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ArticleNeuroscience letters2017

Posture and gaze tracking of a vertically moving target reveals age-related constraints in visuo-motor coupling.

H Sotirakis, A Kyvelidou, N Stergiou, V Hatzitaki

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Article in Neuroscience letters, 2017. 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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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

H SotirakisMotor Control and Learning Laboratory, Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 546 24, Greece.
A KyvelidouDepartment of Biomechanics, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE, USA.
N StergiouDepartment of Biomechanics, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE, USA; Department of Environmental, Agricultural, and Occupational Health, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
V HatzitakiMotor Control and Learning Laboratory, Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 546 24, Greece. Electronic address: vaso1@phed.auth.gr.
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki · GRUniversity of Nebraska at Omaha · US

Funding

Visual control of locomotion in people with Parkinsons diseaseP20GM109090 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA OMAHA · PI STERGIOU, NIKOLAOS · 2014 to 2023
$20.5M
Enhancing the prosthetic interface: 1/f vibrotactile socket stimulation to improve the adaptability of trans-tibial amputeesR15HD086828 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA OMAHA · PI STERGIOU, NIKOLAOS · 2015 to 2015
$425k
NICHD NIH HHS R15 HD086828NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM109090
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Previously we have demonstrated that the effect of aging on posture and gaze active tracking of a visual target moving in the horizontal direction is dependent on target's complexity. In this study, we asked whether a similar phenomenon is present when tracking a visual target moving with varying complexity in the vertical direction. Ten young (22.98±2.9years) and 10 older adults (72.45±4.72years) tracked for 120s, a visual target moving vertically by shifting their bodyweight in the anterior-posterior direction. Three target motions were tested: a simple periodic (sine wave), a more complex (Lorenz attractor) and an ultra-complex random (Surrogated Lorenz attractor) pattern. Cross-spectral analysis revealed lower sway-target coherence as a function of age, regardless of target motion's complexity. This age effect was significant for the sway-target gain but not for the phase index. Gaze-target analysis revealed age related differences only when tracking the more complex targets. Regardless of age, tracking of the complex target was associated with lower cross Approximate Entropy. It is concluded that tracking of visual targets oscillating in the vertical direction reveals age related constraints that are independent of visual motion's complexity. These constraints are evident in the spatial and not temporal aspects of visuo-motor coupling, which suggests the presence of neuromuscular deficiencies in controlling visually guided postural sway in the anterior-posterior direction.

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AgingMotion PerceptionPostural BalanceAdolescentAgedFemaleHumansMaleAgingBalanceComplexitySensorimotorSway direction

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PMCPMC5821257
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