Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Adaptation of Automatic Postural Responses in the Dominant and Non-dominant Lower Limbs

  • Conference paper
  • First Online:
XXVII Brazilian Congress on Biomedical Engineering (CBEB 2020)

Part of the book series: IFMBE Proceedings ((IFMBE,volume 83))

Included in the following conference series:

  • 37 Accesses

Abstract

For posture control, in healthy people there is an integration between lower limbs. The dominant lower limb for stabilized tasks may have an advantage in adapting automatic postural responses (APR), compared to the non-dominant lower limb. In this investigation, we aim to identify the adaptation process in the magnitude of activation of the medial (MG) and lateral (LG) gastrocnemius muscles in the dominant and non-dominant lower limbs for stabilizing tasks in repeated postural perturbation. Postural responses to repeated perturbations were assessed in the dominant and non-dominant lower limb (defined by the Waterloo Footedness Inventory adapted questionnaire) of 23 healthy young people. Postural perturbations were induced by unexpectedly releasing a load that corresponded to 8% of the participant’s body weight. The results of the study show (a) adaptation in the LG muscle, with a reduction in the magnitude of muscle activation between attempts on both legs, and (b) less activation of the MG muscle in the dominant leg when compared to the non-dominant leg. In conclusion, our results indicate that the magnitude of activation of MG and LG, between the lower limbs is asymmetric in response to unanticipated upright postural perturbations. However, the adaptation of the activation magnitude is similar between the lower limbs.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 509.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Azzi NM, Coelho DB, Teixeira LA (2017) Automatic postural responses are generated according to feet orientation and perturbation magnitude. Gait Posture 57:172–176

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. Keller M et al (2012) Improved postural control after slackline training is accompanied by reduced H-reflexes. Scand J Med Sci Sports 22(4):471–477

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Allum J et al (2011) Review of first trial responses in balance control: influence of vestibular loss and Parkinson’s disease. Hum Mov Sci 30(2):279–295

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Teixeira LA et al (2020) Automatic postural responses are scaled from the association between online feedback and feedforward control. Eur J Neurosci 51(10):2023–2032

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Dietz V, Quintern J, Berger W (1984) Cerebral evoked potentials associated with the compensatory reactions following stance and gait perturbation. Neurosci Lett 50(1–3):181–186

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. Welch TD, Ting LH (2014) Mechanisms of motor adaptation in reactive balance control. PLoS ONE 9(5):

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. Nardone A, Corra T, Schieppati M (1990) Different activations of the soleus and gastrocnemii muscles in response to various types of stance perturbation in man. Exp Brain Res 80(2):323–332

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. Mansfield A et al (2011) Between-limb synchronization for control of standing balance in individuals with stroke. Clin Biomech 26(3):312–317

    Article  Google Scholar 

  9. Mansfield A et al (2012) Clinical correlates of between-limb synchronization of standing balance control and falls during inpatient stroke rehabilitation. Neurorehabilitation Neural Repair 26(6):627–635

    Article  Google Scholar 

  10. de Kam D et al (2016) The effect of weight-bearing asymmetry on dynamic postural stability in healthy young individuals. Gait Posture 45:56–61

    Article  Google Scholar 

  11. Pasma JH et al (2012) Sensory reweighting of proprioceptive information of the left and right leg during human balance control. J Neurophysiol 108(4):1138–1148

    Article  Google Scholar 

  12. Promsri A, Haid T, Federolf P (2018) How does lower limb dominance influence postural control movements during single leg stance? Hum Mov Sci 58:165–174

    Article  Google Scholar 

  13. Kiyota T, Fujiwara K (2014) Dominant side in single-leg stance stability during floor oscillations at various frequencies. J Physiol Anthropol 33(1):25

    Article  Google Scholar 

  14. Previc FH (1991) A general theory concerning the prenatal origins of cerebral lateralization in humans. Psychol Rev 98(3):299

    Article  Google Scholar 

  15. Kalaycıoğlu C et al (2008) Aspects of foot preference: differential relationships of skilled and unskilled foot movements with motor asymmetry. Laterality 13(2):124–142

    Article  Google Scholar 

  16. Barut C et al (2007) Relationships between hand and foot preferences. Int J Neurosci 117(2):177–185

    Article  Google Scholar 

  17. Kapreli E et al (2006) Lateralization of brain activity during lower limb joints movement. An fMRI study. Neuroimage 32(4):1709–1721

    Article  Google Scholar 

  18. Sainburg RL, Kalakanis D (2000) Differences in control of limb dynamics during dominant and nondominant arm reaching. J Neurophysiol 83(5):2661–2675

    Article  Google Scholar 

  19. Bagesteiro LB, Sainburg RL (2003) Nondominant arm advantages in load compensation during rapid elbow joint movements. J Neurophysiol 90(3):1503–1513

    Article  Google Scholar 

  20. Rinaldin CDP et al (2020) Instantaneous interjoint rescaling and adaptation to balance perturbation under muscular fatigue. Eur J Neurosci

    Google Scholar 

  21. Fernandes CA et al (2018) Right cerebral hemisphere specialization for quiet and perturbed body balance control: evidence from unilateral stroke. Hum Mov Sci 57:374–387

    Article  Google Scholar 

  22. Coelho DB et al (2019) Right in comparison to left cerebral hemisphere damage by stroke induces poorer muscular responses to stance perturbation regardless of visual information. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis

    Google Scholar 

  23. Ahmad I, Ansari F, Dey U (2012) A review of EMG recording technique. Int J Eng Sci Technol 4(2):530–539

    Google Scholar 

  24. Hermens HJ et al (2000) Development of recommendations for SEMG sensors and sensor placement procedures. J Electromyogr Kinesiol 10(5):361–374

    Article  Google Scholar 

  25. Elias LJ, Bryden MP, Bulman-Fleming MB (1998) Footedness is a better predictor than is handedness of emotional lateralization. Neuropsychologia 36(1):37–43

    Article  Google Scholar 

  26. Oude Nijhuis LB et al (2009) Directional sensitivity of “first trial” reactions in human balance control. J Neurophysiol 101(6):2802–2814

    Article  Google Scholar 

  27. Oude Nijhuis LB et al (2010) First trial postural reactions to unexpected balance disturbances: a comparison with the acoustic startle reaction. J Neurophysiol 104(5):2704–2712

    Article  Google Scholar 

  28. Horak FB (1996) Adaptation of automatic postural responses. In: The acquisition of motor behavior in vertebrates, pp 57–85

    Google Scholar 

  29. Vetter TR (2017) Fundamentals of research data and variables: the devil is in the details. Anesth Analg 125(4):1375–1380

    Article  Google Scholar 

  30. Sink CA, Stroh HR (2006) Practical significance: the use of effect sizes in school counseling research. In: Professional school counseling, pp 401–411

    Google Scholar 

  31. Tang K-S, Honegger F, Allum J (2012) Movement patterns underlying first trial responses in human balance corrections. Neuroscience 225:140–151

    Article  Google Scholar 

  32. Hwang K et al (2003) Innervation of calf muscles in relation to calf reduction. Ann Plast Surg 50(5):517–522

    Article  Google Scholar 

  33. Diener H et al (1984) Early stabilization of human posture after a sudden disturbance: influence of rate and amplitude of displacement. Exp Brain Res 56(1):126–134

    Article  Google Scholar 

  34. Vieira O, Coelho DB, Teixeira LA (2014) Asymmetric balance control between legs for quiet but not for perturbed stance. Exp Brain Res 232(10):3269–3276

    Article  Google Scholar 

  35. Marigold DS, Eng JJ, Inglis JT (2004) Modulation of ankle muscle postural reflexes in stroke: influence of weight-bearing load. Clin Neurophysiol 115(12):2789–2797

    Article  Google Scholar 

  36. Vieira TM et al (2011) Postural activation of the human medial gastrocnemius muscle: are the muscle units spatially localised? J Physiol 589(2):431–443

    Article  Google Scholar 

  37. dos Anjos FV, Gazzoni M, Vieira TM (2018) Does the activity of ankle plantar flexors differ between limbs while healthy, young subjects stand at ease? J Biomech 81:140–144

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgements

This work was financially supported by the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Level Personnel (CAPES, Brazil). The authors are thankful to Lucas da Silva Rezende, for collaboration in data collection.

Conflict of Interest

The authors declare that there are no potential conflicts of interest associated with publication of this manuscript.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Graduate Program on Health Technology, Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, Imaculada Conceição, 1155 - Prado Velho, Curitiba, 80215-901, Brazil

    C. D. P. Rinaldin, E. M. Scheeren & E. F. Manffra

  2. School of Physical Education and Sport, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    J. A. De Oliveira, C. Ribeiro de Souza, D. B. Coelho & L. A. Teixeira

  3. Biomedical Engineering, Federal University of ABC, Santo André, Brazil

    D. B. Coelho

Authors
  1. C. D. P. Rinaldin
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. J. A. De Oliveira
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. C. Ribeiro de Souza
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. E. M. Scheeren
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. E. F. Manffra
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. D. B. Coelho
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  7. L. A. Teixeira
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Electrical Engineering, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, Brazil

    Teodiano Freire Bastos-Filho

  2. Department of Electrical Engineering, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, Brazil

    Eliete Maria de Oliveira Caldeira

  3. Department of Electrical Engineering, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, Brazil

    Anselmo Frizera-Neto

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2022 Springer Nature Switzerland AG

About this paper

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this paper

Rinaldin, C.D.P. et al. (2022). Adaptation of Automatic Postural Responses in the Dominant and Non-dominant Lower Limbs. In: Bastos-Filho, T.F., de Oliveira Caldeira, E.M., Frizera-Neto, A. (eds) XXVII Brazilian Congress on Biomedical Engineering. CBEB 2020. IFMBE Proceedings, vol 83. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70601-2_47

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70601-2_47

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Cham

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-030-70600-5

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-030-70601-2

  • eBook Packages: EngineeringEngineering (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation