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Constraints on hand-foot coordination associated with phase dependent modulation of corticospinal excitability during motor imagery

Interlimb coordination involving cyclical movements of hand and foot in the sagittal plane is more difficult when the limbs move in opposite directions compared with the same direction (directional constraint). Here we first investigated whether the directional constraint on hand-foot coordination e...

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Autores principales: Nakagawa, Kento, Kawashima, Saeko, Fukuda, Kazuki, Mizuguchi, Nobuaki, Muraoka, Tetsuro, Kanosue, Kazuyuki
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10348420/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37457499
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2023.1133279
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author Nakagawa, Kento
Kawashima, Saeko
Fukuda, Kazuki
Mizuguchi, Nobuaki
Muraoka, Tetsuro
Kanosue, Kazuyuki
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Kawashima, Saeko
Fukuda, Kazuki
Mizuguchi, Nobuaki
Muraoka, Tetsuro
Kanosue, Kazuyuki
author_sort Nakagawa, Kento
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description Interlimb coordination involving cyclical movements of hand and foot in the sagittal plane is more difficult when the limbs move in opposite directions compared with the same direction (directional constraint). Here we first investigated whether the directional constraint on hand-foot coordination exists in motor imagery (imagined motion). Participants performed 10 cyclic coordinated movements of right wrist flexion-extension and right ankle dorsiflexion-plantarflexion as quickly and precisely as possible, in the following three conditions; (1) actual movements of the two limbs, (2) imaginary movements of the two limbs, and (3) actual movement of one limb combined with imaginary movement of the other limb. Each condition was performed under two directions; the same and the opposite direction. Task execution duration was measured as the time between the first and second press of a button by the participants. The opposite directional movement took a significantly longer time than did the same directional movement, irrespective of the condition type. This suggests that directional constraint of hand-foot coordination occurs even in motor imagery without actual motor commands or kinesthetic signals. We secondarily examined whether the corticospinal excitability of wrist muscles is modulated in synchronization with an imaginary foot movement to estimate the neural basis of directional constraint on imaginary hand-foot coordination. The corticospinal excitability of the forearm extensor in resting position increased during dorsiflexion and decreased during plantarflexion similarly in both actual and imaginary foot movements. This corticospinal modulation depending on imaginary movement phase likely produces the directional constraint on the imaginary hand-foot coordination.
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spelling pubmed-103484202023-07-15 Constraints on hand-foot coordination associated with phase dependent modulation of corticospinal excitability during motor imagery Nakagawa, Kento Kawashima, Saeko Fukuda, Kazuki Mizuguchi, Nobuaki Muraoka, Tetsuro Kanosue, Kazuyuki Front Hum Neurosci Neuroscience Interlimb coordination involving cyclical movements of hand and foot in the sagittal plane is more difficult when the limbs move in opposite directions compared with the same direction (directional constraint). Here we first investigated whether the directional constraint on hand-foot coordination exists in motor imagery (imagined motion). Participants performed 10 cyclic coordinated movements of right wrist flexion-extension and right ankle dorsiflexion-plantarflexion as quickly and precisely as possible, in the following three conditions; (1) actual movements of the two limbs, (2) imaginary movements of the two limbs, and (3) actual movement of one limb combined with imaginary movement of the other limb. Each condition was performed under two directions; the same and the opposite direction. Task execution duration was measured as the time between the first and second press of a button by the participants. The opposite directional movement took a significantly longer time than did the same directional movement, irrespective of the condition type. This suggests that directional constraint of hand-foot coordination occurs even in motor imagery without actual motor commands or kinesthetic signals. We secondarily examined whether the corticospinal excitability of wrist muscles is modulated in synchronization with an imaginary foot movement to estimate the neural basis of directional constraint on imaginary hand-foot coordination. The corticospinal excitability of the forearm extensor in resting position increased during dorsiflexion and decreased during plantarflexion similarly in both actual and imaginary foot movements. This corticospinal modulation depending on imaginary movement phase likely produces the directional constraint on the imaginary hand-foot coordination. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC10348420/ /pubmed/37457499 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2023.1133279 Text en Copyright © 2023 Nakagawa, Kawashima, Fukuda, Mizuguchi, Muraoka and Kanosue. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Neuroscience
Nakagawa, Kento
Kawashima, Saeko
Fukuda, Kazuki
Mizuguchi, Nobuaki
Muraoka, Tetsuro
Kanosue, Kazuyuki
Constraints on hand-foot coordination associated with phase dependent modulation of corticospinal excitability during motor imagery
title Constraints on hand-foot coordination associated with phase dependent modulation of corticospinal excitability during motor imagery
title_full Constraints on hand-foot coordination associated with phase dependent modulation of corticospinal excitability during motor imagery
title_fullStr Constraints on hand-foot coordination associated with phase dependent modulation of corticospinal excitability during motor imagery
title_full_unstemmed Constraints on hand-foot coordination associated with phase dependent modulation of corticospinal excitability during motor imagery
title_short Constraints on hand-foot coordination associated with phase dependent modulation of corticospinal excitability during motor imagery
title_sort constraints on hand-foot coordination associated with phase dependent modulation of corticospinal excitability during motor imagery
topic Neuroscience
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10348420/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37457499
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2023.1133279
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