Music, clicks, and their imaginations favor differently the event-based timing component for rhythmic movements

Bravi, Riccardo; Quarta, Eros; Tongo, Claudia Del; Carbonaro, Nicola; Tognetti, Alessandro; Minciacchi, Diego

doi:10.1007/s00221-015-4267-z

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“…The setup is fully described elsewhere [5][6][7] and is summarized here. Each participant was tested individually, sitting upright on a chair with the feet on a leg rest, and wearing an eye mask (to prevent interference from visual information) and headphones (to reduce environmental noise and to deliver audio information; K 240 Studio, AKG Acoustics GmbH, Wien, AT).…”

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Effect of Direction and Tension of Kinesio Taping Application on Sensorimotor Coordination

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The present study investigates whether different directions and tensions of Kinesio(®) Tex tape (KT) application differently influence the precision of sensorimotor synchronization, defined as the ability to coordinate actions with predictable external events. 10 healthy participants performed sets of repetitive wrist flexion-extensions synchronized to a series of paced audio stimuli with an inter-onset interval (IOI) of 500 and 400 ms. KT was applied over the wrist and finger extensor muscles. 2 facilitatory (light and moderate tension) and one inhibitory KT applications were used in different sessions. Standard deviation of the asynchrony (SDasy) and percentage difference of SDasy were calculated and compared across KT and the no-KT control cases. Direction and tension of KT application did not differently influence the ability to coordinate rhythmic movements to an auditory stimulus. However, compared with the no-KT control case, SDasy decreased significantly in all KT cases in both 500- and 400-ms IOI. Independent of direction/tension, the effect of KT on improving sensorimotor synchronization is likely associated with variations in the nature of the neuro-anatomical constraints determining the control of voluntary movement. KT is then proposed to be tested on sensorimotor disorders associated with intense repetitive exercise to check for regaining effective motor control.

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“…Recently, our group has devoted attention to improve the understanding of how KT is able to modulate motor control, and namely the variability, of a rhythmic motor behavior. We investigated the effect of KT application on timing coordination in healthy individuals by studying repeated isochronous wrist’s flexion-extensions (IWFEs) performed with no direct surface opposition and while minimizing visual information (Bravi et al, 2014a , b , 2015 , 2016 ). We showed that KT, when applied on the dominant arm, was able to reduce timing variability of IWFEs performed under various auditory conditions and during their recall (Bravi et al, 2014b ).…”

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“…We thus performed an experiment in which healthy subjects, tested with KT and without KT (NKT), have participated in two sessions (KT and NKT cases) in which sets of IWFEs were performed with the DL and the NDL, in a synchronization-continuation task at the two inter-onset intervals (IOIs) of 550-ms and 800-ms. As in our previous studies (Bravi et al, 2014a , b , 2015 , 2016 ) participants were asked to perform movements in a natural way (Huys et al, 2008 ).…”

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When Non-Dominant Is Better than Dominant: Kinesiotape Modulates Asymmetries in Timed Performance during a Synchronization-Continuation Task

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Front. Integr. Neurosci.

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There is a growing consensus regarding the specialization of the non-dominant limb (NDL)/hemisphere system to employ proprioceptive feedback when executing motor actions. In a wide variety of rhythmic tasks the dominant limb (DL) has advantages in speed and timing consistency over the NDL. Recently, we demonstrated that the application of Kinesio® Tex (KT) tape, an elastic therapeutic device used for treating athletic injuries, improves significantly the timing consistency of isochronous wrist’s flexion-extensions (IWFEs) of the DL. We argued that the augmented precision of IWFEs is determined by a more efficient motor control during movements due to the extra-proprioceptive effect provided by KT. In this study, we tested the effect of KT on timing precision of IWFEs performed with the DL and the NDL, and we evaluated the efficacy of KT to counteract possible timing precision difference between limbs. Young healthy subjects performed with and without KT (NKT) a synchronization-continuation task in which they first entrained IWFEs to paced auditory stimuli (synchronization phase), and subsequently continued to produce motor responses with the same temporal interval in the absence of the auditory stimulus (continuation phase). Two inter-onset intervals (IOIs) of 550-ms and 800-ms, one within and the other beyond the boundaries of the spontaneous motor tempo, were tested. Kinematics was recorded and temporal parameters were extracted and analyzed. Our results show that limb advantages in performing proficiently rhythmic movements are not side-locked but depend also on speed of movement. The application of KT significantly reduces the timing variability of IWFEs performed at 550-ms IOI. KT not only cancels the disadvantages of the NDL but also makes it even more precise than the DL without KT. The superior sensitivity of the NDL to use the extra-sensory information provided by KT is attributed to a greater competence of the NDL/hemisphere system to rely on sensory input. The findings in this study add a new piece of information to the context of motor timing literature. The performance asymmetries here demonstrated as preferred temporal environments could reflect limb differences in the choice of sensorimotor control strategies for the production of human movement.

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“…The setup is the same we used in our previous works [3][4][5][6][7] and is here summarized. Every participant was tested individually, sitting upright on a chair with the feet on leg rest.…”

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“…The extra-proprioceptive hypothesis is plausible since in our experimental paradigm IWFEs were performed with no direct surface opposition and while minimizing visual information, thus accentuating the role of sensory information that provides limb position and movement senses to produce rhythmic actions as accurate as possible [3][4][5][6][7]. Studies investigating proprioception have found that not all healthy subjects are endowed with same proprioceptive ability [9,40].…”

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The Less You Are, the More You Are Helped: Effect of Kinesio Tape on Temporal Coordination

et al. 2018

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We investigated whether a relationship exists between the inherent timing skill of subject and the magnitude of effect of KT on timing performance by expanding the examination of the dataset described in our previous work. Healthy subjects, tested with and without KT (NKT), performed sets of repetitive wrist's flexion-extensions (IWFEs) with the dominant limb (DL) and the non-dominant limb (NDL) in a synchronization-continuation task at two inter-onset intervals (IOIs): 550-ms and 800-ms. Standard deviation (SD) of IWFEs was used to measure the unevenness of performance. Different patterns of response to KT were observed based on the participant's inherent precision. In the NDL the effect of KT was found significantly higher in the subgroups of individuals having SD of IWFEs>38 ms (p=0.0024) in the 800-ms IOI or SD of IWFEs>19 ms (p=0.0004) in the 550-ms IOI. In the DL the effect of KT was not influenced by the inherent timing skill. We propose KT to be tested for restoring motor control on subjects experiencing sensorimotor disorders associated with intense repetitive training. Also, our findings suggest that care should be taken when using groups of healthy subjects to test the effect of KT.

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Music, clicks, and their imaginations favor differently the event-based timing component for rhythmic movements

Cited by 5 publications

References 75 publications

Effect of Direction and Tension of Kinesio Taping Application on Sensorimotor Coordination

Effect of Direction and Tension of Kinesio Taping Application on Sensorimotor Coordination

When Non-Dominant Is Better than Dominant: Kinesiotape Modulates Asymmetries in Timed Performance during a Synchronization-Continuation Task

The Less You Are, the More You Are Helped: Effect of Kinesio Tape on Temporal Coordination

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