Voluntary control of postural equilibrium patterns

被引:32
作者
Buchanan, JJ [1 ]
Horak, FB
机构
[1] Texas A&M Univ, Dept Hlth & Kinesiol, College Stn, TX 77843 USA
[2] Oregon Hlth & Sci Univ, Inst Neurol Sci, Portland, OR 97006 USA
关键词
intention; voluntary movement; postural control; vision; hierarchical models; pattern-switching;
D O I
10.1016/S0166-4328(03)00038-X
中图分类号
B84 [心理学]; C [社会科学总论]; Q98 [人类学];
学科分类号
03 ; 0303 ; 030303 ; 04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
The ability to voluntarily transit from one whole-body movement to another is based on the multisensory integration of visual, vestibular, and somatosensory information. The role of functional sensory ranges and mechanical constraints on the ability to voluntarily transit between whole-body movements was studied by requiring subjects to switch from a head-fixed-to-surface to head-fixed-in-space postural pattern (and vice versa). The head-fixed-to-surface pattern required an erect stance characterized by an in-phase relationship between center of pressure (Col?) and platform motion. The head-fixed-in-space pattern required subjects to fix trunk-head position in-space while producing an anti-phase relationship between Col? and platform motion. The voluntary transition was performed with and without vision while standing on a surface oscillating in the anterior-posterior (A/P) direction. The support surface oscillated at five frequencies (0.2-1 Hz) with amplitude fixed at 15 cm. The voluntary transition was initiated with an auditory cue. The appropriate CoP-platform, phase relationship for the two postural patterns was produced for all frequencies with and without vision. Upper-trunk kinematics revealed that subjects often failed to produce the head-fixed-to-surface pattern for frequencies greater than or equal to0.6Hz, while producing the head-fixed-in-space pattern at all frequencies with vision. Without vision, neither pattern was produced consistently based on upper-trunk kinematics. These findings demonstrate separate control processes for upper- and lower-body motion and that functional sensory ranges and mechanical constraints can facilitate or inhibit voluntary production of whole-body movements based on these control processes. The results are discussed in reference to neurological substrates that may be involved in the planning and execution of motor set-switching. The experimental protocol we employ may also have application as a diagnostic tool for the evaluation of postural deficits. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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