Referent Control and Motor Equivalence of Reaching from Standing

Overview

Journal J Neurophysiol

Publisher American Physiological Society

Specialties Neurology
Physiology

Date 2016 Oct 28

PMID 27784802

Citations 5

Authors

Yosuke Tomita

Anatol G Feldman

Mindy F Levin

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Abstract

New & Noteworthy: Motor actions may result from minimization of the deflection of the actual body configuration from the centrally specified referent body configuration, in the limits of neuromuscular and environmental constraints. The minimization process may maintain reaching trajectory and accuracy regardless of the number of body segments involved (motor equivalence), as confirmed in this study of reaching from standing in young healthy individuals. Results suggest that the referent control process may underlie motor equivalence in reaching.

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