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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| author | Kento Nakagawa Kento Nakagawa Saeko Kawashima Kazuki Fukuda Nobuaki Mizuguchi Tetsuro Muraoka Kazuyuki Kanosue Kazuyuki Kanosue |
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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 | doaj.art-71027f9f45d44979b114a31bafca718f2023-06-30T16:05:47ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Human Neuroscience1662-51612023-06-011710.3389/fnhum.2023.11332791133279Constraints on hand-foot coordination associated with phase dependent modulation of corticospinal excitability during motor imageryKento Nakagawa0Kento Nakagawa1Saeko Kawashima2Kazuki Fukuda3Nobuaki Mizuguchi4Tetsuro Muraoka5Kazuyuki Kanosue6Kazuyuki Kanosue7Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Saitama, JapanResearch Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, JapanFaculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Saitama, JapanFaculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Saitama, JapanResearch Organization of Science and Technology, Ritsumeikan University, Shiga, JapanCollege of Economics, Nihon University, Tokyo, JapanFaculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Saitama, JapanInstitute of Health and Sports Science & Medicine, Juntendo University, Chiba, JapanInterlimb 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.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2023.1133279/fullinterlimb coordinationmotor imagerydirectional constraintmental chronometryMEP |
| spellingShingle | Kento Nakagawa Kento Nakagawa Saeko Kawashima Kazuki Fukuda Nobuaki Mizuguchi Tetsuro Muraoka Kazuyuki Kanosue Kazuyuki Kanosue Constraints on hand-foot coordination associated with phase dependent modulation of corticospinal excitability during motor imagery Frontiers in Human Neuroscience interlimb coordination motor imagery directional constraint mental chronometry MEP |
| 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 | interlimb coordination motor imagery directional constraint mental chronometry MEP |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2023.1133279/full |
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