Week 15 Prehension Flashcards
Prehension =
voluntary movement performed with little conscious effort
What are the 2 seamless temporally integrated stages of prehension?
- reach
2. grasp
The reach stage of prehension =
transport hand to target so digits align with target
* produced primarily by proximal mm
• guided extrinsically by target
The grasp stage of prehension =
pre-shapes digits; opens them to match target size
• produced primarily by distal mm of hand and fingers
•guided by intrinsic properties of target (size and shape)
manipulation =
carrying out target’s intended use
Grasps vary because of location, size and shape of an object. What are the 4 power grips?
What are the 4 precision grips?
Power = cylindrical, spherical, hook and lateral prehension
Precision = pinch (aka precison), key, (3-jaw_) chuck, and pulp pinch
The hand is a complex mechanical structure of ______ bones activated by _________ extrinsic mm and __________ extrinsic mm.
27 bones
18 intrinsic
18 extrinsic
How many DF does the kinematic model of hand consists of for each finger? the thumb? and the radio-ulnar joint? wrist?
each finger - 4
thumb - 4/5
plus 1 DF at the radio-ulnar joint
2 DF at the wrist = 23/24
with so many DF, how is the hand controlled?
synergies
What are the 2 hand synergies that account for 80% of movements alone or in combination?
- PC2
2. PC1
pc2 =
MCP flexion and adduction of fingers = L line
pc1 =
finger aperture closure by flexion at PIPs of finger and thumb adduction and IR = R line
When reach = transport there are 2 phases: acceleration- deceleration… How is prehension different from pointing/aiming task?
- the person intends to use the object to achieve some type of goal
- reach has acceleration & deceleration phases
transport grip aperture =
preshaping and closure
Describe grasping kinematics:
- hand preshapes during movement to target (object)
- max grip aperture (distance between thumb and index finger tip) occurs within 60-80% of movement completion
- scaling of max grip aperture traces correlated to object size
What factors affect grip aperture?
- faster reach-grasp movements –> maximum grip apertures
- grasp at normal speed vs grasp “as fast as possible” with dropping the object
• larger maximum apertures were observed for the faster movements. thus, faster reach -
•reach-grasp movements that start with an open grip aperture show a tendency of the hand grip to partially close before achieving its maximum aperture
visual regard =
locating the target
Why is vision very important in prehension?
- Enables corrections that occur just before grasp
- determines EN regulatory conditions in which the action will occur: distance/ location; size, orientation
- binocular vision aids grip size and force of grip
- person needs to look directly at object for grasp = point of gaze
Two primary findings of EMG prehension (reach and grasp) research are:
- neck mms fire first (20-40ms) before (increase inertia) eyes, and then arm
- arm has triphasic mm program (agonists-antagonists for breaking and then agonist)
When locating a target: visual regard, for reach, limb is directed to object by eyes. Further describe the reach -
Reach (at normal speed) is under closed loop control , visual info (feedback) is used constantly during reach and grasp
• preparation and initiation of movement - assess EN
•transports hand to object - central vision (peripheral vision provided movement feedback)
• grasp object - supplements tactile and proprioceptive feedback
Prehension and vision: development from phase 1 to phase 2:
- Infants: @ 1 week can reach for and intercept moving object, but hand is wide open- with no grasp formation which develops ~10-22 weeks
- 4 months: prehension controlled proximally; poor contact with object
- 5 months: prehension controlled distally; contact orients hand to object
- 6 months: squeeze emerges (fingers close around object)
- 9 months: prehension controlled by thumb and 1 finger (pincer grip) ; hand oreints before contact. Pre-shapes for object size; poor adjusting grip force
- 13 months: fingers oppose action of thumb without hand being stabilized
- 18 months: child can release the object
Major finding about prehension and child development:
If object is scaled to hand size, grasp is similar to adult pattern as early as age 6-7 years
Kinematics: point vs reach to grasp -
control of UE movements changes depending on goal of task
•pointing-segments controlled as a unit
•reach to grasp-hand controlled independently of arm, with arm carrying out transport; hand carries out grasp and manipulation