The dominant limb preferentially stabilizes posture in a bimanual task with physical coupling
Atsushi Takagi, Scott E. Maxwell, Alejandro Melendez-Calderon, Etienne Burdet
Abstract
We found that subjects prefer to stabilize a bimanually held object by cocontracting their dominant limb, contradicting the established view that the nondominant limb is specialized toward stabilization.
Topics & Concepts
Coupling (piping)Task (project management)Physical medicine and rehabilitationNeurosciencePsychologyCommunicationMedicineMaterials scienceEngineeringSystems engineeringMetallurgyMotor Control and AdaptationMuscle activation and electromyography studiesHemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience