Intermuscular Coherence is a measure to quantify correlations between the activity of two muscles, which is often assessed using electromyography. The correlations in muscle activity are quantified in frequency domain,[1] and therefore referred to as intermuscular coherence.[2]
History
editThe synchronisation of motor units of a single muscle in animals and humans are known for decades. The early studies that investigated the relationship of EMG activity used time-domain cross-correlation to quantify common input.[3][4] The explicit notion of presence of synchrony between motor units of two different muscles was reported at a later time.[5] In the 1990s, coherence analysis was introduced to examine in frequency content of common input.[2]
Physiology
editIntermuscular coherence can be used to investigate the neural circuitry involved in motor control. Correlated muscle activity indicates common input to the motor unit pools of both muscles[6][7] and reflects shared neural pathways (including cortical, subcortical and spinal) that contribute to muscle activity and movement.[8] The strength of intermuscular coherence is dependent on the relationship between muscles and is generally stronger between muscle pairs that are anatomically and functionally closely related.[9][10] Intermuscular coherence can therefore be used to identify impairments in motor pathways.[11][12]
See also
editReferences
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- ^ a b Farmer, S. F., Bremner, F. D., Halliday, D. M., Rosenberg, J. R., & Stephens, J. A. (1993). The frequency content of common synaptic inputs to motoneurones studied during voluntary isometric contraction in man. The Journal of Physiology, 470(1), 127–155
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- ^ Bremner, F. D., Baker, J. R., & Stephens, J. A. (1991). Correlation between the discharges of motor units recorded from the same and from different finger muscles in man. The Journal of Physiology, 432(1), 355–380. http://doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.1991.sp018389
- ^ Negro, Francesco; Farina, Dario (2011-01-28). "Linear transmission of cortical oscillations to the neural drive to muscles is mediated by common projections to populations of motoneurons in humans". The Journal of Physiology. 589 (3): 629–637. doi:10.1113/jphysiol.2010.202473. ISSN 0022-3751. PMC 3055547. PMID 21135042.
- ^ Boonstra, Tjeerd W.; Breakspear, Michael (2012). "Neural mechanisms of intermuscular coherence: implications for the rectification of surface electromyography". Journal of Neurophysiology. 107 (3): 796–807. doi:10.1152/jn.00066.2011. hdl:1959.4/unsworks_49701. ISSN 1522-1598. PMID 22072508.
- ^ Boonstra, Tjeerd W.; Farmer, Simon F.; Breakspear, Michael (2016). "Using Computational Neuroscience to Define Common Input to Spinal Motor Neurons". Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 10: 313. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2016.00313. ISSN 1662-5161. PMC 4914567. PMID 27445753.
- ^ Gibbs, J.; Harrison, L. M.; Stephens, J. A. (1995-05-15). "Organization of inputs to motoneurone pools in man". The Journal of Physiology. 485 ( Pt 1): 245–256. doi:10.1113/jphysiol.1995.sp020727. ISSN 0022-3751. PMC 1157987. PMID 7658378.
- ^ Kerkman, Jennifer N.; Daffertshofer, Andreas; Gollo, Leonardo L.; Breakspear, Michael; Boonstra, Tjeerd W. (2018). "Network structure of the human musculoskeletal system shapes neural interactions on multiple time scales". Science Advances. 4 (6): eaat0497. Bibcode:2018SciA....4..497K. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aat0497. ISSN 2375-2548. PMC 6021138. PMID 29963631.
- ^ Nishimura, Yukio; Morichika, Yosuke; Isa, Tadashi (2009-03-01). "A subcortical oscillatory network contributes to recovery of hand dexterity after spinal cord injury". Brain. 132 (3): 709–721. doi:10.1093/brain/awn338. ISSN 0006-8950. PMC 2664448. PMID 19155271.
- ^ Fisher, Karen M.; Zaaimi, Boubker; Williams, Timothy L.; Baker, Stuart N.; Baker, Mark R. (2012-09-01). "Beta-band intermuscular coherence: a novel biomarker of upper motor neuron dysfunction in motor neuron disease". Brain. 135 (9): 2849–2864. doi:10.1093/brain/aws150. ISSN 0006-8950. PMC 3437020. PMID 22734124.
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