Tan Y, Burdet E, Mareels I. Modeling individual human motor behavior through model reference iterative learning control. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2012; 59:1892-901. [PMID: 22481807 DOI: 10.1109/tbme.2012.2192437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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A computational model is proposed in this paper to capture learning capacity of a human subject adapting his or her movements in novel dynamics. The model uses an iterative learning control algorithm to represent human learning through repetitive processes. The control law performs adaptation using a model designed using experimental data captured from the natural behavior of the individual of interest. The control signals are used by a model of the body to produced motion without the need of inverse kinematics. The resulting motion behavior is validated against experimental data. This new technique yields the capability of subject-specific modeling of the motor function, with the potential to explain individual behavior in physical rehabilitation.
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- Shou-Han Zhou
- The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic. 3010, Australia.
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Casellato C, Tagliabue M, Pedrocchi A, Papaxanthis C, Ferrigno G, Pozzo T. Reaching while standing in microgravity: a new postural solution to oversimplify movement control. Exp Brain Res 2011; 216:203-15. [PMID: 22159588 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-011-2918-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2010] [Accepted: 10/21/2011] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Many studies showed that both arm movements and postural control are characterized by strong invariants. Besides, when a movement requires simultaneous control of the hand trajectory and balance maintenance, these two movement components are highly coordinated. It is well known that the focal and postural invariants are individually tightly linked to gravity, much less is known about the role of gravity in their coordination. It is not clear whether the effect of gravity on different movement components is such as to keep a strong movement-posture coordination even in different gravitational conditions or whether gravitational information is necessary for maintaining motor synergism. We thus set out to analyze the movements of eleven standing subjects reaching for a target in front of them beyond arm's length in normal conditions and in microgravity. The results showed that subjects quickly adapted to microgravity and were able to successfully accomplish the task. In contrast to the hand trajectory, the postural strategy was strongly affected by microgravity, so to become incompatible with normo-gravity balance constraints. The distinct effects of gravity on the focal and postural components determined a significant decrease in their reciprocal coordination. This finding suggests that movement-posture coupling is affected by gravity, and thus, it does not represent a unique hardwired and invariant mode of control. Additional kinematic and dynamic analyses suggest that the new motor strategy corresponds to a global oversimplification of movement control, fulfilling the mechanical and sensory constraints of the microgravity environment.
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- Claudia Casellato
- Bioengineering Department, NearLab, Politecnico di Milano, P.za Leonardo Da Vinci 32, 20133 Milan, Italy.
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Cluff T, Boulet J, Balasubramaniam R. Learning a stick-balancing task involves task-specific coupling between posture and hand displacements. Exp Brain Res 2011; 213:15-25. [PMID: 21706299 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-011-2768-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2011] [Accepted: 06/09/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Theories of motor learning argue that the acquisition of novel motor skills requires a task-specific organization of sensory and motor subsystems. We examined task-specific coupling between motor subsystems as subjects learned a novel stick-balancing task. We focused on learning-induced changes in finger movements and body sway and investigated the effect of practice on their coupling. Eight subjects practiced balancing a cylindrical wooden stick for 30 min a day during a 20 day learning period. Finger movements and center of pressure trajectories were recorded in every fifth practice session (4 in total) using a ten camera VICON motion capture system interfaced with two force platforms. Motor learning was quantified using average balancing trial lengths, which increased with practice and confirmed that subjects learned the task. Nonlinear time series and phase space reconstruction methods were subsequently used to investigate changes in the spatiotemporal properties of finger movements, body sway and their progressive coupling. Systematic increases in subsystem coupling were observed despite reduced autocorrelation and differences in the temporal properties of center of pressure and finger trajectories. The average duration of these coupled trajectories increased systematically across the learning period. In short, the abrupt transition between coupled and decoupled subsystem dynamics suggested that stick balancing is regulated by a hierarchical control mechanism that switches from collective to independent control of the finger and center of pressure. In addition to traditional measures of motor performance, dynamical analyses revealed changes in motor subsystem organization that occurred when subjects learned a novel stick-balancing task.
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- Tyler Cluff
- Sensorimotor Neuroscience Laboratory, McMaster Institute for Neuroscience Discovery and Study (MiNDS), McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 2K1, Canada.
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Feldman AG. Space and time in the context of equilibrium‐point theory. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS. COGNITIVE SCIENCE 2010; 2:287-304. [DOI: 10.1002/wcs.108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Anatol G. Feldman
- Department of Physiology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, H3C 3T4, Canada
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Fautrelle L, Prablanc C, Berret B, Ballay Y, Bonnetblanc F. Pointing to double-step visual stimuli from a standing position: very short latency (express) corrections are observed in upper and lower limbs and may not require cortical involvement. Neuroscience 2010; 169:697-705. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2010] [Revised: 05/05/2010] [Accepted: 05/07/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Prehension synergies and control with referent hand configurations. Exp Brain Res 2009; 202:213-29. [PMID: 20033397 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-009-2128-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2009] [Accepted: 12/07/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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We used the framework of the equilibrium-point hypothesis (in its updated form based on the notion of referent configuration) to investigate the multi-digit synergies at two levels of a hypothetical hierarchy involved in prehensile actions. Synergies were analyzed at the thumb-virtual finger (VF) level (VF is an imaginary digit with the mechanical action equivalent to that of the four actual fingers) and at the individual finger level. The subjects performed very quick vertical movements of a handle into a target. A load could be attached off-center to provide a pronation or supination torque. In a few trials, the handle was unexpectedly fixed to the table and the digits slipped off the sensors. In such trials, the hand stopped at a higher vertical position and rotated into pronation or supination depending on the expected torque. The aperture showed non-monotonic changes with a large, fast decrease and further increase, ending up with a smaller distance between the thumb and the fingers as compared to unperturbed trials. Multi-digit synergies were quantified using indices of co-variation between digit forces and moments of force across unperturbed trials. Prior to the lifting action, high synergy indices were observed at the individual finger level while modest indices were observed at the thumb-VF level. During the lifting action, the synergies at the individual finger level disappeared while the synergy indices became higher at the thumb-VF level. The results support the basic premise that, within a given task, setting a referent configuration may be described with a few referent values of variables that influence the equilibrium state, to which the system is attracted. Moreover, the referent configuration hypothesis can help interpret the data related to the trade-off between synergies at different hierarchical levels.
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Insights into the control of arm movement during body motion as revealed by EMG analyses. Brain Res 2009; 1309:40-52. [PMID: 19883633 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.10.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2009] [Revised: 10/21/2009] [Accepted: 10/26/2009] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Recent studies have revealed that vestibulomotor transformations contribute to maintain the hand stationary in space during trunk rotation. Here we tested whether these vestibulomotor transformations have the same latencies and whether they are subject to similar cognitive control than the visuomotor transformations during manual tracking of a visual target. We recorded hand displacement and shoulder-muscle activity in two tasks: a stabilization task in which subjects stabilized their hand during passive 30 degrees body rotations, and a tracking task in which subjects tracked with their finger a visual target as it moved 30 degrees around them. The EMG response times recorded in the stabilization task (approximately 165 ms) were twice as short as those observed for the tracking task (approximately 350 ms). Tested with the same paradigm, a deafferented subject showed EMG response times that closely matched those recorded in healthy subjects, thus, suggesting a vestibular origin of the arm movements. Providing advance information about the direction of the required arm movement reduced the response times in the tracking task (by approximately 115 ms) but had no significant effect in the stabilization task. Generally, when providing false information about movement direction in the tracking task, an EMG burst first appeared in the muscle moving the arm in the direction opposite to the actual target motion (i.e., in accord with the precueing). This behavior was rarely observed in the stabilization task. These results show that the sensorimotor transformations that move the arm relative to the trunk have shorter latencies when they originate from vestibular inputs than from visual information and that vestibulomotor transformations are more resistant to cognitive processes than visuomotor transformations.
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Reach-to-grasp movement as a minimization process. Exp Brain Res 2009; 201:75-92. [DOI: 10.1007/s00221-009-2012-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2009] [Accepted: 09/07/2009] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Welch TDJ, Ting LH. A feedback model explains the differential scaling of human postural responses to perturbation acceleration and velocity. J Neurophysiol 2009; 101:3294-309. [PMID: 19357335 PMCID: PMC2694108 DOI: 10.1152/jn.90775.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2008] [Accepted: 04/01/2009] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Although the neural basis of balance control remains unknown, recent studies suggest that a feedback law on center-of-mass (CoM) kinematics determines the temporal patterning of muscle activity during human postural responses. We hypothesized that the same feedback law would also explain variations in muscle activity to support-surface translation as perturbation characteristics vary. Subject CoM motion was experimentally modulated using 34 different anterior-posterior support-surface translations of varying peak acceleration and velocity but the same total displacement. Electromyographic (EMG) recordings from several muscles of the lower limbs and trunk were compared to predicted EMG patterns from an inverted pendulum model under delayed feedback control. In both recorded and predicted EMG patterns, the initial burst of muscle activity scaled linearly with peak acceleration, whereas the tonic "plateau" region scaled with peak velocity. The relatively invariant duration of the initial burst was modeled by incorporating a transient, time-limited encoding of CoM acceleration inspired by muscle spindle primary afferent dynamic responses. The entire time course of recorded and predicted muscle activity compared favorably across all conditions, suggesting that the initial burst of muscle activity is not generated by feedforward neural mechanisms. Perturbation conditions were presented randomly and subjects maintained relatively constant feedback gains across all conditions. In contrast, an optimal feedback solution based on a trade-off between CoM stabilization and energy expenditure predicted that feedback gains should change with perturbation characteristics. These results suggest that an invariant feedback law was used to generate the entire time course of muscle activity across a variety of postural disturbances.
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- Torrence D J Welch
- The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0535, USA
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Transcranial magnetic stimulation to the frontal operculum and supramarginal gyrus disrupts planning of outcome-based hand-object interactions. J Neurosci 2009; 28:14422-7. [PMID: 19118175 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4734-08.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Behavioral data suggest that goals inform the selection of motor commands during planning. We investigated the neural correlates that mediate planning of goal-oriented actions by asking 10 healthy subjects to prepare either a goal-specific movement toward a common object (a cup), with the intent of grasping-to-pour (liquid into it) or grasping-to-move (to another location) the object, or performing a non-object-oriented stimulus-response task (move a finger). Single-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation was administered on 50% of trials to the supramarginal gyrus (SMG), anterior intraparietal sulcus, inferior frontal gyrus opercularis (IFGo), and triangularis during motor planning. Stimulation to SMG and IFGo caused a significant delay in planning goal-oriented actions but not responses to an arbitrary stimulus. Despite the delay, movement execution was not affected, suggesting that the motor plan remained intact. Our data implicate the SMG and IFGo in planning goal-oriented hand-object interactions.
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Feldman AG, Levin MF. The equilibrium-point hypothesis--past, present and future. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2009; 629:699-726. [PMID: 19227529 DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-77064-2_38] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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This chapter is a brief account of fundamentals of the equilibrium-point hypothesis or more adequately called the threshold control theory (TCT). It also compares the TCT with other approaches to motor control. The basic notions of the TCT are reviewed with a major focus on solutions to the problems of multi-muscle and multi-degrees of freedom redundancy. The TCT incorporates cognitive aspects by explaining how neurons recognize that internal (neural) and external (environmental) events match each other. These aspects as well as how motor learning occurs are subjects of further development of the TCT hypothesis.
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- Anatol G Feldman
- Department of Physiology, University of Montreal, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, Canada.
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Tagliabue M, Ferrigno G, Horak F. Effects of Parkinson's disease on proprioceptive control of posture and reaching while standing. Neuroscience 2009; 158:1206-14. [PMID: 19136043 PMCID: PMC2994246 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2008] [Revised: 12/05/2008] [Accepted: 12/06/2008] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Although previous studies have shown pointing errors and abnormal multijoint coordination in seated subjects with Parkinson's disease (PD) who cannot view their arm, the extent to which subjects with PD have problems using proprioception to coordinate equilibrium maintenance and goal-oriented task execution has not been adequately investigated. If a common motor program controls voluntary arm pointing movements and the accompanying postural adjustments, then impairments of proprioceptive integration in subjects with PD should have similar effects on pointing and body center of mass (CoM) control with eyes closed. Ten standing subjects with PD (OFF-medication) and 10 age-matched control (CTR) subjects pointed to a target with their eyes closed and open. Although pointing accuracy was not significantly different between groups, body CoM displacements were reduced in subjects with PD, but not in CTR, when eyes were closed. In addition, with eyes closed, PD subjects showed reduced temporal coupling between pointing and CoM velocity profiles and reduced spatial coupling between pointing and CoM endpoints. This poor coupling with eyes closed could be related to the PD subjects' increased jerkiness of CoM displacements. The different effects of eye closure between CTR and PD subjects on the CoM displacements, but not pointing accuracy, are consistent with separate motor programs for the pointing and postural components of this task. Furthermore, the decoupling between the two movement components in subjects with PD when they could not use vision, suggests that the basal ganglia are involved in the integration of proprioceptive information for posture-movement coordination.
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- M Tagliabue
- University Paris Descartes, 75270 Paris Cedex 06, France.
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Kaminski TR. The coupling between upper and lower extremity synergies during whole body reaching. Gait Posture 2007; 26:256-62. [PMID: 17064903 DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2006.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2005] [Revised: 09/05/2006] [Accepted: 09/13/2006] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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When performing whole body reaching movements, all four limbs participate in the task. We hypothesized that the synergies that characterize upper and lower extremity movement are flexible and become coupled into one functional unit to transport the body towards the target. To test this hypothesis, subjects reached to three targets, one within and two beyond arm's length. In addition, subjects reached at two speeds and either stopped at the target or returned to the original start position. To assess the coupling during the various whole body reaches, a principal component analysis was performed on the displacements of the five primary joints used to accomplish the task (ankle, knee, hip, shoulder and elbow). Analysis of the loadings from the principal component analysis indicated that the first component represented the reaching element of the task, while the second and third components represented the postural element. When reaching within arm's length the variance explained by the joint coupling was distributed between the first three principal components. However, as reach distance increased, the distribution shifted with most of the variance being explained by the first principal component. Neither movement velocity nor final joint configuration affected the coupling between the joints. Analysis of center of mass indicated that it shifted progressively forward as reached distance increased. We conclude that as target distance increased, the reach and postural synergies became coupled resulting in the arms, legs and trunk working together as one functional unit to move the whole body forward.
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- T R Kaminski
- Department of Biobehavioral Sciences, Teachers College, Columbia University, Box 199, 525 West 120th Street, New York, NY 10027, USA.
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Hingtgen BA, McGuire JR, Wang M, Harris GF. Quantification of reaching during stroke rehabilitation using unique upper extremity kinematic model. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS : ... ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2007; 2004:4916-9. [PMID: 17271415 DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2004.1404359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Quantification of rehabilitation progress is necessary for accurately assessing clinical treatments. A three-dimensional (3D) biomechanical model of the upper extremity was developed for quantification of stroke rehabilitation. The model was designed to accurately track the 3D orientation of the trunk, shoulder, elbow and wrist. This study explains the application of the upper extremity model. Strict validation of the model confirmed the system's accuracy and resolution. The model was applied to eight hemiparetic stroke patients with spasticity, while completing a set of reaching tasks. The model successfully detected statistical differences in elbow range of motion and angular velocity between the nonparetic (unaffected) and paretic (affected) arms. Both simple and complex biomechanical indices for assessment were developed. This model may aid in the assessment and planning of stroke rehabilitation, and help to decrease recovery time.
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- B A Hingtgen
- Department of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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Raptis HA, Dannenbaum E, Paquet N, Feldman AG. Vestibular system may provide equivalent motor actions regardless of the number of body segments involved in the task. J Neurophysiol 2007; 97:4069-78. [PMID: 17428903 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00909.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The vestibulospinal system likely plays an essential role in motor equivalence--the ability to reach the desired motor goal despite intentional or imposed changes in the number of body segments involved in the task. To test this hypothesis, we compared the ability of healthy subjects and patients with unilateral vestibular lesions (surgical acoustic neuroma resection 0.6 to 6.7 yr before the study) to maintain either the same hand position or the same trajectory of within arm reach movements while flexing the trunk, in the absence of vision. In randomly selected trials, the trunk motion was prevented by an electromagnetic device. Healthy subjects were able to preserve the hand position or trajectory by modifying the elbow and shoulder joint rotations in a condition-dependent way, at a minimal latency of about 60 ms after the trunk movement onset. In contrast, six of seven patients showed deficits in the compensatory angular modifications at least in one of two tasks so that 30-100% of the trunk displacement was not compensated and thus influenced the hand position or trajectory. Results suggest that vestibular influences evoked by the head motion during trunk flexion play a major role in maintaining the consistency of arm motor actions in external space despite changes in the number of body segments involved. Our findings also suggest that despite long-term plasticity in the vestibular system and related neural structures, unilateral vestibular lesion may reduce the capacity of the nervous system to achieve motor equivalence.
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- H A Raptis
- Neurological Science Research Center, Department of Physiology, University of Montreal and Center for Multidisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation (CRIR), Rehabilitation Institute of Montreal, Montreal., Quebec, Canada
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Feldman AG, Goussev V, Sangole A, Levin MF. Threshold position control and the principle of minimal interaction in motor actions. PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 2007; 165:267-81. [PMID: 17925252 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(06)65017-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The answer to the question of how the nervous system controls multiple muscles and body segments while solving the redundancy problem in choosing a unique action from the set of many possible actions is still a matter of controversy. In an attempt to clarify the answer, we review data showing that motor actions emerge from central resetting of the threshold position of appropriate body segments, i.e. the virtual position at which muscles are silent but deviations from it will elicit activity and resistive forces (threshold position control). The difference between the centrally-set threshold position and the sensory-signaled actual position is responsible for the activation of neuromuscular elements and interactions between them and the environment. These elements tend to diminish the evoked activity and interactions by minimizing the gap between the actual position and the threshold position (the principle of minimal interaction). Threshold control per se does not solve the redundancy problem: it only limits the set of possible actions. The principle of minimal interaction implies that the system relies on the natural capacity of neuromuscular elements to interact between themselves and with the environment to reduce this already restricted set to a unique action, thus solving the redundancy problem in motor control. This theoretical framework appears to be helpful in the explanation of the control and production of a variety of actions (reaching movements, specification of different hand configurations, grip force generation, and whole-body movements such as sit-to-stand or walking). Experimental tests of this theory are provided. The prediction that several types of neurons specify referent control variables for motor actions may be tested in future studies. The theory may also be advanced by applying the notion of threshold control to perception and cognition.
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- Anatol G Feldman
- Department of Physiology, Neurological Science Research Center, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
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Ellis MD, Acosta AM, Yao J, Dewald JPA. Position-dependent torque coupling and associated muscle activation in the hemiparetic upper extremity. Exp Brain Res 2006; 176:594-602. [PMID: 16924488 PMCID: PMC2827933 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-006-0637-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2006] [Accepted: 07/15/2006] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Previous studies have demonstrated abnormal joint torque coupling and associated muscle coactivations of the upper extremity in individuals with unilateral stroke. We investigated the effect of upper limb configuration on the expression of the well-documented patterns of shoulder abduction/elbow flexion and shoulder adduction/elbow extension. Maximal isometric shoulder and elbow torques were measured in stroke subjects in four different arm configurations. Additionally, an isometric combined torque task was completed where subjects were required to maintain various levels of shoulder abduction/adduction torque while attempting to maximize elbow flexion or extension torque. The dominant abduction/elbow flexion pattern was insensitive to changes in limb configuration while the elbow extension component of the adduction/extension pattern changed to elbow flexion at smaller shoulder abduction angles. This effect was not present in control subjects without stroke. The reversal of the torque-coupling pattern could not be explained by mechanical factors such as muscle length changes or muscle strength imbalances across the elbow joint. Potential neural mechanisms underlying the sensitivity of the adduction/elbow extension pattern to different somatosensory input resultant from changes in limb configuration are discussed along with the implications for future research.
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Larson CA, Surber-Berro MR. The effects of observational feedback and verbal cues on the motor learning of an aimed reach-and-point task. Pediatr Phys Ther 2006; 18:214-25. [PMID: 16912642 DOI: 10.1097/01.pep.0000226745.72669.fe] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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PURPOSE Current technology allows the recording of movement for both motion analysis and providing observational feedback. The most effective type of observational feedback is under debate. We compared a child's reach-and-point performance after viewing a videotaped playback of a model's performance and after viewing a split-screen comparison of the model's and child's performances while simultaneously receiving verbal cues. METHODS A PTVision system provided observational feedback and recorded spatial trajectory, target accuracy, movement time, and joint angles while a 13 year-old boy with cerebral palsy reached for three targets. RESULTS The split-screen comparison had the largest effect on reach performance, including slower-yet-more-accurate movements and a more extended wrist, curved spatial trajectories, and an ulnar-deviated wrist. CONCLUSIONS Feedback using split-screen comparison between a model's and the child's performance with verbal cues appears to promote motor learning. When using technology to augment therapy, the intervention should be designed considering current motor learning principles.
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- Cathy A Larson
- Oakland University, School of Health Sciences, Program in Physical Therapy, Rochester, MI 48309, USA.
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Hingtgen B, McGuire JR, Wang M, Harris GF. An upper extremity kinematic model for evaluation of hemiparetic stroke. J Biomech 2006; 39:681-8. [PMID: 16439237 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2005.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2004] [Accepted: 01/10/2005] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Quantification of rehabilitation progress is necessary for accurately assessing clinical treatments. A three-dimension (3D) upper extremity (UE) kinematic model was developed to obtain joint angles of the trunk, shoulder and elbow using a Vicon motion analysis system. Strict evaluation confirmed the system's accuracy and precision. As an example of application, the model was used to evaluate the upper extremity movement of eight hemiparetic stroke patients with spasticity, while completing a set of reaching tasks. Main outcome measures include kinematic variables of movement time, range of motion, peak angular velocity, and percentage of reach where peak velocity occurs. The model computed motion patterns in the affected and unaffected arms. The unaffected arm showed a larger range of motion and higher angular velocity than the affected arm. Frequency analysis (power spectrum) demonstrated lower frequency content for elbow angle and angular velocity in the affected limb when compared to the unaffected limb. The model can accurately quantify UE arm motion, which may aid in the assessment and planning of stroke rehabilitation, and help to shorten recovery time.
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- Brooke Hingtgen
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 53233, USA.
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