Selective Effects of Arm Proximal and Distal Muscles Fatigue on Force Coordination in Manipulation Tasks

Autor: Slobodan Jaric, Nicholas Emge, Todd D. Royer, Thomas W. Kaminski, Mandic Radivoj, Mehmet Uygur
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Journal of Motor Behavior. 46:259-265
ISSN: 1940-1027
0022-2895
Popis: Effects of muscle fatigue on force coordination and task performance of various manipulation tasks are explored. Grip force (GF; normal force component acting at the digits-object contact area) and load force (LF; tangential component that lifts and holds objects) were recorded prior to and after fatiguing the distal (DAM; i.e., GF producing) and proximal arm muscles (PAM; LF producing). Results reveal a deterioration of GF scaling (i.e., averaged GF-LF ratio), GF-LF coupling (their correlation), and task performance (ability to exert a prescribed LF pattern) associated with DAM, but not PAM fatigue. Deteriorated force coordination clearly increases the likelihood of dropping an object; however, the observed selective effects of DAM and PAM fatigue represent a novel finding deserving of further research.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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