Author ORCID Identifier
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-2011
Abstract
A novel method for the analysis of repetitive limb behavior oscillation is presented. It is based on a model used to account for self-sustained limit cycles that involve energy pumping compensating for dissipative processes. The experiment involved a uni-manual pendulum swinging task paced at five frequencies. The median frequency corresponded to the resonant one for the chosen pendulum and hand parameters. We applied the model-based analysis to explore the relationship between behavioral observables and model parameters not available from previous methods. Oscillation amplitude and energy, and motor variability were the behavioral observables we focused on while energy pumping, attractor strength, and noise amplitude were the model parameters. As expected, energy pumping was found to increase with pacing frequency. Noise amplitude did not change and stability decreased.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1123/mcj.15.4.550
Journal Title
Motor Control
Volume
15
Issue
4
First Page
550
Last Page
567
Recommended Citation
Dotov DG & Frank TD (2011). From the W-method to the canonical-dissipative method for studying uni-manual rhythmic behavior. Motor Control, 15 (4), 550–67. https://doi.org/10.1123/mcj.15.4.550
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Comments
Manuscript has been accepted but not published:
Accepted author manuscript version reprinted, by permission, from Motor Control, [2011] (ahead of print). © Human Kinetics, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1123/mcj.15.4.550