ArticleBMC geriatrics2019
Age-related deficits in bilateral motor synergies and force coordination.
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- A bilateral upper limb interactive game-based virtual reality rehabilitation system for stroke patients: a usability and clinical study.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Trial
- Aging impairs bimanual isometric force smoothness.EXCLI journal · 2026Article
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- Temporal localization of upper extremity bilateral synergistic coordination using wearable accelerometers.PeerJ · 2024Article
- Altered Bimanual Kinetic and Kinematic Motor Control Capabilities in Older Women.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Higher visual gain contributions to bilateral motor synergies and force control.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Effects of auditory feedback on fine motor output and corticomuscular coherence during a unilateral finger pinch task.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Article
- Visual feedback improves bimanual force control performances at planning and execution levels.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- One more time about motor (and non-motor) synergies.Experimental brain research · 2021Review
- Intermuscular coherence between homologous muscles during dynamic and static movement periods of bipedal squatting.Journal of neurophysiology · 2020Article
- Correlations between Hand Dexterity and Bimanual Coordination on the Activities of Daily Living in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment.Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders extraArticle
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Abstract
backgroundAgeing may cause impairments in executing bilateral movement control. This study investigated age-related changes in interlimb force coordination across multiple trials by quantifying bilateral motor synergies based on the uncontrolled manifold hypothesis. Participants completed the trials with and without visual feedback.
methodsTwenty healthy individuals (10 older adults and 10 young adults) performed 12 isometric force control trials for the two vision conditions at 5% of maximal voluntary contraction. All dependent variables were analyzed in two-way mixed model (Group × Vision Condition; 2 × 2) ANOVAs with repeated measures on the last factor.
resultsThe analyses revealed that older adults had greater mean force produced by two hands in both vision conditions (i.e., yes and no visual feedback). Across both vision conditions, the older adult group showed greater asymmetrical force variability (i.e., standard deviation of non-dominant hand > standard deviation of dominant hand) and revealed more positive correlation coefficients between forces produced by two hands as compared with the young adult group. Finally, an index of bilateral motor synergies was significantly greater in young adults than older adults when visual feedback was available.
conclusionThe current findings indicate that deficits in interlimb force coordination across multiple trials appeared in older adults.
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