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Modification of Motor Output to Compensate for Unanticipated Load Conditions During Rapid Voluntary Movements

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

R.G. Lee ,
G.E. Lucier ,
B.E. Mustard  and
D.G. White
R.G. Lee*
Affiliation:
Departments of Clinical Neurosciences and Medical Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary
G.E. Lucier
Affiliation:
Departments of Clinical Neurosciences and Medical Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary
B.E. Mustard
Affiliation:
Departments of Clinical Neurosciences and Medical Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary
D.G. White
Affiliation:
Departments of Clinical Neurosciences and Medical Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary
*
Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Foothills Hospital, 1403 29th Street N.W., Calgary, Alberta T2N 2T9
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Mechanisms responsible for load compensation during fast voluntary movements were investigated in 20 normal subjects trained to carry out rapid wrist flexions against a standard load. When an unanticipated increase in load occurred, there was a compensatory increase in agonist EMG and decrease in antagonist EMG. Unanticipated decreases in load produced reciprocal changes with a decrease in agonist EMG and an increase in antagonist EMG. The latency of these EMG changes was quite short and compatible with a spinal reflex mechanism rather than a long loop response. The results suggest that mechanisms exist at the spinal level to allow rapid modification of motor programs when unanticipated load conditions are encountered on initiation of movement.

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Original Articles
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , May 1986 , pp. 97 - 102
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Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1986

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