| Autor: |
Magalhães FH; Neuroscience Program and Biomedical, Engineering Laboratory, EPUSP, University of São Paulo, Brazil. fhmagalhaes@leb.usp.br, Goroso DG |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Perceptual and motor skills [Percept Mot Skills] 2011 Oct; Vol. 113 (2), pp. 519-33. |
| DOI: |
10.2466/06.15.25.PMS.113.5.519-533 |
| Abstrakt: |
To investigate the long-term effect of blindness on the task of leaping down to a lower landing surface, five blind individuals were compared with 10 sighted individuals who performed landing movements with and without sight. Participants performed six consecutive drop-landings from four different heights, during which the prelanding modulation of EMG timing and amplitude in four lower-limb muscles were recorded. Analysis showed that blind individuals showed specific prelanding EMG modulation, suggesting that long-term dependence on somesthetic and vestibular cues leads to different preparatory measures for vertical falls. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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