Precision grip responses to unexpected rotational perturbations scale with axis of rotation

被引:7
作者
De Gregorio, Michael [1 ]
Santos, Veronica J. [1 ]
机构
[1] Arizona State Univ, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
Catch-up response; Fingertip forces; Rotational slip; Torque loads; Unexpected loads; UNPREDICTABLE PULLING LOADS; SOMATOSENSORY CONTROL; TANGENTIAL TORQUE; FINGERTIP FORCES; OBJECT; CURVATURE;
D O I
10.1016/j.jbiomech.2013.01.017
中图分类号
Q6 [生物物理学];
学科分类号
071011 [生物物理学];
摘要
It has been established that rapid, pulse-like increases in precision grip forces ("catch-up responses") are elicited by unexpected translational perturbations and that response latency and strength scale according to the direction of linear slip relative to the hand as well as gravity. To determine if catch-up responses are elicited by unexpected rotational perturbations and are strength-, axis-, and/or direction-dependent, we imposed step torque loads about each of two axes which were defined relative to the subject's hand: the distal-proximal axis away from and towards the subject's palm, and the grip axis which connects the two fingertips. Precision grip responses were dominated initially by passive mechanics and then by active, unimodal catch-up responses. First dorsal interosseous activity, marking the start of the catch-up response, began 71-89 ms after the onset of perturbation. The onset latency, shape, and duration (217-231 ms) of the catch-up response were not affected by the axis, direction, or magnitude of the rotational perturbation, while strength was scaled by axis of rotation and slip conditions. Rotations about the grip axis that tilted the object away from the palm and induced rotational slip elicited stronger catch-up responses than rotations about the distal-proximal axis that twisted the object between the digits. To our knowledge, this study is the first to investigate grip responses to unexpected torque loads and to show characteristic, yet axis-dependent, catch-up responses for conditions other than pure linear slip. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:1098 / 1103
页数:6
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