Is the cerebellum important for podokinetic adaptation?
Is the cerebellum important for podokinetic adaptation?
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小脑对于足运动适应重要吗?
DOI:
10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb07596.x
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发表时间:
2002
影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
Fletcher,WA
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作者:
Earhart,GM;Horak,FB;Jones,GMelvill;Block,EW;Weber,KD;Suchowersky,O;Fletcher,WA
BACKGROUNDAfter a period of stepping-in-place on a rotating circular treadmill, healthy subjects will inadvertently turn when asked to step-in-place without vision on a stationary surface. 1 This phenomenon, termed podokinetic after-rotation (PKAR), represents a remodeling of the relation between trunk rotation relative to the foot and the perception of trunk rotation in space. We investigated the role of the cerebellum in this podokinetic (PK) adaptation. Given the role of the cerebellum in many motor learning tasks, we expected subjects with cerebellar damage to show impaired PK adaptation. We compared subjects' ability to adapt to the rotating walking surface to their ability to adapt to throwing while looking through prisms.METHODSEight subjects with diagnoses of cerebellar degeneration and/or spinocerebellar atrophy were compared to eight age-matched controls. Diagnoses were confirmed by genetic testing and/or MRI. Subjects completed a throwing task based on the design of Martin et al. 2 Each subject stood facing an 8× 8 cm square target placed at shoulder level 2 m away. Each subject made 20 baseline throws before donning prism glasses (30 diopter 3M press-on Fresnel lens), 40 adaptation throws while wearing the prisms, and 20 postadaptation throws after doffing the prisms. The locations that each ball struck were marked and numbered sequentially during the task. After the throwing task, subjects were exposed to a PK stimulus that consisted of 15 minutes of stepping-in-place on the axis of a 76-cm disc rotating in a clockwise direction at 45/s. Stepping frequency was maintained at 2 Hz by matching cadence to a metronome affixed to the trunk. Following the 15-minute period of adaptation, subjects performed 30 minutes of stepping-in-place on the axis of the stationary disc while wearing a blindfold and earplugs. During this 30-minute period, PKAR responses were recorded by means of a rotational potentiometer.