ANTICIPATORY POSTURAL CHANGES INDUCED BY ACTIVE UNLOADING AND COMPARISON WITH PASSIVE UNLOADING IN MAN
ANTICIPATORY POSTURAL CHANGES INDUCED BY ACTIVE UNLOADING AND COMPARISON WITH PASSIVE UNLOADING IN MAN
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00581412
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
影响因子:
4.5
通讯作者:
WIESENDANGER, M
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作者:
HUGON, M;MASSION, J;WIESENDANGER, M
Normal human subjects, sitting in a chair, were required to maintain stable elbow flexion against loads of 0.5 or 1.0 kg. Unloading was affected passively by the experimenter or actively with the subject''s own contralateral arm. Elbow angle, force exerted by the load and electromyographic (EMG) activity of biceps and triceps muscles of both arms were recorded and averaged. Passive unloading was followed by a reduction of biceps EMG activity, starting 50-80 ms after weight lift, and by an upward deflection of the forearm. With active unloading, a reduction of the biceps EMG activity slightly preceded the onset of unloading (0-30 ms). This reduction of the actively unloaded arm occurred at about the same time as the activity of the contralateral unloading arm. In this experiment, the unloaded forearm maintained an almost stable position. The anticipatory adjustment of elbow posture, observed when unloading was performed by the subject, appears to optimize limb stability during the mechanical perturbation.