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Title: | The effects of conscious movement processing on the neuromuscular control of posture |
Authors: | Jie, L-J Kal, E Ellmers, T Rosier, J Meijer, K Boonstra, T |
Keywords: | attention;postural control;balance;intermuscular coherence;movement reinvestment;internal focus |
Issue Date: | 17-Nov-2022 |
Publisher: | Elsevier on behalf of IBRO |
Citation: | Jie, L-J. et al (2023) 'The effects of conscious movement processing on the neuromuscular control of posture', Neuroscience, 509, pp. 63 - 73. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2022.11.010. |
Abstract: | Maintaining balance is thought to primarily occur sub-consciously. Occasionally, however, individuals will direct conscious attention towards balance, e.g., in response to a threat to balance. Such conscious movement processing (CMP) increases the reliance on attentional resources and may disrupt balance performance. However, the underlying changes in neuromuscular control remain poorly understood. We investigated the effects of CMP (manipulated using verbal instructions) on neural control of posture in twenty-five adults (11 females, mean age = 23.9, range = 18–33). Participants performed 90-s, bipedal stance balance trials in high- and low-CMP conditions, during both stable (solid surface) and unstable (foam) task conditions. Postural sway amplitude, frequency and complexity were used to assess postural control. Surface EMG was recorded bilaterally from lower leg muscles (Soleus, Tibialis Anterior, Gastrocnemius Medialis, Peroneus Longus) and intermuscular coherence (IMC) was assessed for 12 muscle pairs across four frequency bands. We observed significantly increased sway amplitude, and decreased sway frequency and complexity in the high- compared to the low-CMP conditions. All sway variables increased in the unstable compared to the stable conditions. We observed reduced beta band IMC between several muscle pairs during high- compared to low-CMP, but these findings did not remain significant after controlling for multiple comparisons. Finally, IMC significantly increased in the unstable conditions for most muscle combinations and frequency bands. In all, results tentatively suggest that CMP-induced changes in sway outcomes may be facilitated by reduced beta-band IMC, but these findings need to be replicated before they can be interpreted more conclusively. |
Description: | Supplementary material is available online at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306452222005668#s0120 . |
URI: | https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/24886 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2022.11.010 |
ISSN: | 0306-4522 |
Other Identifiers: | ORCiD: Elmar Kal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1481-3016 ORCiD: Toby J. Ellmers http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-6360 |
Appears in Collections: | Dept of Health Sciences Research Papers |
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