Differential control of in-phase and anti-phase coupling of rhythmic movements of ipsilateral hand and foot

Baldissera, F.; Cavallari, Paolo; Marini, Gabriella; Tassone, G.

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“…Brain activations in young and older adults were compared during the per-formance of isolated rhythmical hand/foot movements as well as during their coordination, whereby both limbs moved either in the same direction (isodirectional) or in opposite directions (nonisodirectional). Previous behavioral work has shown convincingly that nonisodirectional patterns are more difficult and are produced with lower accuracy and stability than isodirectional patterns in normal subjects (Baldissera et al, 1982(Baldissera et al, , 1991Kelso and Jeka, 1992;Carson et al, 1995;Serrien et al, 2000) and in Parkinson and stroke patients (Swinnen et al, 1997;Debaere et al, 2001b). Accordingly, the aforementioned conditions represented a gradient of complexity, ranging from isolated to coordinated limb movements of different difficulty levels.…”

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Neural Basis of Aging: The Penetration of Cognition into Action Control

Heuninckx

Wenderoth²,

Debaere³

et al. 2005

J. Neurosci.

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Although functional imaging studies have frequently examined age-related changes in neural recruitment during cognitive tasks, much less is known about such changes during motor performance. In the present study, we used functional magnetic resonance imaging to investigate age-related changes in cyclical hand and/or foot movements across different degrees of complexity. Right-handed volunteers (11 young, 10 old) were scanned while performing isolated flexion-extension movements of the right wrist and foot as well as their coordination, according to the "easy" isodirectional and "difficult" nonisodirectional mode. Findings revealed activation of a typical motor network in both age groups, but several additional brain areas were involved in the elderly. Regardless of the performed motor task, the elderly exhibited additional activation in areas involved in sensory processing and integration, such as contralateral anterior insula, frontal operculum, superior temporal gyrus, supramarginal gyrus, secondary somatosensory area, and ipsilateral precuneus. Age-related activation differences during coordination of both segments were additionally observed in areas reflecting increased cognitive monitoring of motor performance, such as the pre-supplementary motor area, pre-dorsal premotor area, rostral cingulate, and prefrontal cortex. In the most complex coordination task, the elderly exhibited additional activation in anterior rostral cingulate and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, known to be involved in suppression of prepotent response tendencies and inhibitory cognitive control. Overall, these findings are indicative of an age-related shift along the continuum from automatic to more controlled processing of movement. This increased cognitive monitoring of movement refers to enhanced attentional deployment, more pronounced processing of sensory information, and intersensory integration.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 94%

Neural Basis of Aging: The Penetration of Cognition into Action Control

Heuninckx

Wenderoth²,

Debaere³

et al. 2005

J. Neurosci.

398

319

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“…A cycle began from a position of maximal leg flexion (feet at the butt) and ended at the return to this position. The curves of elbow and knee angles during an entire cycle were smoothed by Fourier analysis using a Butterworth low-pass filter (cut-off frequency 6 Hz) by OriginPro 7.5714 ® software (1991( -2003 Corporation, Northampton, MA, USA). In accordance with Hamill et al (2000), the data on angular displacements and angular velocities were normalized in the interval [-1, +1] as follows:…”

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“…(i) The superposition of contradictory actions can be characterized as an "accordion-like" coordination and results in in-phase muscle contraction (i.e., simultaneous arm and leg flexion or arm and leg extension corresponding to an iso-contraction; Baldissera, Cavalleri, & Civaschi, 1982;Baldissera, Cavalleri, Marini, & Tassone, 1991;Swinnen, Jardin, Meulenbroek, Douskaia, & Hofkens-Van Den Brandt, 1997). This superposition coordination is ineffective because each propulsive action is thwarted by a recovery action.…”

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“…(ii) The complete superposition of propulsions resembles the movement of "windscreen wipers", with anti-phase muscle contraction (i.e., simultaneous arm flexion and leg extension or arm extension with leg flexion), and results in a preference for moving the limbs in the 4 same direction (iso-direction principle) (Baldissera et al, 1982(Baldissera et al, , 1991Swinnen et al, 1997).…”

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Inter-limb coordination in swimming: Effect of speed and skill level

Seifert

Leblanc

Chollet

et al. 2010

Human Movement Science

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HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access archive for the deposit and dissemination of scientific research documents, whether they are published or not. The documents may come from teaching and research institutions in France or abroad, or from public or private research centers. L'archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, émanant des établissements d'enseignement et de recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires publics ou privés. This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. Inter ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT1 INTER-LIMB COORDINATION IN SWIMMING: EFFECT OF SPEED AND SKILL LEVEL AbstractThe aim of this study was to examine the effects of swimming speed and skill level on interlimb coordination and its intra-cyclic variability. The elbow-knee continuous relative phase

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“…For instance, several coplanar movements of the upper and lower limbs of one side (e.g., axial rotation of arm and leg, flexionextension of hand and foot) are easily performed when the segments rotate in the same direction (in-phase), whereas coupling is difficult when they move in opposite directions (antiphase) (Baldissera et al 1982(Baldissera et al , 1991(Baldissera et al , 2000Carson et al 1995;Jeka and Kelso 1995;Kelso and Jeka 1992;Serrien and Swinnen 1998;Swinnen et al 1995).…”

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Cyclic H-Reflex Modulation in Resting Forearm Related to Contractions of Foot Movers, Not to Foot Movement

Cerri¹,

Borroni²,

Baldissera³

2003

Journal of Neurophysiology

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During rhythmic voluntary oscillations of the foot, the excitability of the H-reflex in the Flexor Carpi Radialis (FCR) muscle of the resting prone forearm increases during the foot plantar-flexion and decreases during dorsiflexion. It is known that, when the two extremities are moved together, isodirectional (in-phase) coupling is the preferred form of movement association. Thus the above pattern of the H-reflex excitability modulation may favor the preferred coupling between the two limbs. To gain some clues about its origin, FCR H-reflex excitability was tested before and after modifying the phase relations between the activation [electromyogram (EMG)] of foot movers and foot movement, either by loading of the foot or by changing the movement frequency. After foot loading, the movement cycle was consistently delayed with respect to the onset of the EMG in Soleus (Sol) or Tibialis Anterior (TA) muscles. Simultaneously, the FCR H-reflex modulation advanced by that same amount with respect to the foot movement, thus remaining phase-locked to the EMG onsets. Similarly, when movement frequency was varied step-wise between 1.0 and 2.0 Hz, the foot movement was progressively delayed with respect to both the EMG onset (Sol and TA) and the FCR H-reflex modulation, so that the phase relation between the motor command to the foot and the H-modulation in the forearm remained constant. These results suggest that modulation of H-reflex in the forearm is tied to leg muscle contraction, rather than to foot kinematics, and point to a central, rather than kinesthetic, origin for the modulation.

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Differential control of in-phase and anti-phase coupling of rhythmic movements of ipsilateral hand and foot

Cited by 153 publications

References 11 publications

Neural Basis of Aging: The Penetration of Cognition into Action Control

Neural Basis of Aging: The Penetration of Cognition into Action Control

Inter-limb coordination in swimming: Effect of speed and skill level

Cyclic H-Reflex Modulation in Resting Forearm Related to Contractions of Foot Movers, Not to Foot Movement

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