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Name :
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Title of
Danielle A. Sciarretta
&!astgr of Science (Kinesiolsgy)
Thesis: The Effect of Instructions on Motsneuron J
Excitability and the Gain of Reflexes
Examining Committee:
Chairman:. Dr. fgor Wkjavic
Dr.. P. Bawa Senior Supervisor
Dr. J. Dicki,nson /
Dr. T. Calvert External Examiner Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies Simon maser University
Date Approved: mQ/re/C / 3 , 1989.
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P The o b j e c t o f t h i s t h e s i s was t o ex3mine i n s t r u c t i ~ n d e p e n d e n t T 4 -
modul lMon o f ~ a m p l i t u d e o f t h e s h o r t . a n d l o n g l a t e n c y c o ~ ~ o n e o t s
o f % h e s t r e t c h r e f l e x i n h t u a n wrist f l e x o r s . T w o e x p e r i a e n t s
were pe r fo rmed u s i n g r e p e a t e d t r i a l s and f o u r l e v e l s o f
p e r t u r b a t i o n s . Background m u s c l e a c t i v a t i o n was c o n t r o l l e d u s i n g - - -- - -- - 7-
a c o n s t a n t b i a s i n g p re - load . .,
3 I n E x p e r i ~ e a t I, t h e e f f e c t qf i n s t r u c t i o n s t o wcompenss ten , Z
3
C
o n e g o u p o f s u b j e c t s under two separate- c o n d i t i o - n s of . w+
i n s t r u c t i o n : 1) mired i n s t r u c t i o n s and B) non-*mixed
i n s t r u c t i o n s . I n ' E x p e r i m e n t 11 t h e e f f e i c t of ncompensa t e" a n d . "let gotr i n s t r u c t i o n s was compared f o r two a g e g r o u p s , one much
4 - o l der than t h e o t h e r (Groo p 1 a g e r a n g e = 2.1- 30 ; G*U~ 2 age 4
!
r a n g e = 5 0 - 6 9 ) . The r e l a t i o n s h i p between a o d u l a t i n g \ b h i t y and
v o l u n t a r y k i n e s t h e t i c r e a c t i o n time was examine3 i n b o t h , , ;
e x p e r i m e n t s .
I n E x p e r i a e u t I, when i n s t r u c t i o n s were n o t mixed,
i n s t r u c t i o n d e p e n d e n t changes were s e e n i n muscle b k k g r o ~ d
a c t i v i t y . H o d u l a t i o n of t h e a m p l i t u d e s ~f b o t h t h e s h & t and t h e
l o n g l a t e n c y c o a p o n e n t s of t h e s t r e t c h r e f l e x were a l s o
dependen t on t h e d i r e c t i o n of c h a n g e ~ o f background s z t i v i t y - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - -
w h e r e a s t h a t o f t h e l ong l a t e n c y component was i q d e p e n d e p t of
t h e c h a n g e s i n background. 1h t h e s mixed i n s t r u c t i o n pa rad igm3 no C..
, c h a n g e s o c c u r r e d i n t h e b a c k s o u n d a n d hence n o . b d u l ? t i o n of I
iii
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s h o r t latency ref lax a m p l i tade was observed . HooevgZ, modinh t ion " > -
-. S ' ?
of the l o n g l a t e n c y r e f l e x component uas still a b s e r v e d , j u s t as
i n t h e non-mixed i n s t r u c t i o n s paradigm. -1,
. f - - I n Expe r imep t If, s i m i l a r a m p l i t u d e s o d u l a t i o n was obse rved
t
i n wo a g e g r o u p s f o r b o t h r e f l e x components. Z h e ' o n l y
s t a t i s t i c a l l y sf g i f i c a n t age group diff erexe w 3 s t h e presence e
---or-matwak---7 - -- - - t ,
. i * r Prom b o t h expe r ime& s ,no s t r o n g r e l i t i o n s h i p emerged
b e t when a b i l i t y t o m o d u l a t e refler ' a m p l i t u d e an3 k i n e s t h e t i c - - - I
r e a c t i o n - t i n e .
T h e d a t a g a t h e r e d h e r e s u p p o r t t h e e x i s t e n c e of s e p a r a t e
I neural' pathways for t b e shaft, and l o n g l a t e n c y components o f t h e
s t k e t c h reflex, and i n d i c a t e t h a t thege a r e l i t t l e , i f any, a g e
d i f i c a t i o n s i n these n e u r a l pa thways up t o t h e s i x t h
d e c a d e of life. h L
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I would l i k e to extend &any than@ t o Dr. lory I s o n , for '.. generous assistsnce i n the s t a t i s t i c a l a n a l y s i s of the data; and
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t o .Dr. 3ohn ~i 4 i n s o n , for supp.ert i n t h e early stages of
w r i t i n g t h i s , t h e & s . - Dr. P . Bawa and her l a b o r a t o r y f a c i l i t i e s were instrumental '
in the g a t h e r i n g and a n a l p z i n g of t h e data. T h i s work w& \
supported by BCRCRF and E E R C grants. to Dr. Barn.
L w e t l y , t h e f d n a n c i a l suppdrt o f an !SEW
acknowledged.
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Approval .-; ....+ .:;. .............. .'. ................. .d.. ...... ii 0
ABSTRACT ........ ....... ?.. .............................. .iii
L i s t . of T a b l e s .................................. .f.. ......... v i i i - . * ....................... L i s t o f F i g u r e s ..................... d i x . .
Apparatus ....,........... b . . ......................... 1 6
,- EClG Recording ........,.?............... ............... '17. .
C I n s t r u c t i o n s ...................... 5 . . . . .............. 18
Procedure ... ;..,................*.t~.................22 Data A n a l p i s ....................... .'. .............. .24
P . EHG P r a c e s k i n g ...................................... .24
Voluntary React ion Tine ............................ :. 26
C a l c u l a t i o n s for Degree of Amplitude Modulation ..... .27 .
. G e n e r d i C h a r a c t e r i s t i c s of Flexor A c t i v i t y ........... 32 - . ( 1) in est h e t ic * ~ . o l s n t a r y ~ e a i t i o n Tiae ............. . 3 8
- a$ Experiment I: Reaction Tfies* ...................... 38 *
12) Amplitude B o d o l a t i o n ............................ . 3 9
a) Exper iaent I: Amplitude Modalat ion ............... -40
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bj E x p e r i m e n t I1 : Ampli tude Modula t ion ............... , 5 1 a
(3) R e l a t i o n s h i p o f A l p l i t a b e Hod u l a t i o n TO' - . V o l u n t a r y Reaction T i m e .......................... 58
A
a) E x p e r i m e n t I: A g p l i t ude H o d u l a t i o n v e r s u s , . ................ ~ e a c f i o n ' T i m & ...0..q......a.-....59
- 1 b) ~ x p " e r i h d n t 11: Ampl i tude Modq la t ion v e r s u s R e a c t i o n , T h e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 0
H o d u l a t i o n of Background l lc t iv i t y of F l e x o r s and E x t e n s o r s ................ ; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . q . . . . . 1 6 0
-0, IV. DISCUSSION- . m m . m m m . . a . . . . * . . . . . m . . . . * m . - m * m m . m m m o m . o o 6 1
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I ................... D i s s o c i a t i o n crf kef l e x Components - 6 2 \ . ................... D i s s d i a t i o n C h a r a c t e r i e t i c s . .+.+. +63 -
Pat hways f o r Stretch R e f l e x d o d u l a t i o n .............. -65 r
V o l u a t a r y R e a c t i o n ' P i = versus Ampl i tude m d a l a t i o n . -67
...... Hod u l a t i o n o f ~ g o n i k t and A n t a g o n i s t Bazkgronnds 69
E f f e c t s of Aging ................................ ;. .. - 6 9
Appendix A: Exper iment 1 R e a c t i o n T i m e s ...'.................. - 7 8
Appendix B: Mean EEG ~ o d u l a t i o n ................ .;. .......... .81
. a p p e n d i x C: ~ m ~ l i t u d e Modula t ion C o r r e l a t i o n s ............... -86
~ p p e n d ix D: Backgronn d C o r r e l a t i o n s ......................... '. . 8 9
Appendix E: +Ex p e r i r e n t I Bormali zed ERG Values .............. - 9 1
Appendix F: Exper iment I1 Bormal ized PPIG V a l u e s ............ -107 %.
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TABLE i PA,$
1 I UAHOVA Results (p v a l u e s ) ... :.., ..... '... -42 .............. 2 pe r i m e n t f I HAMOVA ~ e s u l t s (p v a l u e s )
-, 53 L
.................. A. - 1 T E x p e r h e n t I F h x a r s R e a c t i o n T k ~ e s 79
......... ... A . 2 R p r i m e n t I E x t e n s o r s R e a c t i o n T i m e s .y. 80 I
B. 1 E x p e r i m e n t I l e a n Ba=kground A c t i v i t y ................ 82
B.2 Exper iment I Uixed I q t r u c t i o n s Parad ig . Bean Reflex ~ m p l i t u d e E o d u l a t i o n .............................. 83
B. 3 . ~ x p e d i m e n t I Bon-mixed I n s t r u c t i o n s Parad igm Rean R e f l e x A b p l i t u d e ~ o d u l a t i o n ................... ;.s 84
B. 4 Exper imen t IL Bean R e f l e x i ~ ~ ~ i t a d e Modu la t i on ....... 85 I 5
C.l . Exper imen t I ~ o h l a t i o n ~ ~ o r r e l a t . i d n s (r v a l u e s ) .. ,'. .. 8 7 ~
C. 2 E x p e r i a e n t 11 B o d u l a t i o n c o s ; e i a t i o n s Ir v a l u e s ) ..... 88
D Flexors a d E x t e n s o r s Background A c t i v i t y ..................................... C o r r e l a t i o n s 90, \,
E . Exper iment I n o r m a l i z e d EHG v a l u e s ................... 92
P R p e r i m e a t I1 lOormalized E&G V a l u e s .................. 108 'Q -3
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.' FIGURE PAGE ,
t r - 1 Bor-aal ized F l e x o r s EHG for 200 msecc f o r One Snb jec t i n t h e Non-mixed 1 n s t r u c t i o n s Paradigm ........... 31
2 ~ e h s i o n Eeasured a t Torque Motor Hand le f o r 200 msec for One a b j e c t i n the blon-aired I n s t r u c t i o n s
- - - - - - - - 7 LA-- pup--- - -- -LA-- -- hKw&igm ......................................... 33-----
3 i
Torque Rotor dand le P o s i t i o n f o r 2 0 0 me,- f o r One ... . S u b j e c t i n t h e lon-mixed I n s t r u c t i o n s Parad igm 3 4
4 Norma l i zed - E x t e n s o r s E l l G for 2 0Q l s ec f o r One S u b j e c t i n the Bon-mixed I n s t r u c t i o n s Paradigm ... 35
2
. .... 5 n i x e d ~ n s t r u c t ^ i o n s Mean Normalized'Backgr-d BIG 43
6 H i r e d , I n s t r t x c t i o n s Mean Normalized S h o r t La t ency d ... ............................. R e f l e x A c t i v i t y .-. 44
7 n i x e d I n s t r u c t i o n s Mean Normalized Long L a t e n c y R e f l e x A c ti f i t y ................................... 45
08 Non- H i r e d I n s t r u c t i o n s Mean B o r a a l i zed Backgroan d ..... .......................... EMG . . . * . o + * * s t o *..$ 47
9 so& Mixed ~ n s t r u c t i & Mean Normal ized S h o r t La t ency . . \ R e f l e x A c t i v i t y .................................. .48 -
10 Non-nixed I n s t r u c t i o n s Bean Normalized Long L a t e n c y R e f l e x A c t i v i t y ........ - 2 . ........................ 50
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7 11 Exper iment I1 Mean l o r n a l i z e d Background EBG ......... 54 12 Exper iment I1 Bean B o r a a l d z e d Short . L a t e n c y R e f l e x .......................................... A c t i v i t y 5 5 '
+ 13 E x p e r i a e n t 11 Hean Normal ized Long ~ a t e n c - i R e f l e x A c t i v i t y ......................................... 56
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/ Plotor r e f l e x e s c o n s i s t o f s p e c i f i c m u s c u l a r r e s p o n s e s t o - . i
s p e c i f i c sites a n d t y p e s o f s t i m u l a t i o n . Responses a r e g e n e r a l l y - pL L - - . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - L
" r e l a t e d t o t h e i r s t i a u l u s i n a s t r o n g l y s t e r e o t y p i c a l manner, B'
d e m o n s t r a t i n g f i x e d i n p u t - o u t p u t r e l a t i o n s h i p s (Eennsman, 1980 ) . i i 1 H TG r e s p o n s e of'@ musc le t o s t w t c h c o n s i s t s o f a r e f l e x -
c o n t r a c t i o n i n i t i a t e d by E t l G . g c t i v i t y s t a r t i n g from 8 t o 37 msec s e
f r o m t h e s t a r t of s t r e t c h , depend ing on t h e musz le (Marsden, /
L
Her ton and Morton, 1973a) . T h i s r e f l e x c o 3 s t r a c t i o n h a s
t r a d i t i o n a l l y been t e rmed " t endon jerkn i f e l i c i t e d by a t a p ts L
, the t endon , and lustretch r e f l e x w i f elicitea. by r e l a t i v e l y s l o w 1 s I
r a t e s of s t r e t c h ( l a r s d e r l , He r ton and n o r t o n , 19733) . A f f e r e n t i
f i n p u t s m e d i a t i n g t h e r e f l e x c o n t r a c t i o n o r i g i n a t e p r e d o m i n a n t l y - , -
1
from i u s c l e s p i n d l e s . Both s p i n d l e p r i m a r i e s ( t y p e I a ) and i 3 1
s e c o n d a r i e s ( t y p e 11) a r e i n v o l v e d , w i t h t h e i r r e h ti vs. i 3
i m p o r t a n c e b e i n g d e t e r m i n e d by i n p u t c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s s u c h a s
v e l d c i t y of s t r e t c h ( f la t thews a n d S t e i n , 1969) and d u r a t i o n
T h e s t r e t c h r e f l e x h a s b e e n t h e s u b j e c t o f i n t e n s e - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - -- -..
i n v e s t i g a t i o n s i n c e t h e t u r n o f t h e c e n t u r y and t h e time o f - - - - - - -- - - - - - - -
S herr i n g t on. P o l l o w i n g h i s c o n c e p t u a l i z a t i o n of f h e s t r e t c h
r e f l e x a s a p r o l o n g e d t e n d o n j e r k i n 192U, t h e same n e u r a l , L t
mechanism became a c c e p t e d for b o t h r e s p o n s e s (Bs r sden , flerton
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r e f l e x was d o n s i d e r e d to be s i m p l e a n d s p i n a l , a e d i a t e d b y 3
n e u r a l c i r cu i t i n v o l v i n g o n e or more s y n a p s e s be tween a f f e r e n t l
a n d e f f e r e n t l imbs of t h e l o o p . T h i s a p p e a l i n g l y s i m p l e
c o n c e p t u a l i z a t i o n o f th-e s t r e t c h r e g l e x w a s l a t e r z h s l l e n g e d -by
t h e work of Hanaond i n t h e mid 1 9 5 0 's. \
U h i l e t e s t i n g t h e l o a d c o m p e n s a t i o n h y p o t h e s i s . of s t r e t c h
r e f l e x f u n c t i o n , Bammond (1954 , 1956 , 1960) d e s z r i b e 3 , i n human
b i c e p s , t h e o c c u r r e n c e of two s e p a r a t e c o m p o n e n t s o f r e f l e x EllG
a c t i v i t y . T h B 7 + f i r s t componen t , a t a l a t e n c y of 18 o r 20 msec,
s e e a e d t o c o r r e s p o n d t o the well e s t a b l i s h e d s p i n a l r i f l e r arc. , >
T h e s e c o n d c o i p o n e n t o f a c t i v i t y f o l l o w e d a p e r i o d o f , EHG % '
. q u i e s s e n c e a d d began a t a b o u t 50 me-. T h a t an a l t j b e t h e r
s e p a r a t e a n d d i f f e r e n t n e u r a l mechanism w a s likely t o b e
r e s p o n s i b l e f o r t h e s e c o n d c o m p o n e n t was i m s e d i a t e l y ' s u g g e s t e 3
by t h e d i s s o c i a t i o n o f t h e two c o m p o n e n t s i n q e s p o n s e t o p r i o r '
i n s t r n c t i o n s . It was o b s e r v e d t h a t i n s t r u c t i o n s t o " l e t g o when .
p u l l e d a 1 c o u l d e f f e c t i v e l y s u p p r e s s a l l a c t i v i t y s t a r t i n g a t 50 . n s e c , w h i l e t h e i n i t i a . 1 r e s p o n s e , r e f e r r e d t o a s t h e " t e n d o n
- jerk r e s p o n s e H b y t h e a u t h o r , was n o t a t 311 a f f e c t e d (Hammond,
1954 a n d 1 9 5 6 ) . Since t h e l a t e n c y of t h e s e c o n d EMG componen t was much less
t h a n t h a t f o r volun, taxy a c t i v i t y [ l a t e r i h a n 100 msec) y e t much
l o n g e r t h a n a n y r e q u i r e d by m o n o s y n a p t i c t r a n s m i s s i o n , - it v a s "
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t h e s e c o n d component . A l o n g e r l o o p , one i n v o l v i n g h i g h e r ' I -
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l o o p i n v e s t i g a t i o n s i n aw@e m a c a q u e s - hy P e t z a n d c o w o r k e r s ha ve
s u p p o r t e d , a n d e x p a n d e d t h e s e f i n d i n g s . O ~ $ 6 3 s p i k e t r i g g e r e d
a v e r a g i n g , these a u t h o r s s h o v e d t hat most p r e c e n t r a l
c o r t icomot o n e u r o n a 1 c e l l s u h o s e o u t p u t p r o d u c e # p o s t s p i k e I
f a c i l i t a t i o n o f fore1i.b m u s c l e s r e s p o n d e d t o p a s s i v e s t r e t c h of
t h e i r t a r g e t r u s c l e s (Fefz a n d C h e n e y , 1980; P e t z , P i n o c c h i o , -- -
B a k e r a n d S o s o , 1980; =so a n d P e t z , 1 9 8 0 ) . T h i s r e h t i o n 4
b e t w e e n t h e s e $ s o r y i n p t t o t h e c o r t i c o m o t o n e u r o n a l c e l l s s n 3
t h e i r t a o t o r o u t p u t c o n f i r m e d . t h a t they p a r t i c i p a t e i n a n e g a t i v e
f e e d b a c k l o o p v i a t h e m r t e x . , .
I n humans, i n d i r e c t e v i d e n c e f ~ r t h e t r a n s z o r t i z a l n a t u r e
of l o n g s t r e t c h r e f l e x l o o p s h a s b e e n g a t h e r e d by a number of
c l i n i c a1 i n ' v e s t i g a t i o n s , E x a m i n i n g t h e e f f e c t s o f l e s i o n s o f t h e
c e n t r a l n e r v o u s s y s t e m on t h e s t r e t c h r e f l e x i n humans , i t h a s , ,
be= r e p e a t e d l p d e m o n s t r a t e d t h a t . l e s i o n s i n t h e s p i n a l c o r d A .
L
( d o r s a l c o l u m n s ) , m e d i a l l e m n i s c u s , i n t e r n a l c a p s u l e , a n d
s e n s o r i m o t o r c o r t e x , a l l r e s n l t i n a s e l e c t i v e ' i m p a i n e n t o f
e x c l u s i v e l y l o n g e r l a t e n c y m u s c l e a c t i v i t y (Adam, U a r d e n ,
R e r t o n a n d Flor ton , 1976; C o n r a d a n d ~ s c h b f f , 1977; H a r s d e n ,
H e r t o n a n d M o r t o n , 1977 a n d 1978; Chan, M e l v i l l J o n e s , 'Kea rney
a n d iiatt, 1 9 7 9 ) . Similar resul t s h a v e b e e n o b t a i n e d i n more
a c c u r a t e l y a n d e x p e r i m e n t a l l y l e s i o n e d a o n k e p LLee a n d T a t t o n ,
. 1975; G n ' z , T a t t o n a n d r a s k e r , 1983) . - I n c o m p a r i n g latency b e t w e e n t e n d o n j e r k r e s p o n s e s a n h
l a t e r a c t i v i t y for d i f f e r e n t m u s c l e s , i t h a s b e e n shown t h s t
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a n d b r a i n i n c r e a s e s (Barsden , t l e r t o r i a n d U o r t o n 1973 (a ) ) a n d
1976 (b) ; Chan e t a l , 1979) . T h i s h a s b e e n i n t e r p r e t e d a s more
i n d i r e c t e v i d e n c e f o r t h e e x i s t e n c e of l o n g l o o p s , d e s p i t e some
e x c e p t i o n s t o t h e p a t t e r n . I n humans, l o n g l a t e n c y a c t i v i t y f o r
f l e x o r p o l l i c i s b r e v i s was n o t t h e same a s f o r f l e x o r p o l l i c i s
1CYngus ( R a r s d e n et a l , 1 9 7 6 ) . I n t h e s q u i r r e l monkey, - - - l o n g + - - - - -
+
l a t e n c y a c t i v i t y i n s h o r t h e a d o f b i c e p s b n c h i i was l a t e r t h a n -
t h a t i n f l e x o r c a r p i S u l n a r i s a n d f l e x o r d i g i t orum p r o f u n d u s I
(ienz et a l , 1 9 8 3 a f .
The i m p o r t a n c e o f a t r a n s c e r e b e l l a r route f o r t h e
m ~ d u l a t B o n o f s u p r a s p i n a l r e f l e x e s h a s been s u g g e s t e d b y o t h e r s .
b e s i d e Hamnond ( H i l n e r - B r o v n , S t e i n a n d Lee, 1975) . I n a n
e l e g a n t s t u d y o f a f f e r e n t - e f f e r e n t l i n k a g e s i n t h e ' f ~ r e l i m b
m t o r ' c o r t e x o f c a t s , t h e i m p o r t a n c e o f c e r e b e l l a r f a c i l i t a t i o n
of c o r t i c a l I a r e s p o n s e h a s b e e n shown (Murphy, Wong a n d Kvan,
-. 1975) . C e r e b e l l a r c o o l i a g , p a r t i c u l a r l y of d e n t a t e , d r a s t i c a l l y ". r e d u c e d t h e m o t o r c o r t e x r e s p o n s e t o Ia i n p u t , p a r t i c u l a r l y t h a t
of the s e c o n d componenf, s t a r t i n g 2 2 msec f o l l o w i n g s t r e t ch .
W h e t h e r a s u p r a s p i n a l p a t h w a y is e s s e n t i a l f o r l o n g e r
l a t e n c y m s c u l a r a c t i v i t y h a s been q u e s t i o n e d by a number o f
i n v e s t i g a t o r s . R e s u l t s h a v e b e e n o b t a i n e d -- i n d i c a t i n g - -- t h a t
p a r t i c i p a t i o n o f h i g h e r c e n t r e s is n o t - r e q u i r e d for p r o l o n g e d -
EEG a c t i v i t y . S p i n a l a n d d e c e r e b r a t e c a t s still showed m u l t i p l e -
p e a k s o f E H G (Ghez a n d S h i n o d a , 1978)'. A11 n e u r a l a c t i v i t y ,
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i n t h e l i m b s of bo th s p i n a l cats a-nd monkeys ( ~ r a c k ' y , W a l a s l e y
a n d Brinkman, 1900) . E x t e n s i v e c e r e b r a l a n d c e r e b e l l a r l e s i o n s
and c o o l i n g i n monkeys d i d not a f f e c t l a t e r e s p o n s e s
* d i f f e r e n t i a l l y f r o n background or from e a r l i e r a c t i v i t y (Hiller t
a n d Brooks, 1981) .
An a l t e r n a t i v e v i e w p o i n t t o t h e l o n g l o o p h y p o t h e s i s h a s -- - - - - -- -
r e c e n t l y been advanced , fo l&owing o b s e r v a t i o n of m u l t i p l e b n r s t s - 0
o f s p i n d l e I a a f f e r e n t a c t i v i t y i n p a s s i v e l y e x t e n d e d human
wrists ( H a g b a ~ t h , Bagglund, P a l l i n and Young, 1981). S e c h a n i c a l -
o s c i l l a t i o n s of t h e m u s c u l o t e n d i n o u s sys tem h a v e , been 4
a s r e s p o n s i b l e f o r t h e r e p e a t e ? b u r s t s o f a f f e r e n t a c t i v i t y and
t h e s u b s e q u e n t m u l t i p l e EHG peaks , i n d e p e n d e n t l y of l o n g e r
c i r c u i ts (Eklund, Hagbarth , Hagglund and f l a l l i n , 1982a) . ,Also -
sa p p o r t i n g t h i s " r e s o n a n c e h y p o t h e s i s n a is t h e , o b s e r v a t i o n i n
' s p i n a l ' c a t s o f two b n r s t s of I a a c t i v i t y c o r r e s p o n d i n g t o two
E!! G peaks ( ~ r a c e y et a 1, 1980) . T o r e c a p i t u l a t e , e v i d e n c e exists in f a v o u r b o t h of a
s u p r a s p i n a l , c o r t i c a l o r c e r e b e l l a r , a e h i a t e d l o n g l a t e m y
r e s p o n s e t o s t r e t c h , and o f h n exclu%ively s p i n a l
interprets t i o n . One a v e n u e o f c l a r i f i c a t i o n of t h i s i s s u e i s * - t h r o u g h examina t$on ~f , t h e effects o f i n s t r u c t i o n on t h e
<
components o f EHG a c t i v i t y . I f t h e l o n g l a t e n c y a n d t he^ s h o r t . - - - -
la t e n = * c o a p o a e n t s can , as first s u g g e s t e d by Hammnd, be - - - - - -
d i s s o c i a t e d i n r e s p o n s e to' i n s t r n c t i o n s , s e p a r a t e p a t h ways would
b e i n d i c a t e d . On t h e o t h e r hand s i m i l a r i t y o f r e s p o n s e a t b o t h . -
-c
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be m e d i a t e d by t h e s a n e
t h e c o n t e n t i o n t h a t b o t h r e s p o n s e s may
pathways. I n t h e l i t e r a t u r e , f a u r , 9
p o s s i b l y f i v e , n e u r a l mechanisms h a v e been p roposed whe'rebly
m o d u l a t i o n o f r e f l e x r e s p o n s i v e n e s s c o u l d o c c u r . ' 0 1
F i r s t l y , i n c r e a s e d r e f l e x a c t i v i t y c o u l d be m e d i a t e d b y
i n c r e a s e d alpha-gamma d r i v e . Enhanced a l p h a motoneuron a c t i v i t y
and c o u l d r e s u l t i n l a r g e r r e f l e x a c t i v i t y a t b ~ t h s h o r t and &
' l o n g l a t e n c y . T h i s has r e p e a t e d l y been o b s e r v e d t o o c c u r vhen
l e v e l s of b i a s i n g p r e l o a d t o a musc le a r e m n i p u l a t e d ( E v a r t s 4
a n d G r a n i t , 1976; G o t l i e b and Aga rua l , 1979; Eklund e t a l , 1982:
J a e g e r et a l , 1982). The i n c r e a s e d gamma a c t i v i t y a c c o m p a n i i n g B
the i n c r e a s e d a l p h a a c t i v i t y would s i m i l a r l y e n h a n c e
r e s p o n s i v e n e s s a t a l l l a t e n c i e s .
S e c o n d l y , a l t e r e d f u s i m o t o r a c t i v i t y a l o n e h a s been
p r o p o s e d a s a n o t h e r mechanism f o r changed r e f l e x r e s p o n s i v e n e s s .
T h i s would b e m a n i f e s t e d a s a n a l t e r e d t h r e s h o U f o r r e f l e x
r e s p o n s e p o s s i b l y unaccompanied by ahy c h a n g e i n background C
a c t i v i t y . Both components would t h e n b e a f f e c t e d s i m i l a r l y . Such
a mechanism was p r o p o s e d by I les (1977) t o a c c o u n t f o r i n c r e a s e d - r e s p o n s e s i n h i s p r e t i b i q l mscle a f t e r i n s t r u c t i o n s t o @resiA8. a p e r t u r b a t i o n : ' by E v a r t s and, Promm (1978) t o a c c o u n t f o r t h e
h i g h s e n s i ti rsi ty o B p f e- c e n t r a 1 n e u r o n s to saitIIdis~r3xtitees ;
and by D n f r e s n ~ , ~oech%ng an& lerzudlo [ 198Q)--to accannt f o r
c h a n g e s i n r e f l e x e x c i t a b i l i t y d u r i n g s i n u s o i d a l movements. No
c h a n g e i n f u s i m o t o r s e n s i t i v i t y w a s obse rved , however, d u r i n g
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/ /
,', - - - - - - --- - ., p r e p a r a t i o n f o r a volu,dtary c o n t r a c t i o n i n human p r e t i b i a l
musc le s (Burke , Mc,Reon, S Ruse and - We s t e m a n , 1 98 0) . B
T hi-rdly, w i n al r efler e x c i t a b i l i t y c o u l d b e c e n t r a l l y / 2
a l t e r e d by ,yubthre . sho ld f a c i l i t a t i o n o r d i s f a c i l i t a t i o n of ' t h e / .*
motone u d n pool. No m e a s u r a b l e EMG c h a n g e s would be o b v i o u s
t o t h e r e s p o n s e iq t h i s c a s e a l s o and b o t h components & -
wid d-&e-affectal s i ~ ~ l + ~ ~ s t - 6 : S t r ~ r - a n-@itrrcte-cxw-- - - -
be c o n d i t i o n e d i n d e p e n d e n t l y of background a c t i v i t y and muscle i-
l e n g t h h a s been s u g g e s t e d i n monkeys (Bra i tman , ~ o l p a ' w and
Kieff e r, 1 982) . F u r t h e r , monkey p r e c e n t r a l n e u r o n s show
1 i n s t r u c t i o n dependen t c h a n g e s i n a c t i v i t y w i t h o u t c o n c o m i t a n t
mG change^, p r i o r t o a p e r t u r b a t i o n ( E v a r t s and Tan ji, 19'?*;
Ta n p and E v a r t s , ' 1976) . ~ n M k e s h o l d f a c i l i t a t i o n of t h e
motoneuron p o o l ha$ a l s o b e e n s u g g e s t e d by E k l u n d a n d c o - w o r k e r s
(1982 (b) ) f o r a l t e r e d i n s t r u c t i o n - d e - p e n d e n t r e s p o n s e s , and a l s ' o
s by G o t t l i e b and Agarwal (1979) a n d J a e g e r ant# c o - w o r k e r s
(198 2a ,b) . .. P o u r t h l y , a s s u q i n g t h e e x i s t e n c e of a s e p a r a t e l o n g l o o p
u
f o r t h e l o n g l a t e n c y r k p o n s e , it c o u l d b e p o s s i b l e ti4 p r e s e t \
t h e g a i n o f t h i s l o o p s e p a r a t e l y . T h i s was t h e mechanism +
o r i g i n a l l y p roposed by Hammond (1960) and a l s o by ;o leba tch and
c o - w o r k e r s (1979). I n t h i s e v e n t u a l i t y n o change would be 'seen' +z
6n prier backgroand a c t i r i ~ y n b r i n t h e - g r s e sew-t 4 \
L a s t l y , an i n t e g r a t i v e p e r s p e c t i v e p r o p o s e s t h a t m o d u l a t i o n
of l o n g e r l a t e n c y components o f EElG a c t i v i t y c a n 'be a c h i e v e d by
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h
a l t e r i n g r e a c t i v i t y a t b o t h t h e s p i n a l a n d t h e s u p r a s p i n a l l o o p 9 l e v e l s . Wi th in t h i s p e r s p e c t i v e * n t r a n s c o r t i c a l r e f l e x e s M i n a n
C
i n t a c t an ima l are i n t e r p r e t e d a s t h e p r d u c t o f b o t h s e g m e n t a l +
a n d s u p r a s e g m e n t a l i n p u t s t o t h e m t o n e u r ~ n ~ pool l i o r g a n i i e d f o r
close c o o p e r a t i o n n ( E v a r t s and FIZ&B, 1981). I t h a s beeh
s u g g e s t e d t h a t u t i l i z a t i o n of e a c h Juop, s p i n a l and s u p r a s p i n a l , . "r - - L -- -- - A - - - - - - -_.- - _L-~_ -O- - -_~__~_ _---
would, be r ewe ighed e a c h t i n e i n o r d e r t o b e t h e flmost 9
a p p r o p r i a t e to , e a c h set of c i r c u m s t a n c e s f l (Sr imn and Nashner ,
1978). p a r t i c u l a r l y f o r m o d u l a t i o n of m u s c u l a r a c t i v i t y w i t h 3 3 7
i n s t r u c t i o n (Milner-Broun et a l , 1975; Hil ler and Brooks , 1981) . 4 j 3 i
T h e e x i s t i n g l i t e r a t u r e on t h e e f f e c t s of i n s t r u c t i o n on' f
s t r e t c h r e f l e x modu la t ion d q e s n o t p r o v i d e a d e f i n i t i v e a n s w e r
t o whe the r t h e t v o components c a n b e d i s s o c i a t e d . C l a i m s oT b o t h
have b e e n made s i n c e Bajnond. Ev idence s n p p o r t i n g i l i s s o c i a t i o n
of t h e two components h a s been g a t h e r e d b u t i n t e r p r e t a t i o n s f o r b
i
t h i s phenonmenon h a v e v a r i e d w i d e l y .
1 n s t r u c t i p ~ ' t o n r e s i s t n o r t o " le t gon ' t o f o r c e d e x t e n s i o n I i
$ ",
of t h e elbow, i n a parad igm v e r y s i m i l a r t o Hammondqs, r e s u l t e d f i n t h e same enhancement or s u p p r e s s i o n of EMG a c t i v x t y o c c u r r i n g
be tween 40 and 70 a s e c a f t e r s t r e t c h ( ~ o l e b a k h , Gandevia ,
HcClos key and P o t t e r , .1979) . E q u i v a l e n t i n s t r u c t i o n s , n p n l l " and
"let go", t o p e r t u r b a t i o n s of t h e d i s t a l j o i n t of t h e thumb 9 P - - - - - - -- -- -- - - -- - - - - - - - -
r e s u l t e d i n a m p l i t u d e a o d u l a t i o n o f t h e l a t e p o r t i o n , component *
- - - - -- - - - pp - - - - - - - -
B,' o f t h e l a t e r e f l e x a c i t i v i t y i f t h e thumb w a s h e l d s t a t i o n a r y
(Har sden , H e r t o n , Morton, Ada a n d E a l l e e , lg7P in a n t
- a b s e n c e of a m p l i t u d e m o d u l a t i o n . w h e ~ t h e t h u was mofving
\ - 9
7'
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-. (Marsden, H e r t o n and E o r t o n , 1976a) .
a Comparing "resistw a n d w l e t goR i n s t r u c t i o n s t o *
p e r t u r b a t i o n of wrist f l e x o r s a l s o d e m o n s t r a t e d t h a t l a t e p e a k s
are more e a s i l y mod i f i ed by p r i o r i n s t r u c t i o n t h a n - a r e i n i t i a l
ERG p e a k s (Eklnnd et a l , 1982.b). However, o b s e r v a t i o n s t h a t i n a
t r a i n of s h o r t - l a t e n c y r e s p o n s e s t h o s e closest t o t h e v o l i t i o n a l -
s
r e s p o n s e were most a f f e c t e d b y i n s t r u c t i o n l e d t h e s e a u t h o r s t o
c o n c l u d e t h a t s p i n a l p r e - s e t t i n g was r e s p o n s i b l e f o r t h e
phenomenon, and n o t l o n g loops.
L i t e r a t u r e a l s o exists p r o c l a i m i n g t h a t b o t h the s h o r t and : :
t h e l o n g l a t e n c y r e f l e x a c t i v i - t i e s 'are a o d i f i e d b y p r i o r -1,
i n s t r u c t i o n . It is w o r t h n o t i h b r l t t h i n p o i n t t h a t EIammond - h i m s e l f a l s o o b s e r v e d an o c c a s i o n a l s u p p r e s s i o n o f t h e " tendon
j e rkv1 r e s p o n s e a t the elbow- f o l l a w i n g i n s t r u c t i o n s to " le t go"
(Hamaond, 1 960) . Comparison o f "compensa ten and " p a s s i v e " i n s t r u c t i o n s on
human wrist r e s p o n s e s i h s c a t e d ' tha t a l l PdG p e l k s =re a f f e c t e d
by t h e i n s t r u c t i o n s [Lee and T a t t o n , 1975) . S i m i l a r results were
o b t a i n e d campar ing "compensate" and " let gon (Lee and P a t t o n ,
1978) . Although l a t e E f f i p e a k s (12, 83) o c c u r r i n g f rom 55 t o 85
msec were most r a r k e d l y affected by i n s t r u c t i o n s , t h e e a r l i e r
a c t i v i t y (11) a t a l a t e n c y of 30-35 msec was a l s o modulated, t o -- - -- - - - - - - - - -- - -
a smaller deg ree . - - -- - - - - -- - * - - A
A l s o a t th i wrist a series of f o u r d i f f e r e n t i n s t r o c t i o n s ,
"do n o t r e a c t " , " r e a c t t o t a r g e t u , "react n a x i ~ a l l y ~ , and
t 1 a s s i s t 1 8 , were shown t o a f f e c t m g n i t a e of both e a r l y ,
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%yet a t i c e , : a c t i v i t y =ring between 30 a n d 60 a s e c and
wl a t e - a y o t a t i c H - a c t i v i t y s*nning 6 0 t o 120 msec from . t h e
s t r e t c h ( J a e g e r e t a l , 1982) . ~ i c e ~ s a n d t r i c e p s a lso h a v e . * d e a o n s t r a t e d modu la t ion of s h o r i a t e n p y a c t i v i t y ri€&-2' range &- ' " of i n s t r u c t i o n s (Thomas, Brown and L u c i e r , ,1977). -
I
Results of a s i m i l a r . n a t u r e have been ob , t a ined f o r lower
l i m b musc le s u s i n g "resist" a n d " l e t go" o n hutmn t i b i a l i s 9 .
a n t e r i o r (I les, l 9 7 7 ) , a n d nresisgn, "do n o t r e s i s t g V a - n d
- n a s s i s t m op s o l e u s a n d g a s t r o c n e n i o u s a s w e l l ( G o t t l i e b anad . .
Agarwal, .I 979) . i
H o d u l a t i o n o f s h o r t l a t e n c y a c i v i t y w i t h i n s t r u c t i o n s has
a l s o been documented i n nonbumn p r i m a t e s ( B v a r t s a n d a an ji, 1976) and i n c a t s (Gkez a n d Sh inoda , 1 9 7 8 ) . " ,
'i
A t t h e l e v e l pf t h e motor cortek, i n s t r u c t i o n induced "
i
c h a n g e s i n a c t i v i t y 'in monkey pre-ze n t r a l ne u r o n s o c c u r r e d %
w i t h i n 200 t o 500 msec o f i n s t r u c t i o n o n s e t and p r i o r t o a n y
p e r t u r bat i o n , pre- s e t t i n g s p i n a l c o r d r e f l e x e x c i t a b i l i t y
( E v a r t s . a n d Tan ji, 1974) . F u r t h e r , t h e l e v e l o f p y r a m i d a l t r a c t
worm p c t i v i t g f o l l o w i n g p e r t u r b a t i o n s t o the* e lbow also. was 5
modula t ed depend ing upon i n s t r u c t i o n s t o w p u l l N o,r t o "pushn
( E v a r t s and Tan ji, 1976) . L , a s t l y, i n v e s t i g a t i o n s d i r e c t e d s p e c i f i c a l l y t o e x a n i n i n g -
- - -- - -- - - - - - - - --
t h e effect of mixing and non- mix ing - d i f f e r e n t i n s t r u c ~ o n s have ~ -- -- ~ -- -
shown, on human b i c e p s , t h a t r a n d o n i z a t i o n of i n s t r u c t i o n s . .
( n p r o n a t e @ @ and l @ s u p i n a t e w ) min imizes t h e i r e f f e c t o n t h e s h o r t
l a t e n c y r e s p o n s e [ E v a r t s and G r a n i t , 1976) . E l i m i n a t i o n of
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c h a g e s i n t e n d o n jerk a n p l i t a d e was . s a b s e q u e q t l y aetar ~ i n e d t o
be the r e s u l t o f c o n c o m i t a n t l y a b o l i s h e d c h a n g e s i~ background
d i s c h a rge p r i o r t o t h e ~ e r t n r b a t i ~ n ( E v a r t s and Vaughn, 1978).
% . I -
Jn suamar y, t h e r e aEe two i m p a r t a n t c o n s i d e r a t i o n s when ,'
i n ~ t r u c ~ o n e f f e c t ; o n ref l& a m p l i t M e are examined. Dne, g i v e n G' * e
- - -- - - - - - - - - - - - A - - - -. -- A- -- b t h e p r e v i o u s l y ment ion ed dependence of r e f l e x re s w n s e + mag i t n d e
op. l e v e l s of a o t o n e u r o n p o o l e x c i t a b i l i t y , it is e s s e n t i a l t o
c o n t r o l backgroubd f a c i l i t a t i o n of t h e motoneuron &ool p r i o r t o / - 4 -
C
s t r e t c h , a s men t ioned by Iles (1977) . Two, q u a n t i f i c a t i o n o f t h e
% r e f l e x r e s p o n s e s i s a l s o neces sa5y . F a i l u r e t o do t h i s r e n d e r s /'-.
c o m p a r i s o n s and c o n c l u s i & s t e n u o u s .
d7 Some o f t h e s t u d i e s men t ioned above s u f f e r f rom t h e s e . e
m e t h o d o l o g i c a l i n a d e q u a c i e s , I n s t r u c t i o n effects were examined
unde r a c o n d i t i o n of n o b i a s i n g p r e l o a d by G o t t l i e b a n d Agarwal
-(1979) . And no q u a n t i f i c a t i o n of r e s u l t s was pe r fo rmed- by
Hammond ( 1 9 5 4 t o 1960) , Uarsden a n d c o w o r k e r s (1 976 and 19784,
C o l e b a t c h a n d c o w o r k e r s ( 1 979., f o r t h e s h o r t l a t e n c p cogponent). ,
and Eklund a n d ' coworkers (1982) .
R e l a t i o n s h i p s be tween . a b i l i t y t o m o d u l a t e t h e g a i n of t h e
s t r e t c h r e f l e x pa thways and o t h e r v a r i a b l e s r e l a t e d t o movement - - - - - - - - - - - - -- -
p e r f o r a a n c e h a v e n o t been a x p l o r g d b e f o r e . While a g r e a t d e a l is
known a b o n p T o l t i i t a r y r e a c t i o n t i n e - a n d i ts r e l a t i l o r i s h i p t o T -7
a g i n g , no , i n f o r m a t i o n e x i s t s on how e i t h e r o f t h e s e t w o
v a r i a b l e s a r e r e l a t e d t o g a i n modula.fing a b i l i t y . .
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- K rn est h e t i c r e a c t i o n - m e , the time c e q a i r e d - t o =act L
t 1 . b
v o l u n t a r i l y t o a k i n e s t h e t i c s t i m u l u s ; cpn be v e r y f a s t , O r i n . t h e
o r d e r of 70-80 msec" in human b i c e p s [ E v a r t s and Vatmgba, 1978;
C o l e b a t c h e t al, 1979) , and q f 85 msec in f leror poii i& l o n g u s c.
7 r (Bassden et al, 1978). V o l u n t a r y r e a c t i o n t i ~ e t o a n d i t a r g ! or .
v i s u a l s t i m u l i a r e a l l s u c h l o n g e r , g e n e r a l l y begorid l@b n s e c 1 , &
~ m ~ - _ l 3 b ~ - ~ a n d 4 a u - g ~ t 9 1 8 ~ L ~ m l h t t s x ~ l ~ _ 7 ~ & , _-_I-
S i n ce s t r e t c h r e f l e x a c t i v i t y c a n p r e c e e d v o l u n t a r y c o n t r a c t i o n
by i n t e r v 6 o f 25-40 rsec i n monkeys o r e v e n l o n g e r i n man, i t 4 k I /
has b e e n s u g g e s t e d t h a t t h e v e r s h o r t k i n e s t h e t i c r e a c t i o n time .r, n a y be r e o d e r e d p o s s i b l e b y ~ o m e ' i a c l l i t a t o r ~ effecks of t h e f r
c.
p r i o r r e f l e x a c t i v i t y on t h e mot oaeuron p o o l (Ghez a n d Sh inoda ,
1978). i-
I n f u n c t i o n a l i n v e s t i g a t i o n s of s t r e t c h r e f l e x a c t i v i t y i t
h a s b e e n d e m o n s t r a t e d t h a t t h e l o n g l a t e n c i r e s p o n s e magn i tude r 7
i n t h e human thumb can carp-ensate u p t o 50% e r r o r i n p o s i t i o n
due t o a d i s t u r b a n c e (Marsden, Her ton , M r t o n , R o t h w e l l and 3
Trbub, 198 1) a n p t h a t t h e magni tude c€ l o n g l a t e n c y a c t i v i t y and + *
i
of v o l u n t a r y a c t i v i t y are i n v e r s e l y r e l a t e d [Marsden, R o t h w e l l
a n d T r aub,. 1979) . I t i s p o s s i b l e , t h e r e f o r e , t h a t a b i l i t y t o
modu la t e t h e r e f l e x r e s p o n s e might b e r e l a t e d t o s h o r t
k i n e s t h e t i c r e a c t i o n time i f b o t h a r e a s p e c t s of t h e same
neuromuscn lar fnnc t i o n i n + --- - - - - - - -
T h e g e n e r a l - d e c r e a s e - - - - i n r e a c t i o n - - time - seen - w i t h - - - age -- (Suci, - - -
Davidof f and S n r w i l l o , 1960; S a l t h o u s e , 1979; E v a r t s , T e r a v a i n e n
a n d Calne , 1981) n i g h t t h u s b e accompanied by a loss of a b i l i t y % .
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ta m o d u l a t e t h e g a i n o f r e f l e x pathways. '8
A l t e r n a t i v e l y , t h e g e n e r a l r e d u c t i o n i n p h y s i o l o g i c a l
p l a s t i c i t y s e e n d t h a g e ( H e l f o f d a n d B i r r e n , 1965; Brown, 1972: - Campbel l , McCoaas and P e t i t i o , 1973; Grimby, Danneskiold-Samsoe,
Eivid and S a l t i n , 1982) might b e d i r e c t l y r e f l e c t e d i n o r k b e - . - I
r e s p o n s i b l e f o r .a r e d u e d a b i l i t y t o 'modula te ref1e"x r e s p o n s e s . , *
4
! F h - p X ~ & % ~ e . € t h e - & e - ~ + s p & s e - ift pzsticitl s-B~s- - --- --
b e e n well documented. D e v o l o p m n t a l l y , i t r e a c h e s a d u l t form V . El
o n l y a r o u n d t h e a g e o f 8-10 y e a r s (Bava, 1 4 8 1 ) . It is h i g h l y .
s u s c e p t i b 3 e t o ' l e a r n i n g . T r a i n i n g is r e q u i r e d t 'o p t o d u c e
modu la t ion o r r e s p o n s e i n t h e f l e x o r h a l l n c i S l o n g u s (flarsden, . -
H e r t o n and h o r t o n , 1976b). Practice improves mo3n la t ion
p e r f o r nance i n a v a r i e t y of human m u s c l e s (Haanond, 1960; Conrad
and Aschof f , 1977; na r sden , l l e r t o n and n o r t o n , 1976b) . Long
l a t e n c y a c t i v i t y i s also h i g h l y dependen t on i t s c o n t e x t . Fo r
example, d e s p i t e similar a n a e s t h e s i a _ o f t he thumb, l o n g l a t e n c y + ,
a c t i v i t y o f t h e thumb f l e x o r was r educed o n l y uhen 4 h e musc le
was p e r t u r b e d v h i l e ' a c t i n g a s a p r i m e mwer. The respon* was
n o t a f f e c t e d when t h e muscle v a s a c t i n g p o s t u r a l l y (Marsden, I ',
H e r t o n and Bor ton , 1 9 7 6 ~ ) . L a s t l y , . no l o n g l a t e n c y r e s p o n s e was
e l i c i t e d by v e r y s h a l l p e r t u r b a t i o n s (+/- 1% of a a x i a a l force)
u n l e s s these were &xed wi th l a r g e p e r t u r b a t i o n s (Marsden,
E e r t o n and M o r t o n , 1979 .
T h i s t h e s i s v a s u n d e r t a k e n
i n s t r a c t i o n - d e p e n d e n t a ~ p l i t n d e
t o e x p l o r e t h e
modu la t ion o f t h e two components
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o f the s t r e t c h r e f l e x ih h u @ n w r i s t f l e x o r s w h i l e g i v i n g 1
p a r t i c u l a r a t t e n t i o n t o t h e 'met hodo log ica l i s s u e s men t ioned ri
above. B v a r i e t y of i n s t r u c t i o n s were examined b o t h ' mixed
t o g e t h e r a n d s e p a r a t e l y .
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modula t e t h e c o m ~ o n e n t s , p a r t i c u l a r l y l o n g e r l r i t encp . a c t i v i t y ,
e v a l u a t e p o s s i b l e a g e '
f. . 4 a l s o t e s t e d wi th d i f f e r m t a g e - g r o u p s t o
r e l a t e d d i f f e r e n c e s o f b o t h phenomena.
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a g e from 21 t o 69 y e a r s , were r e c r u i t g d f r o a t h e u n i v e r s i t y 0
community. A 1 1 s u b j e c t s were r i g h t ' handed and were randomly
a s s i g n e d t o t h r e e g r o u p s o n t h e b a s i s o f i n s t r u = t i o n paradigm
and age.
One g r o u p o f f f i f t e e n s u b j e c t s ( 8 male, 7 female), 23 t o 30 Q - - -- - -
y e a r s old , was t e s t e d unde r two s e p a r a t e c o n d i t i o n s of - i n s t r u c t i o n : - 1) mixed i n s t r u c t i o n s and 2) non-mixed ! .,
i n s t r u c t i o n s . I -
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The o t h e r , two groups were tested wkth a reducer3 m i w d '
i n s t r u c t i o n s p a r a d i g m o n l y . 3 f these , o n e g r o u p c o n s i s t e d o f t e n
s u b j e c t s (8 male , 2 f e m a l e ) 2 1 t o - 3 0 y e a r s o f age . T h e o t h e r
c o n s i s t e d o f t h i r t e e n s u b j e c t s ( 9 male, 4 female) 50 t o 69 y e a r s
o l d .
P e r t u r b a t i o n s e x t e n d i n g t h e wrist were a d m i n i s t e r e & by a
v e r t i c a l h a n d l e a t t a c h e d t o t h e s h a f t o f a p r e c i s i o n t o r q u e
u io tor ( ~ e r b f l e x L a b o r a t o r i e s TQ 82W. t y p C) . The aof& was
d r i v e n b y s q u a r e p u l s e s , 250 n s e c i n d u r a t i o n , w i t h a , r
s e r v o a m p l i f i e r . F o u r d i f f e r e n t p u l s e m a g n i t u d e s were u s e d : 0.9 , 1.8 , 2.7 a n d 3. 6 v o l t s , . T h e s e were e a c h s u p e r i m p o s e d o,n a
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c o n s t a n t b i a s i n g p r e l o a d o f 0 .4 v o l t s . C a l i b r a t i o n s of t o r q u e
n a g n i t u d e i t h t h e h a n d l e p o s i t i o n e d a cm f r o m the s h a f t of
t h e m o t o r e s t a b l i s h e d 4 .0 v o l t s t o c o r r e s p n d t o 1 0 , 0 0 0 gm c a .
A padded h o r i z o n t l e v e l w i t h t h e h a n d l e
s u p p o r t e d t h e s u b j e c t ' t e s t i r i g , r e d u c i n g m u s z u l a r
a c t i v i t y o t h e r t h a n m u s c u l a t u r e . I n p o s i t i o n i n g
t h e arm f o r t e s t i n g o f t h e w r i s t was
a l i g n e d w i t h the a x i s of r o t a t i o n o f t h e o t o r a n d s t a b i l i z e d iZ-
3 w i t h p a d d e d s i d e g r i p s . T h e s e g r i p p e d t h e f o r e a r m j u s t
p r o x i m a l l y t o t h e wrist a n d d i d n o t i n a n y way i m p e d e e i t h e r 7
f l e x i o n o r e x t e n s i o n o f t h e jo in t . T h e d i s t a n c e of the h a n d l e
f r o a t h e s h a f t o f t h e m o t o r was a d j u s t e d f o r e a c h s u b j e c t , a
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r a n g e of 7 t o 10 cm s o t h a t t h e h a n d l e c o u l d r b e - - h e l d c o m f o g t a b l q . ,
i n t h e palm of t h e h a n d w i t h t h e f i n g e r s r e l a x e d .
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( B o u r n s I ~ C . ) c o u p l e d t o t h e s h a f t of t h e t o r q u e motor . P o s i t i o n
f e e d b a c k wa s p r o v i d e d t o t h e s u b ject by means of a T e k t r o n i sf!
o s c i l l o s c o p e .
T e n s i o n a t t h e h a n d l e was measured by t w o p a i r s of s t r a i n
g a u g e s [ f l i c r o m e a s u r e a e n t s t y p e EA- 13- 250tIQ-350) c o n n e c t e d t o a - V i s h a y 2310 b r i d g e c i r c u i t ,
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I n a l l s u b j e c t s s u r f a c e E H G was+ r e c o r d e d f o r w r i s t f l e x o r s \
u s i n g Ag-AgC1 e l e c t r o d e s p l a c e d 3-5 ern a p a r t , o n t h e m e d i a l h a l f
o f t h e f o r e a r m , o v e r t h e f l e x o r c a r p i r a d i a l i s n n s z l e . E x t e n s o r
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I. Grounding was t h r o u g h a s t r a p p o s i t i o n e d on t h e d i s t a l
'-7 f o r e a r m . F o r r e c o r d i n g , t h e EMG s i g n a l s . were f i r s t b a n d p a s s
f i l t e r e d (3082 - 3KEz by Grass P15-AC p f e a m p l i f i e r s ) a n d t h e n
f u r t h e r amp l i f i e d .
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I n s t r u c t i o n s ) , t e r n 0 s i o n a n d p o s i t i o n r e c o r d s , were r e c o r d e d on an
8 c h a n n e l EM t a p e r e c o r d e r f o r o f f - l i n e a n a l y s i s . .
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m i xed p s e u d o r a n d o m l y .
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1 - C h o i c e S i m p l e R e a c t i o n T i m e Parad igm:
No l i g h t box was. u s e d . Each i n s t r u c t i o n was t e s t e d 3
se p a r a t e l f b y a s k i n g t h e s u b j e c t to r e p e a t e d 1 y r e s p o n d t h e -
same way t o all t h e p s e u d o . r a n d o m l g p r e s e n Y f o u r loads- - 7
T h e s e p a r t i c u l a r labels h a v e b e e n c h o s e n i n o r d e r t o
f a c i l i t a t e d i s c u s s i o n o f t h e . d i f f e r e n t m r a d i g n s by ref e r r i n g
s p e c i f i c a l a y t o t h e number of i n s t r u c t - i o n s u s e d w i t h i n e a c h one . -
I n a l l c a s e s t h e s u b j e c t w a s i n s t r u c t e d o n how t o react t o t h e
p e r t u r b a t i o n w e l l i n a d v a n c e o f a c t u a l l y h a v i n g t o r e s p o n d . The
specif ic react i o n times m e a s u r e d were t h e r e f o r e t s i m p l e l i n
n a t u r e .
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E x p e r i m e n t I i n c l u d e d p r a d f g a s A a n d C. E x p e r i m e n t I1 c o n s i s t e d
o f p a r a d i g m B o n l y . T h e s e two e x p e r i m e n t s are e x p l a i n e d b e l o u .
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y e a r s . T h e p u r p o s e of t h i s e x p e r i m e n t was,dual: o n e , t o
i n v e s t i g a t e g a i n . mOduliIti& o f s t r e t c h r e f l e x pathwa y s . u i t h a I
r a n g e of i n s t r h c t i o n s ; t w o , t o d e t e r m i n e how t h i s m o d u l a t i o n i s
a f f e c t e d by t h e manner i n w h i c h ' t h e i n s t r u c t i o n s are g i v e n .
T h& two c o n d i t i o n s o f i n s t r u c t i o n c o n s i s t e a of o n e ,
i n t e r a i x l n g t h e i n s t r u c t i o n s ( 3 - C h o i c e S i m p l e R e a c t i o n T i m e
P a r a d i g m ) and two, t e s t i n g e a c h i n s t r u c t i o n s e p a r a t e l y (1-Choice
S i a p f e R e a c t i o n Tire P a r a d i g m ) . 3
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I n t h i s c o n d i t i o n t h e t h r e e i n s t r u c t i o n s ( c o m p e n s a t e , l e t
g o and a s s i s t ) were g i v e n i r f random o r d e r , f o l l o w i n g a ,
p r e p r e p a r e d s e q u e n c e w h i c h was u s e d f o r - a l l s u b j e c ' t s . T h e time - ,
i n t e r v a l b e t w e e n e a c h p e r t u r b a t i o n was s u c h a s t o r e d u c e t h e
s u b j e c t ' s p r e p a r a t o r y time t o a few s e c o n d s , a t t h e most, t h u s
p r e v e n t i n g t h e , e s t a b l i s h m e n t of a yrip.le and c o n s t a n t
- p r e p a r a t o r y s e t . I n a d d i t i o n , s h o r t s e q u e n c e s of f i v e o r s i x
u n i n s t r u c t e d w r ist e x t e n s i o n s were p s e u d o r a n d o m l y i n t e r m i x e d
w i t h t h e i n s t r u c t e d p e r t u r b a t i o n s . These a t t e m p t e - d t o e v a l u a t e *
reflex m a g n i t u d e te p e r t a r b a t i o n s w h i c h w e r e u n e x p e c t e d a n d t o --
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T h i s t e s t i n g p a r a d i g m u s e d a r e d u c e d c o n d i t i o n o f r a n d o m l y
mixed i n s t r u c t i o n s t o i n v e s t i g a t e p o s s i b l e age r e b t e d c h a n g e s
i n r e f l e x g a i n m o d u l a t i n g a b i l i t y . C o m p e n s a t e a n d le t g o
s i n c e f t h e s e h a v e b e e n t h e t w o c o n v e n t i o n a l l y u s e d t o assess L- k
reflex modula t i o n a b i l i t y (Hanmond, 1 9 5 4 ) . Two d i f f e r e n t group&'7-'
o f s u b j e c t s of w i d e l y s e p a r a t e a g e r a n g e s , 21-30 a n d 50-69 were - t e s t e d . Again, f o u r m a g n i t u d e s of p e r t u r b a t i o n were u s e d a n d all
.,
p o s s i b l e i n s t r u c t i o n - l o a d p a i r s , 12 i n t o t a l ; were p r e s e n t e d
more t h a n t w e n t y times, i n pseudorandom o r d e r , a c c a r d i n g t o a
p r e d r a w n list. The e f f e c t o f t e s t i n g t h e i n s t r u c t i o n s s e p a r a t e 1 y
was n o t i n v e s t i g a t e d i n t h e s e two g r o u p s . T h i s less time
c o n s u m i n g p a r a d i g m f a c i l i t a t e d t h e r e c r u i t a e n t of o l d e r
s u b j e c t s . *
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the r i g h t a r s p o s i t i o s e d a s d e s c r i b e d abere, % h w - b o t &-the
in s tr u c t i o n li ght-_box and t h e p o s i t i ma1 hedhack oscil loscap-e .
P r i o r t o t e s t i n g t h e m e a n i n g o f t h e i n s t r u c t i o n s w a s ' c a r e f u l l y
d e s c r i b e d , a s were t h e s i g n i f i c a n c e o f b o t h t h e c o l o n r a n d the - .
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h a n d l e a t t a c h e d t o t h e t o r q u e motor b e repos i$ ioned , af ter each
t r i a l ; a t a c o n s t a n t s t a r t i n g p l a c e ( r o u g h l y 10 d e g r e e s B
f l e x i o n ) , b y u s i n g t h e h o r i z o n t a l l i n e on the s c o p e f o r
f e e d b a c k . d
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- 2&'
. . i n s t r u c t i o n s . I n a p p r o p r i a t e r e s p o n s e s were c o r r e c t e d v e r b a l l y by
t h e e x p e r i m e n t e r . P r a c t i c e was c o o t i nned u n t i l t h e s u b j e c t s fe l t - L
coa f o r t a b l e with t h e tasks. T e s t i n g was t h e n commenced.
Just p r i o r -to t h e s t a r t o f t h e mixed i n s t r u c t - i o n s d a t a
g a t h e r i n g s e s s i o n s s u b j e c t s were i n f o r a e d t h a t t h e r e would b e .
o c c a s i ona 1 u nex pec t e d and u n i n s t r u c t e d wrist e x t e n s i o n s
i n t e r m i x e d w i t h t h e o t h e r s . It was e x p l a i n e d t h a t t h e s e were I
p a r t o f t h e e x p e r i m e n t a l d e s i g n a Ld t h a t no s p e c i f i c r e s p o n s e s 9
were e x p e c t e d t o b e made t o t h e s e p e r t u r b a t i o n s .
* F o r a l l t r i a l s a v a r i a b l e time d e l a y o f 0.S t o 2 -0 s e c o n d s
s e p a r a t e d l o a d o n s e t f rom l i g h t .on= t. T h i s v a r i a b l e time d e l a y -. s e r v e d t h e d u a l p u r p o s e o f a l l o w i n g t h e s u b j e c t s s u f f i c i e n t time
,to p r e p a r e bto r e s p o n d a p p r o p r i a t e l y w h i l e p r e v e n t i n g a p o s s i b l e
a n t i c i p a t o r y - r e s p o nse . The i n s t r u c t i o n - l i g h t r ema ined lit
- t h r o u g h o u t t h i s i n t e r v a l .
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i n s t r u c t i o n - l o a d p a i r were a v e r a g e d Qn a n L S I -1 1 s i c r o c o r p u t e r d I
w i t h a s a m p l i n g r a t e of 1000/sec. S q u a r e p u l s e s r e p r e s e n t i n g t h e f t
d i f f e r e n t l o a d s a n d l i g h t s were s e p a r a t e d b y m u l t i l e v e l l o g i c 0:
c i r c u i t r y . The o u t p u t s of t h i s c i r c u i t r a y were f e d t o ' a n ABb g a t e
t o ' obtain t r i g g e r p a l s e s f o r v a r i o u s l o a d - i n s t r u c t i o n - - - . - - - -- - - - - - - _ - - - __ - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - -
c o m b i n a t i o n s . T h e s e pulses t r i g g e r e d t h e compu te r where f o u r A/D . c h a n n e l s s i a u l t a n e o n s l y a v e r a g e d f l e x o r s a n d e x t q n s o r s mG,
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e d m i n b t e c a n c e l l i n g o f p o s i t i v e and n e g a t i v e a c t i v i t y , . and - a m p l i f i e d t o 3-5 v o l t s . I n a d d i t i o n , f l e x o r EhG was d e l a y e d by
40-<0 s e c t o a l l o w t h e e v a l u a t i o n o f backgroon3 a c t i v i t y . 1
P o s i t i o n a n d t e n s i o n r e c o r d s v e r e a m p l i f i e d t o + 5 v o l t s i-
m x i l r n a .
f~~o,r+qJfler a c t i v i t y f o r e a c h i n s t r u c t i o n - l o a d . - c o r b i n % t i o n was c a l c u l a t e d 'for t h e background ( B G ) , s h o r t
l a t e n c y (SL)L and l o n g l a t e n c y ILL) componen t s e p a r a t e l y . The <
two c o s p o n e n t s were i d e n t i f i e d by v i s u a l - ---- i n s q e c t i o n - of - - t h e -
a v e r a g e d r e c o r d s a n d q u a n t i f i e d a c c o r d i n g t o p r e v b u s l y u sed ' - - - - - - - - -
p r o c e d u r e s (Bawa, 1981). C a l c u l a t i o n s were a s qo l lows:
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A (t) = a v e r a g e d a r e a u n d e r peak x,' of d n r a t i o n t f o r - 3~- 1
x = SL or LL, *- i = i n s t r u c t i o n and l o a d pa i r ,
7 .
B ( t ) ' = area f o r t h e background p e r i o d t p r i o r - to i r e f l e x a c t i v i t y ,
P
B a c k g r o n n d a c t i v i t y , B lasee , was then s u b t r a c t e d frdia A - i x i=
/msec i n o r d e r t o d e t e r m i n e a measu re of e x c l u s i v e l y r e f l e x I
a c t i v i t y :
= mean reflex a c t i v i t y per tsec under peak , x a b w e background . -
, S 4
4
L a s t l y , t h e v a l u e s f o r background, t h e ' . s h o r t l a t e n c y and
the l o n g l a t e n y . r e f l e x componen t s o b t a i n e d i n t h i s manner were +
t h e n n o r m a l i z e d w i t h r e s p e c t t o the l a r g e s t v a l u e c a l c u l a t e d f o r
#@ e a c h s u b j e c t . T h i s p r o c e s s of n o r a a l i z a t $ o n is u s e f u l i n .
p e r m i t t i n g c o m b a r i s o n s t o be made be tween s u b jec ts i n terms *of
p r o p o r t i o n a l c h a n g e i n a c t i v i t y a c r o s s i n s t r u c t i o n s . - /
A s i m i l a r process was uSed t o o b t a i n a m e a s u r e of e x t e n s o r s
admin i s t r a t i * of the p e r t u r b a t i o n . D u r i n g t h i s b r i e f time
i n t e r v a l t h e e x t e n s o r a c t i v i t y would be a s y e t u n a f f e c t e d b y t h e
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k
r e f l e x f l e x o r a c t i v i t y b e g i n n ' i n g a t 20 msec o r la-ter.
Vo l u n t q ~ Ieac t a n z & ~ g -
% V o l u n t a r y r ' e a c t i o n times were c a l c u l a t e d from t h e a v e r a g e d
f l e x o r s a n d e x t e n s o r s ' t r a c e s . I n a l l c a s e s of E x p e r i m e n t I - - - - - - - - A -- - 7
r e a c t i o n time. was d e f i n e d t o be t h e time ( i n asec) when r a g e d . v o l u n t a r y EHG a c t i v i t y r e a c h e d a v a l u e t h r e e times t h a t of t h e
P a v e r a g e d b a & g r o t t ~ t & { a l s o i n n s e c ) . In this niutaer v a l u e s for
reaction time were o b t a i n e d fo r a l l four Eagni tndes of '
. p e r t u r b a t i o n s f o r c o m p e n s a t e ( f leFFs EMG) an8 a s s i s t ( e x t e n s o r s
m G) i n s t r u c t i o n ; i n b o t h t h e mix ( 3 - C h o i c e ) a n d t6e non-mixed
( 1 - C h o i c e ) i n s t r u c t i o n p a r a d i g m s . m u l t i p l e e v a l u a t i o n s o f . "
r e a c t i o n time e n s u r e d t h a t a n a c c u r a t e m e a s u r e o f t h e f a s t e s t
r e a c t i o n time was o b t a i n e d f o r e a c h s u b j e c t .
I n E x p e r i m e n t I1 (2 -Choice S i m p l e R e a c t i o n T i m e Pa r a d i g n ) , v a l u e s o f r e a c t i o n time were d e r i v e d f rom t h e l a r g e s t
, -
p r t u r b a t i o n f o r t h e c o m p e n s a t e t a s k o n l y s i n c e t h i s was
e s t a b l i s h e d t o be c o n s i s t e n t l y t h e f a s t - t , as j u d g e d f rom
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C a l c u l a t i o n s for & g s ~ of Ampl i tude H o d u h t i o g
Expe r imen t . I: . 3 - m o i c e and 1 -Cho ice S ia tp le R e a c t i o n T i m e
Pa rad igms
i n s t r u c t i o n were p r e s e n t e d (mixed v e r s u s non-mixed) and of t h e
a a g n i t nde df t h e p e r t u r b a t i o n were e'ltamined u s & one-way
r e p e a t e d m e a s u r e s a n a l y s e s o f v a r i a n c e . An a l t e a d y e x i s t i n g
a ~ p u t e r package c a l l e d MANOVA was s e l e c t e d for u s e f r o m w i t h i n
t h e SPSS ( S t a t i s t d e a l Package f o r t h e S o c i a l S c i e n c e s ) program
g v a i l a b l e a t S . P . U . S i g n i f i c a n t e f f e c t s ' ( p = < . 05 l e v e l ) were
p u r s u e d w i t h s u b s e q u e n t HAN&AS t o t h e p o i n t of p a i r v i s e
compar i sons . A 1 1 t h e HAHOVAS were p e r f o r m e d f o r t h e nor m l i z e d ' 1
v a l u e s of b a d g r o u n d , s h o r t l a t g n c y and l o n g l a t e n c y a m p o n e n t s
f o l l o w i n g a n a r c s i n e t r a n s f o r m a t i o n of t h e d a t a . T h i s r-
t r a n s f o r a a t i o n i s r e q u i r e d f o r p a r a m e t r i c a n a l y s e s o n v a l u e s
t h a t a r e i n t h e form o f p r o p o r t i o n s ( K l e i n b a u a a n d Kupper,
1978) . B o t h r e s u l t s a n d d i s c u s s i o n o f t h e res&ts w i l l be made
i n teras of t h e o r i g i n a l , un t r ans fo rmed , n o r m a l i z e d d a t a t o
f a c i l i t a t e i n t e r p r e t a t i o n .
t
T h e r e l a t i a n s h i p s hetween m o d u l a t i n g a h i l i t y, n s c t ioh time +
and a g e were computed w i t b P e a r s o n R c o r r e l a t i o n s . Again u s i n g ,
SP SS, c o r r e l a t i o n s H e r e c g l c u l a t e d b e tween a m p l i t u d e mo d u l a t i o n
o f e a c h o f t h e t h r e e EBG v a r i a b l e s ( b a c k g r o u d I n n d t t h e two
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r e f l e x c o m p o n e n t s ) a n d r e a c t i o n time a n d age . F i r s t , a m p l i t u d e
m o d u l a t i o n was c a l c u l a t e d for t h e b a c k g r o u n d , t h e s h o r t a n d t h e
l o n g l a t & n c y c o m p o n e n t s as the d i f f e r e n c e ' b e t u e e n a l l p o s s i b l e
p a i r s o f i n s t r u c t i o n s i n t h e i r a v e r a g e d n o r m a l i z e d r e s p o n s e s C
( a v e r a g e d o v e r t h e f o u r s i z e s of p e r t u r b a t i o n s ) . F o r e x a m p l e :
LL (coap - le t go) = (cLLw t c i ~ x + c ~ L y + cLLz) / 4 - ( U L w + l L L x + lLLy + 1LLz) / 4,
t-..
v , x , y , z = p e r t u r b a t i o n m a g n i t u d e
(0.9, 1.8, 2 . 7 , 3 .6 V)
S i x v a l u e s of a m p l i t u d e m o d u l a t i o n were t h u s o b t a i n e d f o r
" b a c k g r o u n d , s h o r t a n 4 l o n g l a t e n c y c o a p o n , e n t s , e a c h , i n t h e
mixed i n s t r u c t i o n s c o n d i t i o n .
E a c h o f t h e s e v a l u e s f o r t h e two r e f l e x c o r n ~ o n e n t s ( s h o r t
a n d l o n g l a t e n c y ) was t h e n c o r r e l a t e d w i t h 1 ) t h e f a s t e s t
r e a c t i o n time m e a s u r e d f o r t h a t s u b j e c t , 2) th-e f a s t e s t r e a c t i o n
t ime m e a s u r e d d u r i n g t h e m i xed i n s t r u c t i o n s c o n d i t i o n ( 3 - c h o i c e
siaple r e a c t i o n t i m e ) ; a n d 3) t h e f a s t e s t r e a c t i o n time a c h i e v e d
d u r i n g t h e non-mixed c o n d i t i o n ( I - c h o i c e s i m p l e r e a c t i o n time) . F o r b a c k g r o u n d , o n l y tw, of t h e v a l u e s of h o d u l a t i n g
a b i l i t y were correratecl w i t h RT s i n c e a l l o t h e r d i f f e r e i r c e s were
s m l l i n m a g n i t u h c l u s t e r i n g a r o u n d z e r o . The two v a l u e s o f
b a c k g r a n d m o d u l a t i n g a b i l i t y u s e d were: one, t h e d i f f e r e n c e
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b e t w e e n c o m p e n s a t e grid l e t g o i n s t r u c t i o n s a n d two, b e t w e e n
coinpen sate and ass ist, b o t h fr om t h e non- m i xed i n s t r u c t i o n s
c o n d i t i o n . I d t h e s e c o r r e l a t i o n s o n l y t h e s i n g l e f a s t e s t 1
r e a c t i o n time was u s e d , t h i s b e i n g t h e b e s t i n d e x of t h e o p t i m a l
r e s p o n d i n g c a p a c i t y f o r e a c h i n d i v i d u a l (see R e s u l t s f o r t h e
c o m p a r i s o n of I , 2 a n d 3 c h o i c e s i m p l e r e a c t i o n T i m e s ) .
A g i n g effects on r e a c t i o n time were e v a l u a t e d b y
. c o r r e l a t i n g a g e w i t h t h e s u b j e c t s 1 f a s t e s t ave rac jed r e a c t i o n f 4 ti me.
Lastly, i n o r d e r t o e x a m i n e t h e effects o f f l e x o r s
b a c k g r o u n d m o d u l a t i o n on e x t e n s o r s b a c k g r o u n d , c o $ e l a t i o n s were
pe r f o r a e d b &ween f l e x o r s a n d e x t e n s o r s n o r m a l i z e d b a c k g r o u n d s i f o r e a c h o f t h e i n s t r u c t i o n sets- o f t h e non-mixed i n s t r u c t i o n s
t-
m n d i t i o n .
E x p e r i m e n t 11: 2 - C h o i c e S i a p l e * ~ e . k t i o n Time P a r a d i g m
H A N O V A S similar t o t h o s e d e s c r i b e d a b o v e were p e r f o r m e d on + +
t h e r e s u l t s o f this t e s t i n g paradigm-. I n t h e s e H B N O V A S a g e was - - + - - -
s u b s t i t u t e d f o r i n s t r u c t i o n method a n d used a s a g r o u p i n g f a c t o r - < - -
v i t h i n a s p l i t p l o t d e d g n . I-
C o r r e l a t i o n s were c a l c u l a t e d b e t y e e n e a c h o f a l l p o s s i b l e , "
v a l u e s of , m o d u l a t i n g a b i l i t y f o r b o t h t h s s h o r t ' a n d t h e l o n g : \ >
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r-
l a t e n c y c o m p o n e n t (three e a c h ) a n d RT ( 2 - c h o i c e ) . T h e s e
c o r r e l a t i o n s were p e r f o r m e d for t h e t w o a g e g r o u p s t o g e t h e r a n d
se p a r a te1 y.
P
L a s t l y S t u d e n t ' s T test were p e r f o r m e d o n 3 1 1 t h e f a s t e s t
r e a c t i o n times m e a s u r e d i n b o t h ~ q e r i n e n t I a n d I1 ( u s i n g
\ SPSS). P a i r e d c o m p a r i s o n s were made b e t w e e n 1 - c l i o i c e , 2 - c h o i c e P,
a n d 3 - c h o i c e s i m p l e r e a c t i o n times.
2
CHAPTER 111
T h e s t r e t c h r e f l e x r e s p o n s e of wrist f l e x o r s t y p i c a l l y
c o n s i s t e d o f two EHG p e a k s b e t w e e n 2 5 a n d 95 msec a f t e r
a p p l i c a t i o n of t h e p e r t u r b a t i o n . F i g u r e 1 s h o w s t h e a v e r a g e d
r e c t i f i e d f l e x o r E H G a c t i v i t y r e c c r d e d f o r o n e s u b j e c t
(D. S. (28) ) in t h e 1 - C h o i c e S i a p l e R e a c t i o n T i n e P a r a d i g m . E a c h
i n s t r u c t i o n t r a c e r e p r e s e n t s t h e 200 msec t h a t f o l l o w e d s t r e t c h ,
b e g i n n i n g a t time 0, w i t h t h e l a r g e s t l o a d , 3.6 V . C l i e a r l y , EHG \ u
a c t i v i t y f o r t h e t h r e e i n s t r u c t i o n s b e g i n s t o d i f f e r well i n
a d v a n c e o f 100 asec. B o t h r e f l e x p e a k s , a t s h o r t ( 2 3 - 4 7 msec)
a n d a t l o n g (48-91 nsec) l a t e n c i e s , a p p e a r t o be o f d i f f e r e n t
a m p l i t u d e f o r d i f f e r e n t i n s t r u c t i o n s . The d i f f e r e n c e s i n EHG '
a c t i v i t y f o r l lconpensatef l a n d " l e t gon i n s t r u c t i o n s i n
p a r t i c u l a - r i3 s t r i k i n g . Bo th b a c k g r o u n d a n d s h o r t l a t e n c y r e f l e x
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1 Instruction:
0 50 100 150 , 200
TIME (msec)
F i g u r e 1 . Normal i zed f l e x o r s EI1Gkfor 2 0 0 asec f o l l o w i n g - p e r t u r b a t i o n ( 3 . 6 V ) , f o r one s u b j e c t ( D . S . ) , i n the non-mix i n s t r u c t i o n s paradigm. EHS activity i s shown i n a r b i t r a r y
-
3 -
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m *
a c t i v i t y l e v e l s a r e smaller f o r t t c o m p & n s a t e ~ t h a n f o r "let g o t t i
9
i n s t r u c t i o n s . I n c o n t r a s t , l o n g l a t e n c y r e f l e x s c t i v i t y f o r
u c o m p e n s a t e t l is l a r g e , much l a r g e r t h a n t h a t f o r '*let g o t t .
T h e e a r l y i n s t r u c t i o n d e p e n d e n t m o d u l a t i o n of f l e x o r s EMS
was a l s o r e f l e c t e d i n t h e t races o f t o r q u e h a n d l e t e n s i o n a n d
p o s i t - i o n . T e n s i o n s g e n e r a t e d a t t h e h a n d l e B e g a n t o d i v e q e from
o n e a n o t h e r a r o u n d 65-70 3 s ~ (F ig . 2 1 , w h i c h is f u c h e a r l i e r
t h a n t h e s t a r t o f v o l u n t a r y E n G a c t i v i t y o c c u r r i n g a r o u n a 90
msec. T h e s e e a r l y d e v i a t i o n s i n t e n s i o n must t h e r e f o r e b e
a t t r i b u t e d t o m o d u l a t i o n of t h e a m p l i t u d e of t h e r e f l e x 'P
re s p o n ses.
T h e p o s i t i o n of t h e t o r q u e h a n d l e ref l e c t e 3 l a t e r t e n s i o n
d i f f e r e n c e s most c l e a r l ~ ~ . H a n d l e p o s i t i o n s
g r e a t l y a r o u n a 700-1 05 asec ( P i g . 3 ) and b
, , r - y o l u n t a r y E I G a c t i v i t y .
F o r t h e s a k e of c o m p l e t e n e s s a f i g u r e o f e x t e n s o r s a c t i v i t y
d j r i n g t h e same p e r i o d i s a l s o i n c l u d e d ( F i g . 4 ) . 1 .
G e n e r a l Cha racteristics of ~ l e x o r _B_cti_v&$p
T h e r e l a t i v e a a g n i t u d e of t h e s h o r t a n d l o n g r a t e n c y r e f l e x
c o m p o n e n t s v a r i e d g r e a t l y b e t w e e n c o n d i t i o n s a n d i n s t r u c t i o n s , *
a s well a s b e t w e e n suirjects. T h e i r l a t e n c i e s varied b y as much --\
as 1 4 asoc across i o d i ~ i d u a i s , d e p e n d i n g o n t h e i r size, b u t rere
a l m o s t c o n s t a n t w i t h i n i n d i v i d u a l s .
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Instruction: "compensate" - "let - ao" - -
"assist" . / -.....--
TIME (hlsec)
F i g u r e %2. T e n s i o n measured a t t h e torque motor handle for 200 . msec f o l l o w i n g p e r t u k b a t i o n ( 3 . 6 V) , f o r one subject ( D . S . ) , in'
t h e n cn-mixed i n s t r u c t i o n s paradigm. T e n s i o n i s shorn i n a r b i t r a r y u n i t s . t -
, . 4 r
-
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Instruction:
TIME ( r n s ~ )
P i g u r e 3 . Torque motor h a n d l e p for 200 msec following p e r t u r b a t i o n ( 3 . 6 V), for one su , i n the non-mixed instructions paradigm. Position 3; s h w n i n arbitrary u n i t s .
/ d u
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Instruction:
"let go" - .- -
TIME- (msec)
f olloving the non-mixed
Figure 4. Norl~lized e x t e n s o r s EHG for 200 msec perturbation . (3.6 V), for one subject (D. S. ) , in i n s t r u c t i o n s paradigm.
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R e s u l t c a l c u l a t i o n s were made u s i n g a l l t h e d a t a c o l l e c t e d , -- - - -A - -- -- -
w i t h t h e f o l l o w i n g exceptions. ,' #
In E x p e r i m e n t I d a t a were una 'd%i lab le f o r t h e smallest l o a d t
r p ' FY
(0. 9 V ) f o r o n e s u b j e c t (R.L. ( 2 3 ) ) . T h i s a p p l i e d a c r o s s a l l , I
i n s t r u c t b o n s a n d b o t h c o n d i t i o n s d u e t o d i f f i c u l t i e s i n
s e p a r a t i n g t h a t l o a d f rom t h e n e x t d u r i n g t h e a n a l y s i s . T h e !%
Manova c a l c u l a t i o n s p e r f o r m e d were c o r r e c t e d ,for the . , m i s s i n g
d a t a .
In E x p e r i m e n t I1 a l l t h e d a t a c o l l e c t e d from f o m o l d e r 1.
\I I
4 s u b j e c t s were d i s c a r d e d , r e d u c i n g t h e g r o u p ' s s i z e t o n i n e * (6
9 -
male, 3 f e m a l e ) . The d a t a were n o t u s a b l e b e c a u s e f o l l o w i n g t h e )
I t l e t gof1 i n s t r u c t i o n b 'ackground EHG a c t i v i t y was n e a r l y *, *
, t
, c o m p l e t e l y a b o l i s h e d in t h e wrist f l e x o r s . F a i l u r e by . t h e s e
i n d i v i d u a Is t o mi n t a i n m e a s u r a b l e bakkground a c t i v i t y
t b e a d v e n t o f t h e l o a d r e n d e r e d a l l q u a n t i f i c a t i o n o f ref1 t
a n p l i tude m o d u l a t i o n (as d e f i n e d i n t h e c a l c u l a t i o n s ) G
i m p o s s i b l e . 1
I n b o t h s e t s o f e x p e r i m e n t s t h e n o - i n s t r u c t i o n r e s p o n s ' e
d a t a h a s b e e n i g n o r e d b e c a u s e of t h e e x t r e m e v a r i a b i l i t y i n
r e s p o n s e among s u b j e c t s . Some s u b j e c t s c o m p e n s a t e d w h i l e o the rs
l e t . g o .
S u b j e c t s i n v o l v e d i n E x p e r i m e n t I ( R = 15, aean age= 25.9 - + ,
2. 3 ( s t a n d a r d d e v i a t i o n ) ) h a d s h o r t l a t e n c y a c t i v i t y b e g i n n i n g L
at 29. 1 msec o n average, f o I l o w i n g t h e p e r t u r b a t i o n a n d l a s t i n g
2 7 . 1 msec. For t h i s g r o u p l o n g l a t e n c y a c t i v i t y b e g a n a t 5 6 . 3
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' msec a n d l a s k e d 47 . I rnsec. - - -
T h e y o u n g e r s u b j e c t s i n ~ x p e r i m e n t I1 (A= 1 0 , mean a g e =
- f ' 2 5 . 6 + 3 . 2 ) showed s i m i l a r v a l u e s of l a t e n c y a n d d u r a t i ' o n , * C T-tests were n o t S i g n i f i c a n t . s h o r t l a t e n c y a c t i v i t y b e g a n s t
30.6 msec a n d - h a d a mean d u r a t i o n of 29.2 msec w h i l e l o n g w
l a t e n c y a c t i v i t y b e g a n a t 59.8 msec a n d l a s t e d 47.7 msec.~ 3
9- /
Age g r o u p d i f f e r e n d e s w i t h i n E x p e r i m e n t I1 were nk-ini&l.
he' o n l y s i g n i f i c a n t d i f f e r e n c e b e t w e e n t h e younger a n d t h e -s \I
P ' o l d e r g r o u p s l a y i 6 t h e a 1 a t e n c y of t h e first c o m p o n e n t (p=
. O 3 6 ) . F o r t h e o l d e r s u b j e c t s (N= 9 , mean a g e = 56 .6 + 6.5) s h o r t - \ f l a t e n c y a c t i v i t y .began a t a n a v e r a g e 34.9 msec. T h e r e m a i n i n g
v a - r i a b l e s were n o t s i g n i f i c a n ' t l y d i f f s g e n t b e t w e e n t h e two a g e '
g r o u p s . Hean v a l u e s f o r t h e o l d e r s u b j e c t s were: t i o n o f t h e '
f i r s t component= 28 .2 msec,' l a t e n c y ' of the s e c o n d
63. 1 m sec, 'd u r a t i o n = 50.4 msec.
T h e d e g r e e of S e p a r a t i o n b e t w e e n r e f l e x a n d v o l u n t a r y EMG
a c t i v i t y d u r i n g "compensa tev t as w i d e l y d i v e r s e a c r o s s s u b j e c t s , i - i n d e p e n d e n t of t h e group';' I n t h o s e c a s e s w h e r e t h e e n d of l o n g -
l a t e n c y a c t i v i t y a n d v o l u n t a y EMG were c o n t i n u o u s d u r i n g . i ttc o n p e n s a t e " , t h e end of t h e sec ond c o a p o n e n t was e s t a b l i s h & ----
f r o m f l e x o r t r a c e s d u r i n g t h e " le t gom c o n d i t i o n , f o r t h e m o s t
p a r t , or from e x t e n s o r traces d u r i n g t t a s s i s t m , i f n e c e s s a r y .
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I1_)_ K i n e s t h e t i c & l u n t a r p p-
a) E x p e r i m e n t I: R e a c t i o n
Beact i o n ~ i m &
C o l l a p s i n g t h e t w o c o n d i t i o n s o f i n s t r u c t i o n t o g e t h e r a n d ' - u s i n g b o t h f l e x o r s a n d e x t e n s o r s EMG traces t o d e r i v e t h e
f a s t e s t p o s s i b l e r e a c t i o d t i m e , t h e mean v a l u e f o r t h i s g r o u p of * - - l- -+
s u b j e c t s w a s 9 3.8 _+ 11 .1 - msec. E x a m i n i n g r e a c t i o n times w i t h i n
t h e m i x e d a n a non- mixed i n s t r u c t i o n s c o n d i t i o n s s e p a r a t e l y 4
showed t h i s v a l u e p t o be r e p r e s e n t a t i v e : 3 - c h o i c e mean s i m p l e t - -. " L
r e a c t i o n time w a s 96.9 _+ 9.4 msec; 1 - c h o i c e mean s i m p l e r e a c t i o n ?.
f
time= 94.7 _+ 10.6 msec. F u r t h e r , S t u d e n - t s T-tests d i d n o t show
+/ a n y s i g n i f i c a n t d i f f e r e n c e s b e t w e e n 3 - c h o i c e a n d 1 - c h o i c e s i m p l e
r e a c t i o n times e i t h e r , b o t h when t h e \ S a c t i o n times No
s i g n i f i c a n c e s were o b t a i n e d b o t h when t h e r e a c t i o n times d e r i v e d B
f rom t h e a v e r a g e d f l e x o r s a n d e x t e n s o r s E N G t r a s e s were used
t o g e t h e r , a n d when t h e y were t e s t e d s e p a r a t e l y . F o r a t a b l e of
r e a c t i o n times see Appendix A , T a b l e s 1 a n d 2. I
r
L a s t l y , P e a r s o n R c o r r e l a t i o n s be tween e a c h of t h e t h r e e k 1
_---I 'h
re a c t i o n times-ffastest, 3 - c h o i c e s i m p l e , 1- c h o i c e s i m p l e ) and __---
a g e were n o t s i g n i f i c a n t , i.n t h i s g r o u p o f s u b j e c t s ( r = - . 0 5 , r =
-. 11, r= .O3, r e s p e c ti v e l y ) .
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- b) E x p e r i m e n t 11: R e a c t i o n T i m e s ,
h - - -- - - -- -I - - r _
T h e mean . - reac o n times ( 2 - c h o i c e s i d p l e ) f o r t h e ' two a g e *
g r o u p s were s imilar . I n t h e y o u n g e r p o p u l a t i o n t h e mean v a l u e .
was 113.5 2 21.0 msec. I n t h e o l d e r p o p u l a t i o n mean r e a c t i o n
' t ime was o n l y s l i g h t l y l o n g e r , 118.4 + 17. 7 msec. D e s p i t e t h i s
s i m i l a r i t y , however , s i g n i f i c a n t a g e t r e n d s were p c e s e n t i n
t h e s e two g r o u p s . P e a r s o n R c o r r e l a t j o n s w i t h i n t h e y o u n g e r A
=
g r o u p showed a n e g a t i v e r e l a t i o n q h i p be tween a g e a n d r e a c t i o n
, 0 0 9 ) . I n t h e o l d e r g r o u p t h e r e l a t i o n s h i p was time: F -. 72 ({= :
i n s t e a d p o s i t i v e : r= .59 (p= .Q48) A c o r r e l a t i o n p e r f o r m e d o n
.. t h e combined a g e a n d r e a c t i o n time d a t a f rom t h e t w o . g r o u f ? s " 4
r e s u l t e d i n t h e c a n c e l l i n g o u t of t h e two o p p o s i t e t r e n d s a n d i n
a n a b s e n c e of s i g n i f i c a n c e (r= - 1 4 ) . +
i
T - t e s t c o m p a r i s o n s b e t w e e n a l l 2 - c h o i c e s i m p l e r e a c t i o n /-
times- and k o t h t h e 1- c b o i c e a n d t h e 3 - c h o i c e s i m p l e r e a c t i o n
times (from t h e f l e x o r s o n l y ) s wed n o s i g n i f i c a n t d i f f e r e n c e s .
Q?
A m p l i t u d e f i o d u l a t i o n 9
I nd e"pe n den t x p e r i m e n t a1 c o n d i t i o n s , l a r g e i n d i v i d u a l
d i f f e r e n c e s were o b s e r v e d i n a b i l i t y t o m o d u l a t e t h e a m p l i t u d e
of t h e two c o m p o n e n t s of t h e s t r e t c h r e f l e x . F i g u r e s 1 t o 4 a r e .
e x a m p l e s of the f o u r d a t a traces r e c o r d e d f o r a good moduiator -
.of r e f l e x a m p l i t u d e . Tables t t o &"in Bppenclix B g i v e a v e r a g e -
d i f f e r e n c e s i n back ground, s h o r t a n d l o n g l a t e n c y r e f l e x
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- - - - -
3 - C h o i c e S i m p l e R e a c t i o n Time Parad igm: Mixed I n s t r u c t i o n s
H od u l a t i o n
When t h e t tcompensate t I , * l e t g o w a n d t l ass i s tn
were mixed no s i g n i f i c a n t p a i r - wise d i f f e r e n c e s
e i t h e r b a c k g r o u n d or i n s h o r t l a t e n c y r e f l e x a c t i v i t y . S e e T a b l e I P
1 f o r P l A N 3 ~ ~ ~ u l t s a n d F i g . 5 f o r a v e r a g e d b a c k g r o u n d a c t i v i t y i
l e v e l s . F i g . 6 shows t h e a v e r a g e d a c t i v i t y l e v e l s f o r $he s h o r t A
l a t e n c y r e f l e x componen t . * The s l o p e s o f t h e t o r q u e d e p e n d e n t
i n c r e a s e s i n a c t i v i t y a l s o were n o t d i f f e r e n t be tween
i n s t r u c t i o n s , i n d i c a t i n g c o m p l e t e a b s e n c e , of g a i n m o d u l a t i o n f o r *
s h o r t l a t e n c y a c t i v i t y . F
S u b s t a n t i a l , i n s t r u c t i o n d e p e n d e n t ~ a o d u l a t i o n of l o n g
l a t e n c y r e f l e x a c t i v i t y was observes. '811 i n s t r u c t i o n s p r o d u c e d
s i g n i f i c a n t l y d i f f e r e n t l e v e l s of a c t i v i t y ( p r s n g e d f r o m p=.005
d
wCornpensate'I l o n g l a t e n c y r e f l e x a c t i v i t y was b y fa r t h e ..
I
l a r g e s t i n . a m p l i t u d e ( s e e F i g 7 ) . " A s s i s t t * r e s p o n s e s were
i n t e r m e d i a t e i n a m p l i t d e . Long l a t e n c y ,reflex 3 c t i v c t y w a s
s m a l l e s t f o l l o w i n g i n s t r u c t i o n s t o I s le t got1. ,
Compar ing t h e n l e t gon v a l u e s f o r t h e smallest a n d l a r g e s t I
t o r q u e s t o tho ' se o b t a i n e d f o r t l c o m p e n s a t e n r e v e a l s a f o u r t o s i x '
f o l d d i f f e r e n c e i n l o n g l a t e n c y r e s p o n s e a m p l i t u d e w i t h t h e s e .se - i
i n s t r u c t i o n s . I n t e r m s of t h e a v e r a g e d r e s p o n s e s t h e d i f f e r e n c e
is c o m p a r a b l e , s l i g h t l y larger t h a n f o u r f o l b .
U n l i k e fo r sho r t l a t e n c y r e f l e x a c t i v i t y , t h e r a t e of
i n c r e a s e of l o n g l a t e n c y r e f l e x a c t i v i t y a c r o s s t o r q u e s d i f f e r e d .c - t
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-- MIXED INSTRUCTIONS BACKGROUND
Instruction: I i
MODULATION
I 1 I
0.9 1.8 2.7 LOADS (volts)
-
Figure 5. Averaged normalized background a c t i v i t y for t h e three i n s t r n c t i o n s and four l e v e l s of pertarbation in *the I i x e d I n s t r u c t i o n s Paradigm of Experiment I (II=IS).
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r 1 Instruction:
0 "latg0"- - -
-
LOADS (volts)
Pignre 6 , Averaged n o r ~ a l i z e d short l a t e n c y reflex a c t i v i t y for the three i n s t r u c t i m s bad four l e v e l s of perturbation in t h e H i x e d 1 n s . t r n c t i o n s Paradiga of Experiment I (N=15). ,
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INSTRUCTIONS LONG LATENCY MODULATION MIXED
I instruction:
I
~t o 0.9 1.8 2.7
LOADS (volts)
F i g u r e 7. Ave t h e three i n s t n i x e d I n s t r u c t
raged n o r m a l i z e d long l a t e n c y reflex a c t i v i t y for ruct ions and four ferefs of perturbat ion i~ t h e
r"- i o n s Parad igm of Experiment I (N=15)'.
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b e t w e e n i n s t r u c t i o n s . T h e l o a d x i n s t r u c t i o n i n t e r a c t i o n was P
h i g h l y s i g n i f i c a n t ( p < .001) fo r t h i s c o m p o n e n t . T h i s i n d i c a t e s - t h a t c h a n g e s i n l o n g l a t e n c y refle; g a i n " w i t h i n s t r u c t i o n s a l s o
a
modif ied t h e s b o p e o f its i n p u t - o & t p u t r e l a t i o n s h i p . 6
i rai
1-C ho ice S i m p l e R e a c t i o n Time P a r a d i g m : Won- mixed I n s t r u c t i o n s
M o d u l a t i o n
I n t h i s p a r a d i g m , i n w h i c h e a c h i n s t r u c t i o n was t e s t e d 3%
s e p a r a t e l y , s i g n i f i c a n t d i f f e r e n c e s i n Bean a m p l i t u d e s were 1
o t t ' a i n e d fo r a l l t h r e e EHG v a r i a b l e s (see T a b l e 1 f o r HANOW A e3.
r e s u l t s ) . B a c k g r o u n d a c t i v i t y f e a c h i n s t r u c t i o n d i f f e r e d f r o m - o n e "e
a n o b b e r a n d a l t h o u g h t h e d i f f e r e n c e s &were s n a l l , t h e y were
h i g h l y s i g n i f i c a n t (p < .OO 1) . l * C o a p n s a t e f l b a c k g r o u n d l e v e l s d
were smallest (see p i g . 8 ) . " L e t go t t l e v e l s of b a c k g r o u n d were
next. And I t a s s ist" b a c k g r o u n d levels- were t h e l a r g e s t . S h o r t
l a t e n c y r e f l e x a c t i v i t y i h o r e d a s i u x r , b u t n ? t i d e n t i c a l
p a t t e r n ( F i g . 9 ) . f t C o m p e n s a t e n r e s p o n - s riere st i l l s m a l l e s t a n d
s i g n i f i c a n t l y d i f f e r e p t from t h e n e x t l a r g e s t I t l e t gow r e s p o n s e s
( p < .001) a n d t h e l a r g e r s t i l l n a s s i s t N r e s p o n s e s ( p < . 0 3 1 ) .
E u t u n l i k e b a c k g r o u n d , the Itlet go" a n d t t a s s i s t t f s h o r t l a t e n c y
reflex r e q p o n s e s were n o t s i g n i f i c a n t l y d i f f e r e n t .
L i k e f o r L a c k g r o u n d , short l a t e n c y r e f l e x 3 m p l i t u d e -.
d i f f e r e n c e s b e t w e e n i n s t r - u c t i o n s were s m a l l i n m a g n i t u d e ,
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NON-MIXED INSTRUCTIONS BACKGROUND MODULATlON
I Instruction:
I , I - ' I 1 1
0 0.9 1.8 . 2.7 3.6
LOADS. (VOI ts) I
Bi3ere 8. Averaged rtcrr=li;sed h c k g r a r s d for t h e three i n s t r u c t i o n s and four levels of perturbat ion in t h e Won-aired I n s t r u c t i o n s Paradigm of E x p e r i m e n t I (#= 15).
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I I 1 Instruction:
L F i g u r e 9, Averaged normalized sbort l a t e n c y reflex a c t i v i t y for t ' h e three i n s t r u c t i o n s and four levels of p e r t u r b a t i o n i n t h e lon-mixed Instructions Parad igm of Exper imnt I (H= 15).
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despite b e i n g significant. No significant differences were - &b -
o b t a i n e d f o r t h e rate 03 i n c r e a s e o f s h o r t l a t e n c y responsss
a c r & l o a d s .
f; The d i r e c t i o n o f a m p l i t u d e m a d u l a t i o n o f 1 3 n g l a t e n c y
reflex a c t i v i t y whs different from t h a t o f t h e o t h e r tawo ..
var i a t les ' ( F i g ; 1 0 ) . Long l a t e n c y r e f l e x a a p l i t u d e f o r +
l r c o m p e n s a t e l t was now t h e l a k g e s t b y f a r ( p < . 3 3 1 ) , w i t h the
"let g ow a n d wassis t f t ,responses (st ill n o t s i g n i f i c a n t l y
different) b e i n g & smaller. T h e average a m p l i t u d e d i f f e r e n c e
b e t w e e n both le t gcH a n & " a s s i s t t t i n s t r u c t i o n s a n d the
'Ic ompe nsa t e f l l o n g l a t e n c y reflex a c t i v i t p wa s t h ree f 01 d. .
As i n t h e fixed i n s t r u c t i o n s c o n d i t i o n , t h e loa3 x i*
instruction interaction f o r l o n g l a t e n c y reflex a c t i v i t y w 3 s
s i g n i f i c a n t (p < . 00 1), i n d i c a t i n g t h a t 3 a i i n d i f f e r e n c e s b e t w e e n
the r e s p o n s e t o " c o m p e n s a t e f t a n d the o t h e r t w o i n s t r u c t i o n s were
r e a n i f e s t e d i n more t h a n a n a m p l i t u d e d i f f e r e n c e a l o n e ,
I n s u m ~ a r y , d i f f e r e n c e s i n mean ERG a a p l i t u d e m o d u l a t i o n o f
t a c k g r o u n d , s h o r t l a t e n c y a n d l o n g l a t e n c y r e f l ~ x 3 c t i v i t y were
seen d e p e n d i n g o n w h e t h e r t h e i n s t r u c t i o n s were mixed or not.
when i n s t r u c l i o n s were mixed m o d G t i b n was seen o n l y a t the
level o f t h e l o n g l a t e n c y r e f l e x c o m p o n e n t . n o d u l a t i o n of t h i s
cofepon at o f r e f l e x a c t i v i t y was c o m p l e t e l y d i s , s o c i a t e d from
b o t h backgroan& and short latency r e f l e x activi'kies. When
i n s t r u c t i o n s were n o t mixed e o d u l a t i o n was o b s e r v e 3 i n short
l a t e n c y reflex activity a n d i n b a c k g r o u n d a s well . However , ,,/
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NON-MIXED lNSTRUCTlONS LONG LATENCY MODULATION
LOADS (volts) 5
Figure 10. Averaged normalized l o n g fateocp reflex a c t i v i t y for t h e three i n s t r u c t i o n s and four levels of, perturbation in t h e ?ion-mixed Instrtictioas Paradigm of Experiment I (W=l5).
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- '---- ' 0 c
w h i l e s h o r t - l a t e n c y r e f l e x a c t i v . i t p m o d u l a t i o n z o r r e s p o n d e d * 4 -
_ c l o s e l q t o t h a t c c c u r i n g i n b a c k g r o u n d a c t i v i t y , t h e long-
l a t e n c y r e f l e x componen t showed ,a v e r y different p a t t e r n . . ' S c h e ' m a t i c a l l y t h e r e l a t i o n s h i p s d e s c r i b e d above may be
d
i l l u s t r a t e d a s f o l l s w s , where: C= t f c o a p e n s a t e t f r e s p o n s e , L = let '
9 a n d A = " a s s i s t " .
- = BVERBGE A C T I V I T Y ~*
S t r e t c h Reflex R e s p o n s e
BACKGROUND SHORT LATENCY LONG LATENCY
( 3-C h o i c e )
L1
N O N - H I XED C
a .
b) Ex p e r i m e n t I1 : ~ a p l i t u d e flo duJa t i o n
I n t h i s 2 - c h o i c e s i m p l e r e a c t i o n time p a r a d i g m , i n whrch
o n l y f t c o m p e n s a t etl a n d #*let gotf i n s t r u c t i o n s &re a i x o d , a l l J'
:, t h r ee . EHG v a r i a b l e s (back g r o u n d , s h o r t a.nd l o n g l a t e n c y r e f l e x
a c t i v i t i e s ) were m o d u l a t e d i n t h e s a m e d i r e c t i o n by t h e y o u n g e r
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b
-
-. g r o u p . Zn t h e , o l d e r g r o u p , r e s u l t s were =afrIar eE-t S r an
* , absence of m o d u l a t i o n of b a c k g r o u n d i n these subjects (see i a b l e .
2 f o = R A N O V d r e s u l t s ) .
I n both a g e g r o u p s , a m p l i t u d e s of b o t h the s h o r t a n d l o n g a %2
latency r e f l e x c o m p o n e n t s were l a r g e r f o l l o w i n g i n s t r u c t i o n s t o
" c o m p e n s a t e f t t h a n f o r I t l e t goeV [ p < . 3 3 3 ) . As i l l u s t r a t e 3 i n F i g . >
12, s h ~ r t l a t ency reflex a ~ p l i t u d e differences betwe- -.
w ~ ~ m p e n ~ a t e H a n d " l e t ion r e s p o n s e s ih t h e y o u n g e r g r o u p was -.
small. I n t h e c l d e r g r o u p t h e d i f f e r e n c e s t e n d e d t o b e e v e n -
s m a l l e r .
A l t h o u g h t h e a v e r a g e a n p l i t u d e of sho r t latency reflex : a c t r v i t y was s i g n i f i c a n t l y different for t h e two i n s t r u c t i o n s ,
t h e , . r a t e of r i s e of r e s p o n s e s o v e r l o a d s was s i m i l a r f o r b o t h
W o q p e n s a t e y t a n d I t l e t gon. T h e l o a d x i n s t r u c t i ~ n i n t e r a c t i o n I
a s n o t s i g n i f i c a n t , u'
* As i l l u s t r a - t e d i n P i g . -13, i o n g l a t e n c ? r*er amp(Si tube
was m o d u l a t e d i n the same d i r e c t i o n a s s h o r t l a t e n c y a a p l i t u d e , -
i n b o t h ,grbups. A g a i n , " c o m p e n s a t e w a c t i v i t y was l a r g e r t h a n
" l e t got t a c t i v i t y . T h e i l i f f e r e n c e s i n a m p l i t u d e f a r t h e two
i n s t r u d i o n s vere v e r y a u c h l a r g e r f o r l o n g l a t e n c y t h a n for
s h o r t latency ref lex a c t i v i t y i n b o t h age g r o u p s . F o r both
g r o u p s t h e a v e r a g e a m p l i t u d e d i f f e r e n c e s r e p r e s s n t a ' t w o t o
th ree f o l d moduhtion betkfeen " l e t gon and 't cnap a s a t elt Long C
l a t e n c y r e f l e x ac t i v i t ies . -
I n a d d i t i o n t o a m p l i t u d e d i f f e r e n c e s b e t w e e n t h e two b * instruct i o n s , t h e y r a t e of i n c r e a s e o f l o n g l a t e n c y , * t c o m p e n s a t e M
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EXPERIMENT II BACKGROUND MODULATION
LOADS (volts)
F i g u r e 1 1 . Averaged n o r m a l i z e d background for t h e three i n s t r u c t i o n s and four l e v e l s of p e r t u r b a t i o n i n Exper inent I1 (Younger group 8=10, mean age=25.6; O l d e r group 8=9, mean
age=56.6) .
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EXPERIMENT II SHORT LATENCY MODULATION
1 Legend
1. OLDER 1 - 1
0.9 1.8 . 2.7 LOADS (volts)
P i g ~ c e 12. Wetaged normalired &tort l a t e n c y ref Iex ac t i r i t y for t b e three i n s t r u c t i o n s and Pour l e v e l s of perturbation is Experiment I1 (Yonnger group &lo, mean age=25.6 ; O l d e r g ioap B=9, mean age= 5 6 . 6 ) .
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EXPERIMENT II LONG LATENCY MODULATION
I
. 0 , j
I 1 I I 0 0.9 1.8 2.7 3.6
LOADS (volts)
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Pigere ,13. Averaged rtorralized L a g l a t e n c y reflex a c t i ~ i t y for t h e three i n s t r n c t i o n s and four l e v e l s of perturbation in E x p e r i m e n t 11 (Younger group U=lO, mean age=25.6; O l d e r group N=9, mean age=56.6) .
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h r e s p o n s e s . a c r o s s l o a d s i n b o t h a g e g r o u p s was s i g n i f i c a n t l y -- + -
d i f f e r e n t ( p < .006), a n d l a r g e r , t h a n t h a t f o r " l e t gof1
r e s p o n s e s . A g a i n t h i s i s c o n s i s t e n t w i t h r e s u l t s o f E x p e r i m e n t I
i n d i c a t i n g m a j o r g a i n d i f f e r e n c e s a t t h e l e v e l 3f t h e l o n g
l a t e n c y r e f l e x componen t w i t h i n s t r u k t i o n s .
It is o n l y i n m o d u l a t i o n of b a c k g r o u n d a c t i v i t y t h a t a g e
d i f f e r e n c e s were m a n i f e s t e d . W h i l e n o m o d u l a t i o n o f b a c k g r o u n d
w a s o b s e r v e d i n t h e o l d e r gro'up, a v e r y s m a l l b u t s i g n i f i c a n t
m o d u l a t i o n ( p < .05) was ' s e e n i n t h e y o u n g e r g r o u p . wCompensa tem
b a c k g r o u n d a c t i v i t y w a s c o n s i s t e n t l y s l i g h t l y l a r g e r t h a n "let
g o w a c t i v i t y , a c r o s s a l l l o a d s (see F i g . 1 1 ) . The a v e r a g e
b a c k g r o u n d a c t i v i t y for t h e o l d e r s u b j e c t s was n e a r l y twice t h a t
. . f o r t h e y o u n g e r g r o u p . - _ I n summary, s imilar d i r e c t i o n s of m o d u l a t i o n o f b a c k g r o u n d ,
+,
s h o r t , and l o n g l a t e n c y r e f l e x a c t i v i t i e s were o b s e r v e d i n t h e
y o u n g e r g r o u p . F o r a l l t h r e e v a r i a b l e s " c o m p e n s a t e w a m p l i t u d e
was l a r g e r t h a n " l e t go1' a m p l i t u d e . I n ' t h e o l d e r s u b j Fts s i m i l a r mod n l a t i o n o f b o t h c o m p o n e n t s was o b s e r v e d , 3s i n t h e
y o u n g e r g r o u p , but w i t h a n a b s e n c e ' o f ' b a c k g r o u n d m o d u l a t i o n .
S c h e m a t i c a l l y :
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Y O U H G E R G R O U P
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BACK G R O U N D S m R T LATENCY LON: L A T E N C Y
lie strong r e l a t i o i l s h i p s emerged between reflex c o m p o n e n t s '
a a p l i t a d e nodu lati or! and the va3rious r e a c t i o h time v3 l u e s u s e d .
S i q r , i f i c a n t c ~ r r e l a t i o n s were f ew a n d not corsistent across _ -
c a d i t i o n s . ,
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a) 3xp a i m e n t - :: 'Ampl i tude Hodulat ion versus i teact ioo Tim *
C o r r e l a t i o n s b e t w e e n modulation ( a veraged acr3ss Loads) 3f
background, short a n d l o n g la tency c o a p o n e n t S and eac'h of the
three t y p e s of r e a c t i o n tinn~s If astest, 1- c h o i c e 3 i a p f e , &
? -cho ice s i r e p l e ) fo r t h i s parad igm r e v e a l e d f e u s i g n i f i c a n t
r e l a t i o n s h i p s [See A p p e n d i x C, T a b l e I ) . H i t kiin t h rba-nix& i z s t r n c t i o n s c o n d l t t i a r t h e r e were no -
significant & r r e l a t i o n s b e t w e e n a r n p l i t u 3 ~ m o d a l a t i o n 3 ' f a n y 2f
t h e t h r e e 3 G v a r i a k l e s and a n y of r h e t h r e e r e a c t l o n times.
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cbi-ange s In l n s t r u r t i s n c o n d i t l c n s . I E c o n t r a s t , c h a n g e s ul s h o r t
latency r e s p o f i s e a m p l i t i z d e a p p e a r t o b e g e n e r a l l y of- small
raagcit u d e , ant3 highly d e p e n d e n t o n c h a n g e s i n b a c k g r o u n d muscle
; a c t i v i t y , v h i c h occur o n l y i n some c i r c u m s t a n c e s . a*
T h e extent t o w h i c h e a c h ccmponen t* s a m p l i t u d e can be
2 0 d i l l a t e d v a r i e s 3 rea t l y among i n d i v i d u a l s . G a i n m o d u l a t i o n 0.f i
r e f l e x p a t h w a y s a p p e a r s t o be a largely i d i o s y n c h r a t i c
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c h a r a c t e r i s t i c <and u n r e l a t e d e i t h e r to kinesthet ic react ion time " ,
or age, u p to t h e sixth decade of, l i f e .
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l ~ n 3 l a t e n c y c o m p o n e n t s were otserved d e p e n d i n g o n whether
- ' instructions V ~ E exxed or c o t . .!Den i n s t r a c t i o n s v e r e m i x e d t h e
twia c o m p o n e n t s rere d i s s o s l a t e d l o t h a t the l o o 2 l a t e n c y . ' A
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p a r a d i g m is t h e one o r i g i n a l l y ctse r v e z b y Hamm~sd (1% 4, 1956,
1960) . and subsequently also reported by f larsden and c o - w o r k e r s
f l 9 7 0 b ) and Eo lebatch and c o - w o r k e r s f 1 9 7 9 ) . Z u r i o u s l y , w h i l e
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latency reflex activity lends soae s u p p o r t to tke no t ioa t h a t
s e p a r a t e l y n & l u l a t e d neural pathways e x i s t f o r the two 9
c o m p o n e n t s , a s f l r s t suggested ky Samnond in ? 9 6 @ .
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e a g n l t t l d e cbserveil i n t k l s thesis, when i n s t r u c t i o n s were not
ni xe3 , strong1 7 e m p h a s i z e s the d e p e n d e e c e of s b r t l a t e n c y
modula t_ lon on changes ia t h e ~ a c k ~ ~ r o o n d a c e m t y . T h e background
d e p e n d e r t c e of s h o r t l a t e n c y modu lat i o n v i t h i n s t r u z t i o n s has > wa
b e e n s u g g e s t e d p r e v i o u s l y for human biceps b y E v a r t s a n 3 S r 3 n i t
( 7 9 7 5 ) a n 8 Evarts a n d V a u g h n j 1 9 7 6 ) . These a u t h ~ r s afs3 o b s e r v e d
t h a t modu la t i o n a t a latency of 20 -nsec_ o n l y oczurre3 f o l l o v i n g
c h a n g e s i n t h e tonic snscle a c t i v i t y w h i c h Mere p r e s e n t only
w l th non- randon - r n s t r u c t ions. However, In their p a r a d i g @ # * .
c h a n g e s i n a n p l r t u d e w e e consistent for a l l t h r e e I B G
v a r r a k l e s . 3 a c k g r o u n d l e v e l s , a s well a s a c t i v i t y starting a t
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c h a n g e s a n d s h o r t l a t e n c y r e f l e x . a m p l i t u d e i n t h e on-mixed '. I - i n s t r u c t i o n s p a r a d i g m . The s i g n i f i c a n t a m p l i t l z d e d i f f e r e n c e s i n
t o n i c d i s c h a r g e l e v e l s b e t w e e n g*assistgq and "let g3I1 were n o t r
r e p r o d u c e d f o r s h o r t latency a c t i v i t y . Host p r o b a b l y t h e r e a s o n
f o r t h i s l a c k of c o r r e s p o n d e n c e aap h a v e L b e e n t h e s m l l
maQTTi;tu&e of the- f n t k trackgrcr-tmrl fir t h e t w o ' - '
i n s t r u c t i o n s . The n o r m a l s t o c h a s t i c v a r i a b i l i t y i n s h o r t l a t e n c y
r e s p o n s e m a g n i t u d e a i n d e p e n d e n t of b a c k g r o u n d c o u l d b e l a r g e
e n o u g h t o c o v e r a small e f f e c t due t o b a c k g r o u n d m o d u l a t i o n . I
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particular g i v e a e d a n c e t o t h e e x i s t e n c e of s e p a r a t e n e u r a l 3 5
p a t h w a y s for t h e two components of t h e s t r e t c h reflex. The t y p e
o f m o d u l a t i o n seen w i t h a i r e d i n s t r u c t i o n s a l s o is s u g g e s t i v e ,
b u t it is not m n c l u s i v e . The results of the 3-choice p a r a d i g # -
c a n a l s o b e i n t e r p r e t e d using c o n s t r u c t s from the s p i n a l T.
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resonance t heorp [Ek lund e t a l , 798 2 ) . a
For e x a ~ p l e , t h e exc lus ive modulation of l ~ n g l a t e n q
a f f e r e n t b u r s t s produced b y t h e p e r t u r b a t i o n uere a l t e r e d b y
c o - c o n t m c t i o n of t h e a n t a g o n i s t s . P a c i l i t a tory o r
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- - - - - - -- - - - - - -- - d i s f a c i l i t a t o ry i m p u l s e s f r o m s p i n a l p r e - s e t t i n g c i r z u i ts would
t h e n s m r n a t e v a r i a b l y w i t h t h e f a c i l i t a t o r y i n p u t s t o t h e
m o t o n e u r o n p o o l from ; the first b u r s t o f a f f e r e n t a c t i v i t y a n d
t h e i n h i b i t o r y i n p u t s from t h e a c t i v a t e d h n t a g o n i s t s . T h e d e g r e e . o f d i s c h a r g e of t h e motoneuron p o o l f o l l o w i n g t h e a f f e r e n t
v o l l e y s would t h e n b e d e t e r m i n e d b y t h e summing o f t h e new
i n p u t s with the %pool's lerel~crf e x c i t a b i l i t y a t that moraent.
T h i s l e v e l would h a v e been d e t e r m i n e d by t h e d e g r e e of
ekc i ta tory s u a m a t i o n of t h e p r e v i o u s sub- t h r e s h o l d i n p u t s , as &+
. v i n f l u e n c e d b y , i n s t r u c t i o n s . C o m p e n s a t e i n s t r u c t i o n s would
p resumably . c a u s e t h e l a r g e s t f a c i l i t a t o r y s p i n a l p r e - s e t t i n g ,
w h i l e * t a s s i s t l t a n d " le t got1 e f f e c t s c o u l a a i so b e d u e t o O
d i s f a c i l i t a t i o n of p o o l r e s p o n s i v e n e s s t o l a t e r p e r i p h e r a l
i n p u t s .
T h e o p p o s i t e d i r e c t i o n s o f m o d u l a t i o n seen i n t h e non-mixed
a i n s t r u c t i o n s p a r a d i g m c a n n o t , however , b e r e c o n c i l e d w i t h i n a h
e x c l u s i v e l y ~ s p i n a l i n t e r p r e t a t i o n . The s i m i l a r i t y of S h o r t
latetlcy r e f l e x a c t i v i t y t o b a c k g r o u n d l e v e l s can be e a s i l y
u n d e r s t o o d as a f u n c t i o n o f i n s t r u c t i o n - i a - d u c e d a l t e r e d
a lpha-gamma d r i v e prior t o t h e perturbation. The g e n e r a l
6 positive r e l a t i o n s h i p , between a msc le t s s t a t $ of s c t i h t i o n and
reflex a m p l i t u d e is w i d e l y acknowledged . ( ~ o t t l i e b - a n d a g a r w a l ,
I n s t r u c t i o n s was n o t i n the saae d i r e - i o n a s b a c k g r o u n d . A n
a d d i t i o n a l other p a t h w a y must b e i n v o l v e d to p e r m i t s u c h a
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A s p i n a l * & l y s y n a p t i c p a t h w a y c o u l d t h e o r e t i c a l l y m e d i a t e t'
' d I % \- some p o r t i o n o f t h e l o n g l a t e n c y q e f l e x r e s p o n s e . . L e s i b n s o f . I
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h i g h e r c e n t r e s i n non-human g r a a t e s 'aoes n o t a l w a y s s e l e c t i v e l y L.+. 9 . 3 U "
a b o l i s h loi9 latexicy r e s p d n s e s , s u g g i s t i n g t h a t , s p i n a l c i r c u i t s 0
s u f f i c e e v e n f o r l ~ n g e r l a t e n c y r e s p o n & s [ T r a c e p ~ e t a l , 1980: .* i l i l l e r a n d Brooks , ' 198 1). Bu t i n t e r p r e t a t i o n of s c b results i s
d i f f i c u l t . L e s i o n s i n v o l v e d r a s t i c a l t e r a t i o n s i n n a r aea 1 n e u r a l 4
f u n c t i o n s a n d i t is p o s s i b l e t h a t u n d e r t h e s e c i r c u m s t a n c e s . - .
s p i n a l p a t h ways n o r m a l l y i n h i b i t e d by o r r e p l a c e d . b y c o r t i c a l a
o n e s are g a t e d open . The w e i g h t of a n a t o m i c a l a n d p h y s i o l o g i c a l
e v i d e n c e i n s t e a d t e n d s t o s u p p o r t t h e e x i s t e n c e o f a c o r t i c a l
p a t h w a y f o r l o n g e r l a t e n c y r e f l e x r e s p o n s e s [ P h i l l i p s , 196*,=
E v a r t s and Tan j i , 1976 ; F e t z et a l , 1980) . Long l a t e n c y r e f l e x
a c t i v i t y would t h u s be t h e result of c o n t r i b u t i o n s f r o m c o r t i c a l
a s well a s c o n t i n u i n g s p i n a l i n p u t s . ,.
The g e n e r a l a b s e n c e of significant relationships between
t h e v a r i o u s l y l a b e l l e d r e a c t i o n times i n E x p e r i n e n t I and reflex C
a r p l i tude m o d u l a t i o n i n d i c a t e s that kin-thetic geact i o n time
neural p r o c e s s i n g is i n d e p e n d e n t of t h e z e n t r a l process in g
, l e a d i n g t o a m p l i t u d e m o d u l a t i o n o f the l o n g l a t e n c p r e f l e x .
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T h k - p r e s e n c e i n t h e 3 - c h o i c e i n s t r u c t i o n p a r a d i g m of o n l y -
one s i g n i f i c a n t r e l a t i o n s h i p o u t of t h e p o s s i b l e types .of
m o d u l a t i o n ( "compensa te" v e r s u s Inlet gon ; ~ l c o m p e n s a t e w v e r s u s
f l a s s i s t t l ; a n d "assistt1 v e r s u s " let go") a n d k i n e s t h e t i c r e a c t i o n cr
time, r e n d e r s t h e e x i s t e n c e of s u c h a r e l a t i o n s h ' p q u e s t i o n a b l e . t A t i s more l i k e l y t h a t a l t h o u g h one of t h e t b s of r e f l e x
,' /
a m d l i t u a e mod* h t i o n bas fomrd t o be significantly r e l a tea t o \
\ 'frQluntarl! r e a c t i o n time, t h e effect was w i t h o u t mean ing . T h i s
jj\ c o n c l s i o n i s f u r t h e r s t r e ' n g t h e n e d b y t h e absence o f a n y \ r -1
s i g n i f i c a n t e q u i v a l e n t r e l a t i o n s h i p s i n t h e non-mixes 'a
~ n s t r u c t i o r i s p a r a d i g m .
An a l t e r n a t e 6 u t u n l i k e l y e x p l a n a t i o n would b e t h a t t h e
v a l u e s of l o n g l a t e n c y reflex m o d u l a t i o n i n v o l v i n g n c o a p e n s a t e f l * +
r e s p o n s e s migh t h a w b e e n c o n t a m i n a t e d b y some o v e r l a p p i n g
v o l u h t a r ' y a . & t i v i t y , thereby o b f u s c a t i n g a @ o s s i b l y ) e x i s t i n g
r e l a t i o n s h i p b e t w e e n - l o n g latency r e f l e z ' a o d u l a t i o n a n d r e a c t i o n 'C -
time. The r e l a t r o n s h i p between ' p u r e * reflex a e p l i t u d e
* m o d u l a t i o n and r e a c t i o n t i s e r a n d t P e n be masked b y a variable
d e g r e e of o v e r l a p from s'ub jec t to' s u b j e c t . Houwer, a s s n l l i n g a
r e l a t i o n s h i p between reflex m o d ~ l a t i o n a n d r e a c t i o s - t i n e t o
exist, t h e f a s t e r reacting subjects would t h e n h a v e t h e g r e a t e s t . .
degree of v o l u n t a r y o v e r l a p of l o n g latency r e f l e x respdnses: 1
T h i s would enhance r a t h e r than reduce an i n ~ e f s e + r e f a + ~ o n s h i p .
s i g / n i f i c a n t r e l a t i o n s h i p s between p&& sodnf a t i o n s a n d r e a c t i o n - w
tilae. C l e a r l y this was n o t t h e case, i n d i c a t i n g that t h e l o n g
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a c t i v i t y f o 0 t h i n s t r u c t i o n s . I t would a p p e a r , t h e r e f o r e , t h a i
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g r o i l p had nearly t w i c e the t o n i c activity of t h e y o u n g e r
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et al, 1 9 8 2 ) . B n d the ma j o r l t y of t h e o l d e r s u b j e c t s i n F th'is
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