Preserved and Impaired Aspects of Feed-Forward Grip Force Control After Chronic Somatosensory Deafferentation

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair - Tập 22 Số 4 - Trang 374-384 - 2008
Joachim Hermsdörfer1, Z. Elias1, Jonathan Cole2, Barbara M. Quaney3, Dennis A. Nowak4
1Clinical Neuropsychology Research Group, Academic Hospital München-Bogenhausen, Munich, Germany,
2University of Southhampton, Great Britain
3University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA
4Department of Neurology, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany

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Background. Although feed-forward mechanisms of grip force control are a prerequisite for skilled object manipulation, somatosensory feedback is essential to acquire, maintain, and adapt these mechanisms. Objective. Individuals with complete peripheral deafferentation provide the unique opportunity to study the function of the motor system deprived of somatosensory feedback. Methods. Two individuals (GL and IW) with complete chronic deafferentation of the trunk and limbs were tested during cyclic vertical movements of a hand-held object. Such movements induce oscillating loads that are typically anticipated by parallel modulations of the grip force. Load magnitude was altered by varying either the movement frequency or object weight. Results. GL and IW employed excessive grip forces probably reflecting a compensatory mechanism. Despite this overall force increase, both deafferented participants adjusted their grip force level according to the load magnitude, indicating preserved scaling of the background grip force to physical demands. The dynamic modulation of the grip force with the load force was largely absent in GL, whereas in IW only slower movements were clearly affected. Conclusions. The authors hypothesize that the deafferented patients may have utilized visual and vestibular cues and/or an efferent copy of the motor command of the arm movement to scale the grip force level. Severely impaired grip force-load coupling in GL suggests that sensory information is important for maintaining a precise internal model of dynamic grip force control. However, comparably better performance in IW argues for the possibility that alternative cues can be used to trigger a residual internal model.

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Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Tập 22 Số 4

374-384

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