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ArticleJournal of neurophysiology2015

Proximal arm kinematics affect grip force-load force coordination.

Billy C Vermillion, Peter S Lum, Sang Wook Lee

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Article in Journal of neurophysiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Billy C VermillionDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, The Catholic University of America, Washington, District of Columbia; Center for Applied Biomechanics and Rehabilitation Research, MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia; and.
Peter S LumDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, The Catholic University of America, Washington, District of Columbia; Center for Applied Biomechanics and Rehabilitation Research, MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia; and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia.
Sang Wook LeeDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, The Catholic University of America, Washington, District of Columbia; Center for Applied Biomechanics and Rehabilitation Research, MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia; and leesw@cua.edu.
MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital · USUniversity of America · US

Funding

Development of a biomimetic exoskeleton for effective rehabilitation of the handR03HD074870 · NICHD · CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA · PI LEE, SANG WOOK · 2013 to 2014
$152k
NICHD NIH HHS 1R03-HD-74870-01A1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During object manipulation, grip force is coordinated with load force, which is primarily determined by object kinematics. Proximal arm kinematics may affect grip force control, as proximal segment motion could affect control of distal hand muscles via biomechanical and/or neural pathways. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of proximal kinematics on grip force modulation during object manipulation. Fifteen subjects performed three vertical lifting tasks that involved distinct proximal kinematics (elbow/shoulder), but resulted in similar end-point (hand) trajectories. While temporal coordination of grip and load forces remained similar across the tasks, proximal kinematics significantly affected the grip force-to-load force ratio (P = 0.042), intrinsic finger muscle activation (P = 0.045), and flexor-extensor ratio (P < 0.001). Biomechanical coupling between extrinsic hand muscles and the elbow joint cannot fully explain the observed changes, as task-related changes in intrinsic hand muscle activation were greater than in extrinsic hand muscles. Rather, between-task variation in grip force (highest during task 3) appears to contrast to that in shoulder joint velocity/acceleration (lowest during task 3). These results suggest that complex neural coupling between the distal and proximal upper extremity musculature may affect grip force control during movements, also indicated by task-related changes in intermuscular coherence of muscle pairs, including intrinsic finger muscles. Furthermore, examination of the fingertip force showed that the human motor system may attempt to reduce variability in task-relevant motor output (grip force-to-load force ratio), while allowing larger fluctuations in output less relevant to task goal (shear force-to-grip force ratio).

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ArmBiomechanical PhenomenaElectromyographyFemaleHandHand StrengthHumansMaleMotor ActivityMuscle, SkeletalVideo RecordingYoung Adultarmgrip forcehandload forcemuscle coordinationredundancy

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PMID26289460
PMCPMC4604219
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