Kimura Arata, Yokozawa Toshiharu, Ozaki Hiroki
Department of Sports Research, Japan Institute of Sports Sciences, Tokyo, Japan.
Front Sports Act Living. 2021 Oct 14;3:753062. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2021.753062. eCollection 2021.
Coordination is a multidisciplinary concept in human movement science, particularly in the field of biomechanics and motor control. However, the term is not used synonymously by researchers and has substantially different meanings depending on the studies. Therefore, it is necessary to clarify the meaning of coordination to avoid confusion. The meaning of coordination in motor control from computational and ecological perspectives has been clarified, and the meanings differed between them. However, in biomechanics, each study has defined the meaning of the term and the meanings are diverse, and no study has attempted to bring together the diversity of the meanings of the term. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to provide a summary of the different meanings of coordination across the theoretical landscape and clarify the meaning of coordination in biomechanics. We showed that in biomechanics, coordination generally means the relation between elements that act toward the achievement of a motor task, which we call biomechanical coordination. We also showed that the term coordination used in computational and ecological perspectives has two different meanings, respectively. Each one had some similarities with biomechanical coordination. The findings of this study lead to an accurate understanding of the concept of coordination, which would help researchers formulate their empirical arguments for coordination in a more transparent manner. It would allow for accurate interpretation of data and theory development. By comprehensively providing multiple perspectives on coordination, this study intends to promote coordination studies in biomechanics.
协调是人类运动科学中的一个多学科概念，尤其是在生物力学和运动控制领域。然而，研究人员对该术语的使用并非同义，并且根据研究的不同，其含义也有很大差异。因此，有必要澄清协调的含义以避免混淆。从计算和生态学角度对运动控制中协调的含义进行了澄清，两者的含义有所不同。然而，在生物力学中，每项研究都对该术语的含义进行了定义，且含义多样，没有研究试图整合该术语含义的多样性。因此，本研究的目的是总结理论层面上协调的不同含义，并澄清生物力学中协调的含义。我们表明，在生物力学中，协调通常指朝着实现运动任务而行动的各元素之间的关系，我们称之为生物力学协调。我们还表明，计算和生态学角度使用的协调术语分别有两种不同含义。每种含义与生物力学协调都有一些相似之处。本研究的结果有助于准确理解协调概念，这将帮助研究人员以更透明的方式阐述其关于协调的实证观点。这将有助于对数据进行准确解读并推动理论发展。通过全面提供关于协调的多个视角，本研究旨在促进生物力学中的协调研究。
