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ArticleBrain sciences2021

Effects of Force Modulation on Large Muscles during Human Cycling.

Álvaro Costa-García, Andrés Úbeda, Shingo Shimoda

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Article in Brain sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Authors and funding

3 authors.

Álvaro Costa-GarcíaIntelligent Behavior Control Unit, CBS-Toyota Collaboration Center, RIKEN Institute, Nagoya 463-0003, Japan.
Andrés ÚbedaHuman Robotics Group, Physics, Systems Engineering and Theory of Signal Department, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3223-025X
Shingo ShimodaIntelligent Behavior Control Unit, CBS-Toyota Collaboration Center, RIKEN Institute, Nagoya 463-0003, Japan.

Funding

Generalitat Valenciana GV/2019/025Kakenhi National Japanese Grant for Early-Career Scientist 18K18431
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Voluntary force modulation is defined as the ability to tune the application of force during motion. However, the mechanisms behind this modulation are not yet fully understood. In this study, we examine muscle activity under various resistance levels at a fixed cycling speed. The main goal of this research is to identify significant changes in muscle activation related to the real-time tuning of muscle force. This work revealed significant motor adaptations of the main muscles utilized in cycling as well as positive associations between the force level and the temporal and spatial inter-cycle stability in the distribution of sEMG activity. From these results, relevant biomarkers of motor adaptation could be extracted for application in clinical rehabilitation to increase the efficacy of physical therapy.

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force modulationhuman cyclingmotor controlneural adaptations

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PMID34827536
PMCPMC8616067

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