Singh, RE, White, G, Delis, I orcid.org/0000-0001-8940-5036 et al. (1 more author) (2020) Alteration of muscle synergy structure while walking under increased postural constraints. Cognitive Computation and Systems, 2 (2). pp. 50-56. ISSN 2517-7567
Abstract
It is hypothesised that specific groups of muscles aka muscle synergies (MSs) are combined by the central nervous system to control a wide repertoire of movements and also simplify motor control. Therefore, studying MSs during human locomotion is of significance, as it may reveal neuromuscular strategies for postural stability. In this study, the authors aimed to use the hypothesis of MSs to identify specific muscle co-activations during overground walking and slacklining where postural perturbations were generated by the participants rather than being externally controlled. Nine participants were asked to walk overground and on a slackline while they recorded myoelectric activity of their leg muscles. They extracted synergies from the electromyography signals in the two tasks using factor analysis. The results showed adaptation in the shared MSs structure during walking on the slackline and these shared MSs across participants were recruited flexibly to meet the demand for stability. The modulation of synergies suggests adaptive neuromuscular strategies for stability while walking on a slackline. Specifically, higher activation of quadriceps during slacklining suggests a crouched gait to facilitate balance. During overground walking, lower leg muscles revealed higher activation compared to slacklining to support a more consistent toe-off during the stance phase.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 Year Cognitive Computation and Systems published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Shenzhen University. This is an open access article published by the IET in partnership with Shenzhen University under the Creative Commons Attribution -NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Biological Sciences (Leeds) > School of Biomedical Sciences (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 14 Mar 2022 15:49 |
Last Modified: | 14 Mar 2022 15:49 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1049/ccs.2019.0021 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:184658 |