Anticipatory locomotor adjustments for accommodating versus avoiding level changes in humans

Experimental Brain Research
Bradford J McFadyen, H Carnahan

Abstract

The control of locomotion has been studied from various perspectives related to the tasks of pattern generation, equilibrium control or adaptation to the environment. The last of these locomotor components has received comparably less attention, specifically pertaining to anticipatory adjustments. Continuing the work which has been conducted on both humans and cats, the present paper explores the nature of the differences in anticipatory locomotor adjustments for obstacle avoidance versus the accommodation to level changes. Six subjects walked in six different environments including no obstructions, a simple obstacle, two different level changes (a platform and stairs), and a combination of an obstacle with each respective level change. Full dynamic analyses allowed comparison of muscle torques as well as muscle power generated and absorbed at the lower limb joints across conditions. It was found that the previously shown robust lower limb reorganization characterized by a knee flexor generation strategy was upheld in all conditions when the obstacle was present. Pure level changes involved an augmentation of the ongoing hip strategy inherent in normal level walking. In the compound environment of obstructed level changes, subj...Continue Reading

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