Lecture 15: Motor Control in Complex Environments Flashcards

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Microgravity

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-conditions wherein the force of gravity is very small (in orbit/space)
-the sum of forces acting on the body is 0

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gravity in a parabolic flight

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-at the peak trajectory, gravitational force is close to 0

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Einsteins equivalence principle

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no measuring devices can distinguish between inertial and gravitational forces

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how are posture and locomotion possible

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contact forces

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Experiments in Parabolic flights

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-can achieve microgravity in seconds lasting 20-30s
-can have a variety of participants
-aircraft can rotate and conditions may not be as stable

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parabolic vs orbital flight

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-parabolic is seconds, orbital is days
-parabolic has alternated between gravity, orbital is continuous microgravity
-parabolic can test immediately after orbital must wait to test
-more motion sickness in orbital flight

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Experiments in orbit flight

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-prolonged
-long time between launch and participation

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early work in microgravity focused on

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vestibular-ocular reflexes (VOR)

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which systems does VOR involve?

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eye and vestibular systems

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VOR

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when head rotation is sensed, eyes rotate…

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in the opposite rotation. eyes move at the same velocity of the head but in the opposite direction

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once the limit of eye motion is reached…

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the eye makes rapid adjustment to bring gauze to new location

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Nystagmus

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eye movements that occur to adjust to prolonged fixation
-if head keeps moving nystagmus stops

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what happens of head stops abruptly

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endolymph continues to move

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what do the otolith (utricle and saccule) organs of the vestibular system sense?

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linear accelerations

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what do the semicircular canals sense?

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head rotations (angular acceleration)

**these organs are unaffected by microgravity

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Coriolis Cross-Coupled Stimulation

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-unusual combination of linear and angular accelerations (head tilt while spin)
-no disorientation or nausea

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Velocity Decay after quick head movements

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-after quick head movements, vestibular ocular reflex works to move our eyes to stabilize vision

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velocity decay is?

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measure of the reduction in eye-movement velocity in the slow phase after the initial response

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VOR during parabolic flights

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-systematically studied by DiZio and Lackner
-steeper decay slope in microgravity than normal gravity

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VOR and microgravity

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-velocity storage phenomenon is affected by microgravity

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Motor Control in Microgravity

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-proprioception may be affected ex. perception of body position less acurate

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other hypothesis for proprioceptive deficits in microgravity

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-lack of gravity leads to less muscle activation
-lack of vestibular inputs could impact integration strageties employed by the brain

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Propriception and loading

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-absence of gravity affecting propriception supports original assertion of kinesthesia

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weber 1992
our muscle always percieves space as affected by gravity
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no loading in
microgravity (0G), therefore we expect an increase in error in proprioceptive tasks
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what could we do in 0G gravity experiement to reduce proprioceptive error?
replicate load using a form of resistance
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Bringoux et al
added external load (resistance bands) to make performance more similar to normal gravity environment (1G)
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findings of bringoux et al
-the addition of gravity like torque made joint position sense more similar to 1G environment in midsaggital reaching task -supports idea that proprioception during movement planing and control is tuned to gravitational environment
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how does microgravity affect online arm movement corrections?
-limb-position sense is altered in microgravity
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Double-Step paradigm
-the double-step or target jump paradigm is commonly used in motor control -participants performs reaches to target location and on some percentage the target jumps so individual must adjust
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what can the double step paradigm be useful in examining
movement control processes
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CNS in gravity
CNS can flexibly adapt control processes to gravitational constraints - in microgravity we have totally different movements
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How does the NS adapt to microgravity
-to derive sense of body position and make goal-directed actions, we must rely on sensory information -in environments where sensory information is comprise, we may weight other sources of sensory information more (visual & auditory)
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Measuring sensory weighting
-EEG can be used to measure brain response to sensory stimulation (evoked potential)
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Evoked Potentials and Sensory Information
-modulated by attention to stimulus -
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Sensory Re-weighting in microgravity
-when preparing stepping movement, proprioceptive signals from the ankles are important for maintaining balance -proprioceptive signals are less inportant for movement control in microgravity
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Saradjian 2013
-participants exhibited increased late somatosenosry evoked potential when preparing a step in normogravity -in absence of postural constraints in microgravity, no facilitation of somatosenosry information was found -NS can dynamically adjust weighting of sensory information to gravitational constraints
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why does microgravity present a challenge
-due to physiological changes and changes in sensory inputs
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what is altered in microgravity
vestibular and proprioceptive feedback **the CNS can adapt sensory feedback use to overcome environmental constraints
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