[Effect of 7-day immersion hypokinesia on the characteristics of precise movements]. 1985

L S Grigor'eva, and I B Kozlovskaia

Experiments were carried out to study the effect of 7-day immersion hypokinesia on precision movements that included reproduction of a certain isometric strain of leg muscles (30% from the maximum voluntary level) and angular displacement of the ankle (15 degrees) relative to the 90 degrees position. On the first postimmersion day the precision level deteriorated, i. e., the error and variability of the movements to be reproduced consistently increased. The precision decline was the highest with plantar flexion, when the error of the effort and position reproduction was 24 and 28%, respectively, and the lowest with dorsiflexion, when the error was 17 and 25%, respectively, versus 6-8% in the baseline tests. Precision disorders were seen in the structure of movements which lost their stereotypic pattern and became fragmentary, transforming into slow approximate movements versus the pattern of preimmersion movements that were of a rapid programmed control type. Precision changes during plantar flexion movements were usually excessive, hypermetric and almost twice longer than preimmersion. The origin of the above precision changes seems to be primarily associated with muscle atonia. At the same time data analysis shows that in nearly 50% of cases the values of precision changes in movements of various types (efforts and displacements) and different directions (plantar and dorsiflexion) were correlated. This is suggestive of common central mechanisms underlying their development.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007101 Immersion The placing of a body or a part thereof into a liquid. Submersion,Immersions,Submersions
D007103 Immobilization The restriction of the MOVEMENT of whole or part of the body by physical means (RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL) or chemically by ANALGESIA, or the use of TRANQUILIZING AGENTS or NEUROMUSCULAR NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS. It includes experimental protocols used to evaluate the physiologic effects of immobility. Hypokinesia, Experimental,Experimental Hypokinesia,Experimental Hypokinesias,Hypokinesias, Experimental
D007537 Isometric Contraction Muscular contractions characterized by increase in tension without change in length. Contraction, Isometric,Contractions, Isometric,Isometric Contractions
D007866 Leg The inferior part of the lower extremity between the KNEE and the ANKLE. Legs
D008297 Male Males
D009068 Movement The act, process, or result of passing from one place or position to another. It differs from LOCOMOTION in that locomotion is restricted to the passing of the whole body from one place to another, while movement encompasses both locomotion but also a change of the position of the whole body or any of its parts. Movement may be used with reference to humans, vertebrate and invertebrate animals, and microorganisms. Differentiate also from MOTOR ACTIVITY, movement associated with behavior. Movements
D009069 Movement Disorders Syndromes which feature DYSKINESIAS as a cardinal manifestation of the disease process. Included in this category are degenerative, hereditary, post-infectious, medication-induced, post-inflammatory, and post-traumatic conditions. Dyskinesia Syndromes,Etat Marbre,Status Marmoratus,Movement Disorder Syndromes,Dyskinesia Syndrome,Movement Disorder,Movement Disorder Syndrome
D009119 Muscle Contraction A process leading to shortening and/or development of tension in muscle tissue. Muscle contraction occurs by a sliding filament mechanism whereby actin filaments slide inward among the myosin filaments. Inotropism,Muscular Contraction,Contraction, Muscle,Contraction, Muscular,Contractions, Muscle,Contractions, Muscular,Inotropisms,Muscle Contractions,Muscular Contractions
D009123 Muscle Hypotonia A diminution of the skeletal muscle tone marked by a diminished resistance to passive stretching. Flaccid Muscle Tone,Hypotonia,Decreased Muscle Tone,Floppy Muscles,Hypomyotonia,Hypotony, Muscle,Muscle Flaccidity,Muscle Tone Atonic,Muscle Tone Poor,Muscular Flaccidity,Muscular Hypotonia,Neonatal Hypotonia,Unilateral Hypotonia,Flaccidity, Muscle,Flaccidity, Muscular,Floppy Muscle,Hypotonia, Muscle,Hypotonia, Muscular,Hypotonia, Neonatal,Hypotonia, Unilateral,Hypotonias, Neonatal,Hypotonias, Unilateral,Muscle Hypotony,Muscle Tone Atonics,Muscle Tone, Decreased,Muscle Tone, Flaccid,Muscle, Floppy,Muscles, Floppy,Muscular Flaccidities,Neonatal Hypotonias,Tone Atonic, Muscle,Tone Poor, Muscle
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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