Reach-to-grasp movements during obstacle avoidance

Experimental Brain Research
M SalingJ R Bloedel

Abstract

The transport and grip components are two controlled components of a prehensile movement. These components are coordinated so that objects of varying size and shape resting in diverse locations can be grasped easily. It has been suggested that the timing between these two components is a specified parameter, although the origin of such timing is unknown. The present study examines the interdependency of the reach and grasp components when the transport component is modified by placing an obstacle of varying height (9 cm and 11 cm) in the hand path between the starting position and the target object location. Subjects were asked to reach over a Plexiglas barrier and grasp a 2-cm dowel. To reach the object, the subject had to elevate the hand. At issue in this experiment is whether changes in hand path trajectory caused by obstacle avoidance produce corresponding changes in the kinematics of grip aperture. The findings showed that reaching in the presence of an obstacle resulted in the prolongation of most transport component time parameters except peak acceleration and a few amplitude parameters. Changes in the transport component also produced systematic prolongation in all time parameters of grip kinematics, including grip clo...Continue Reading

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