Early and late components of feed-forward postural adjustments to predictable perturbations

被引:57
作者
Krishnan, Vennila [1 ]
Latash, Mark L. [2 ]
Aruin, Alexander S. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Illinois, Dept Phys Therapy, Chicago, IL 60612 USA
[2] Penn State Univ, Dept Kinesiol, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
关键词
Posture; Anticipatory postural adjustment; Synergy; Anticipatory synergy adjustment; EMG; EQUILIBRIUM-POINT HYPOTHESIS; FORCE-PRODUCTION TASKS; AGE-RELATED-CHANGES; MUSCLE SYNERGIES; MOTOR CONTROL; ARM MOVEMENTS; STANDING PERSONS; TRIGGERED PERTURBATIONS; ELECTROMECHANICAL DELAY; PREHENSION SYNERGIES;
D O I
10.1016/j.clinph.2011.09.014
中图分类号
R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
学科分类号
100204 [神经病学];
摘要
Objectives: The purpose was to investigate two types of feed-forward postural adjustments associated with preparation to predictable external perturbations. Methods: Nine subjects stood on a wedge, toes-up or toes-down while a pendulum impacted their shoulders. EMGs of leg and trunk muscles were analyzed within the framework of the uncontrolled manifold hypothesis. Results: Early postural adjustments (EPAs) were seen 400-500 ms and anticipatory postural adjustments (APAs), 100-150 ms prior to the impact. EPAs and APAs were also seen in the time profiles of muscle modes representing muscle groups with linear scaling of the activation levels. Center of pressure shifts were stabilized by co-varied adjustments in muscle mode magnitudes across trials. The index of these multi-muscle synergies showed two drops (anticipatory synergy adjustments, ASAs), prior to EPA and APA in each subject. The findings were consistent between the two conditions. Conclusions: The results show that feed-forward postural adjustments represent a sequence of two phenomena, EPAs and APAs. Each of those is preceded by ASAs that reduce stability of a variable that is to be adjusted during the EPAs and APAs. The findings fit a hierarchical scheme with synergic few-to-many mappings at each level of the hierarchy based on the referent body configuration hypothesis. Significance: The results show the complexity of the postural preparation to action. Potentially, they have implications for the current strategies of rehabilitation of patients with neuro-motor disorders characterized by impaired postural control. (C) 2011 International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:1016 / 1026
页数:11
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