Young adults recruit similar motor modules across walking, turning, and chair transfers.

ABSTRACT: Moving about in the world during daily life requires executing and successfully shifting between a variety of functional tasks, such as rising from a chair or bed, walking, turning, and navigating stairs. Moreover, moving about during daily life requires not only navigating between different functional tasks, but also performing these tasks in the presence of mental distractions. However, little is known about underlying neuromuscular control for executing and shifting between these different tasks. In this study, we investigated muscle coordination across walking, turning, and chair transfers by applying motor module (a.k.a. muscle synergy) analysis to the Timed-Up-and-Go (TUG) test with and without a secondary cognitive dual task. We found that healthy young adults recruit a small set of

SUBMITTER: Carey HD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8461213 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature