کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
928831 922397 2009 22 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Does hand dominance affect the use of motor abundance when reaching to uncertain targets?
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علم عصب شناسی علوم اعصاب شناختی
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Does hand dominance affect the use of motor abundance when reaching to uncertain targets?
چکیده انگلیسی

This study investigated hemispheric differences in utilizing motor abundance to achieve flexible patterns of joint coordination when reaching to uncertain target locations. Right-handed participants reached with each arm to the same central target when its final location was certain or when there was a 66% probability that its location could change after movement initiation. Use of greater motor abundance was observed when participants reached to the central target under target location uncertainty regardless of the arm used to reach. Joint variance associated with variability of movement direction was larger when reaching with the left, non-dominant arm. This arm also exhibited higher hand path variability compared to the dominant arm. These arm differences were not found when the final (central) target location was known in advance. The results provide preliminary evidence for a greater ability of the dominant (right) arm/left hemisphere to decouple directions in joint space. That is, to increase the use of motor abundance without simultaneously inducing unwanted hand path variability requires that joint variations be restricted to a limited subspace of joint space. Hemispheric differences in motor planning did not appear to account for arm differences related to the use of motor abundance.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Human Movement Science - Volume 28, Issue 2, April 2009, Pages 169–190
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