Aydin Leyla, Kiziltan Erhan, Gundogan Nimet Unay
a Department of Physiology , Baskent University Faculty of Medicine , Ankara , Turkey.
J Mot Behav. 2016;48(1):72-8. doi: 10.1080/00222895.2015.1040111. Epub 2015 May 19.
Successive voluntary motor movement involves a number of physiological mechanisms and may reflect motor skill development and neuromuscular fatigue. In this study, the temporal behavior of finger tapping was investigated in relation to motor skills and fatigue by using a long-term computer-based test. The finger-tapping performances of 29 healthy male volunteers were analyzed using linear and nonlinear regression models established for inter-tapping interval. The results suggest that finger-tapping performance exhibits a polyphasic nature, and has several characteristic time points, which may be directly related to muscle dynamics and energy consumption. In conclusion, we believe that future studies evaluating the polyphasic nature of the maximal voluntary movement will lead to the definition of objective scales that can be used in the follow up of some neuromuscular diseases, as well as, the determination of motor skills, individual ability, and peripheral fatigue through the use of a low cost, easy-to-use computer-based finger-tapping test.
连续的自主运动涉及多种生理机制，可能反映运动技能发展和神经肌肉疲劳。在本研究中，通过一项基于计算机的长期测试，研究了手指敲击的时间行为与运动技能和疲劳的关系。使用为敲击间隔建立的线性和非线性回归模型，分析了29名健康男性志愿者的手指敲击表现。结果表明，手指敲击表现具有多相性，并有几个特征时间点，这可能与肌肉动力学和能量消耗直接相关。总之，我们认为，未来评估最大自主运动多相性的研究将有助于定义客观量表，这些量表可用于某些神经肌肉疾病的随访，以及通过使用低成本、易于使用的基于计算机的手指敲击测试来确定运动技能、个人能力和外周疲劳。
