Cooperative hand movements: task-dependent modulation of ipsi- and contralateral cortical control

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Miriam Schrafl-Altermatt, Christopher S Easthope

Abstract

Cooperative hand movements are known to be controlled by a task-specific neural coupling associated with an involvement of the respective ipsilateral hemispheres. The aim of this study was to explore in how far this neural control applies to and is modulated during various, fine and gross, cooperative hand movements required during activities of daily living. Somatosensory evoked potentials and contralateral electromyographic reflex responses to unilateral ulnar nerve stimulation were simultaneously recorded in healthy participants during three different cooperative hand movement tasks and a resting condition. Amplitude ratio (ipsi-/contralateral) of the somatosensory evoked potentials, which is a measure for the involvement of the ipsilateral hemisphere in movement control, was higher in all three movement tasks compared to resting. This ratio was highest during the fine cooperative movement studied here. Contralateral reflex responses, as a measure for the functional coupling of the arms, were elicited following stimulation of both arms during gross cooperative movements. However, such a response could only be elicited in the dominant arm during fine movement. It is concluded that the neural coupling and thus enhancement of i...Continue Reading

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