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Fractal properties in sensorimotor variability unveil internal adaptations of the organism before symptomatic functional decline.
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Functional Significance of Complexity Measures in the Sensory-motor Behavior: Are There Potential Clinical Applications?
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Abstract
If health can be defined as adaptability, then measures of adaptability are crucial. Convergent findings across clinical areas established the notion that fractal properties in bio-behavioural variability characterize the healthy condition of the organism, and its adaptive capacities in general. However, ambiguities remain as to the significance of fractal properties: the literature mainly discriminated between healthy vs. pathological states, thereby loosing perspective on the progression in between, and overlooking the distinction between adaptability and effective adaptations of the organism. Here, we design an experimental tapping paradigm involving gradual feedback deprivation in groups of healthy subjects and one deafferented man as a pathological-limit case. We show that distinct types of fractal properties in sensorimotor behaviour characterize, on the one hand impaired functional ability, and on the other hand internal adaptations for maintaining performance despite the imposed constraints. Findings may prove promising for early detection of internal adaptations preceding symptomatic functional decline.
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