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  • Biomechanics and Motor Control
  • Human Physiology

Background:

  • Understanding muscle synergies is crucial for analyzing postural control.
  • Sensory input significantly influences motor strategies during stance.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify distinct muscle synergies during standing in healthy young adults.
  • To investigate the impact of altered visual and proprioceptive input on these muscle synergies.

Main Methods:

  • Electromyography (EMG) recorded from 8 trunk and leg muscles during a 4-minute stance task.
  • Muscle synergies extracted using principal component analysis (PCA).
  • Sensory contexts manipulated by altering vision (eyes open/closed) and proprioception (ground/narrow blocks).

Main Results:

  • Three primary muscle synergies identified: push-back, push-forward, and proximal mixed.
  • Proprioceptive disturbance (block-standing) increased push-back and decreased push-forward synergy contributions.
  • Visual input did not significantly affect the identified muscle synergies.

Conclusions:

  • Three distinct muscle synergies contribute to standing balance in young adults.
  • Proprioception plays a key role in modulating these synergies, while vision has a lesser impact.
  • The opposing responses of push-back and push-forward synergies suggest an antagonistic control mechanism.