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Cortical signatures of precision grip force control in children, adolescents, and adults.
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- Getting a Child a Myoelectric Prosthesis: Did We Miss the Bus?Journal of prosthetics and orthotics : JPO · 2022Article
- Hierarchical Human-Inspired Control Strategies for Prosthetic Hands.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Dynamic motor practice improves movement accuracy, force control and leads to increased corticospinal excitability compared to isometric motor practice.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2022Article
- Reorganization of functional and directed corticomuscular connectivity during precision grip from childhood to adulthood.Scientific reports · 2021Article
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Abstract
Human dexterous motor control improves from childhood to adulthood, but little is known about the changes in cortico-cortical communication that support such ontogenetic refinement of motor skills. To investigate age-related differences in connectivity between cortical regions involved in dexterous control, we analyzed electroencephalographic data from 88 individuals (range 8-30 years) performing a visually guided precision grip task using dynamic causal modelling and parametric empirical Bayes. Our results demonstrate that bidirectional coupling in a canonical 'grasping network' is associated with precision grip performance across age groups. We further demonstrate greater backward coupling from higher-order to lower-order sensorimotor regions from late adolescence in addition to differential associations between connectivity strength in a premotor-prefrontal network and motor performance for different age groups. We interpret these findings as reflecting greater use of top-down and executive control processes with development. These results expand our understanding of the cortical mechanisms that support dexterous abilities through development.
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