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Table 5–2. Properties of the Three Movement Systems
Property Reflex Automatic Voluntary
Mediating pathways Spinal cord Brainstem and subcortical Brainstem and cortical
Mode of activation External stimulus External stimulus Self-generated or
Movement Systems
external stimulus
Response properties Localized to point of
stimulus and highly stereotyped
Role in posture control Regulate muscle forces Coordinate movements
Response times Fixed at 40 msec Fixed at 100 msec Varies with difficulty,
variety of patterns is almost limitless, in theory at least. When elicited by external stimuli, voluntary move­ment latencies are 150 msec under the simplest and most practiced conditions. Latencies can be substan­tially longer when the task is novel, involves multiple decisions, or is performed in the presence of distrac­tions (Nashner & Cordo, 1981). When a freely stand­ing person exerts a voluntary force against an external object, automatic and voluntary activities are closely coordinated to provide a stable base of support for the voluntary movement (Belenkii, Gurfinkel, & Paltsev, 1967; Nashner & Cordo, 1981). In these instances, auto-
Coordinated among leg and trunk muscles, and stereotyped but adaptable
across joints
Limitless variety
Generate purposeful behaviors
150+ msec
1979). For example, forward movements are triggered by backward COG displacements.
The amplitudes of the automatic movements are related to not only the intensity of the triggering somatosensory stimulus (Diener, Horak, & Nashner,
1988) but also to visual and vestibular inputs, and to the individual’s past experiences (Nashner, 1976; Nash­ner & Berthoz, 1978; Shupert et al., 1988). The pattern of movement response among leg and lower trunk muscles, in contrast, is determined not by the trigger­ing stimulus but by the configuration of the support surface and the previous experience of the individual.
matic postural reactions occur first, and the onset of the voluntary component is delayed accordingly (Nashner & Cordo, 1981).
COORDINATION OF AUTOMATIC
POSTURAL
MOVEMENTS
Automatic Postural Movements
When an automatic postural movement is initiated by a mechanical stimulus, the onset of muscular EMG activ­ity occurs within 90 to 100 msec, and the resulting pat­terns of activation among leg and lower trunk muscles are directionally specific and relatively stereotyped. Active forces are delayed an additional 20 to 40 due to the delay between muscle electrical activation and force generation (Bawa & Stein, 1976).
Local somatosensory input from the feet and ankle joints is by itself sufficient to trigger an auto­matic postural movement (Horak, Nashner, & Diener,
1990). The direction of the automatic movement is also determined by the triggering somatosensory stimulus (Horak & Nashner, 1986; Nashner, 1977; Nashner et al.,
msec
Biomechanics of Coordinated Movement
The major joint and muscle systems controlling the COG during standing are illustrated in Figure 5–5. Postural movements involve the coordinated actions of the ankle, knee, hip joints, and frequently the neck. The motions about each of these joints, however, are not determined simply by the muscles acting directly about the joint. This is because leg and trunk muscles also exert indirect forces on neighboring joints through the inertial interaction forces among body segments (Nash­ner, 1985a; Nashner & McCollum, 1985). For example, when the ankle muscles contract to extend the lower leg segments backward, the hips will flex unless thigh
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and lower trunk muscles are activated to stabilize these joints. The hips will flex in the absence of additional stabilizing forces, because the inertia of the trunk tends to make its movements lag behind those of the legs.
figure 5–5. Functional anatomy of the major joint and muscle systems controlling movements of the body’s COG during standing balance. From Handbook of Bal- ance Function Testing, Jacobson et al., 1997.
Because of the indirect inertial effects of muscular forces, the function of leg and trunk muscles during posture control can differ quite dramatically from their traditional anatomic classification, as summarized in Table 5–3. When a person is standing on a rigid sur­face, contraction of the tibialis anterior (anatomically classified as an ankle dorsiflexor) also causes knee flex­ion, even though there is no anatomic insertion of this muscle at the knee. As dorsiflexion of the ankle moves the lower leg forward, inertia causes the thigh to lag behind and the knee flexes as a result. Although the gastrocnemius is anatomically classified as an ankle extensor and knee flexor, its functional effect on the knee during standing is extension rather than flexion. The knee extends because of inertial interactions simi­lar to the others mentioned.
Contractions of thigh and lower trunk muscles exert similar indirect effects on the knee and ankle joints. The quadriceps muscle is not only a hip flexor and knee extensor by direct action, but also an ankle extensor by indirect action. The hamstring muscle is an indirect ankle flexor in addition to its direct knee flexor and hip extensor functions.
One common example of an abnormal movement pattern is the destabilization of a proximal knee or hip joint during postural movement. This problem is often called proximal joint instability. While it is tempting to attribute an unstable knee or hip joint to weakness or inactivity in the muscles acting directly about these joints, the instability can also be caused by the indirect effects of delayed ankle muscle activation (Nashner, Shumway-Cook, & Marin, 1983).
table 5–3. Functional Anatomy of Muscles Involved in Balance Movements
Joint Anatomic Functional Anatomic Functional
Hip Paraspinals
Knee Quadriceps Paraspinals
Ankle Gastrocnemius Abdominals
Hamstrings
Extension Flexion
Paraspinals Hamstrings
Tibialis Gastrocnemius
Quadriceps Gastrocnemius
Quadriceps Gastrocnemius
Abdominal Quadriceps
Hamstrings Gastrocnemius
Tibialis Paraspinals
Abdominals Quadriceps
Abdominals Hamstrings Tibialis
Hamstrings Tibialis
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Coordination of Postural Movements into Strategies
When a person’s balance is disrupted by an external perturbation, one or a combination of three differ­ent strategies can be used to coordinate movement of the COG back to a balanced position. Properties of the three strategies are reviewed in Figure 5–6. A step or stumbling reaction is the only movement strategy effective in preventing a fall when the perturbation dis­places the COG beyond the LOS perimeter. When the COG remains within the LOS, two different strategies or combinations of strategies can be used to move the COG while maintaining the initial placement of the feet on the support surface.
Ankle Strategy
The ankle strategy shifts the COG while maintaining the placement of the feet by rotating the body as an approximately rigid mass about the ankle joints, as shown in Figure 5–6. This is accomplished by contract­ing the ankle joint muscles to generate torque about the ankle joints. Contractions of thigh and lower trunk muscles prevent destabilization of these proximal joints due to the indirect effects of the ankle muscles on the proximal joints (see Table 5–3).
Ankle movements are generated by EMG responses, which begin at 90 to 100 msec in the directionally appropriate ankle joint muscles, specifically gastroc­nemius muscles resisting forward COG displacements and tibialis anterior backward COG displacements (Horak & Nashner, 1986; Nashner, 1977; Nashner et al.,
1979). Electromyographic activity begins in the ankle joint muscle and then radiates 10 to 30 msec later to
the thigh and then to the lower trunk muscles on the same dorsal or ventral aspect of the body. The thigh and lower trunk muscle contractions stabilize the knees and hips as the body rotates about the ankles. Activa­tion of the ankle muscles provides proximal muscles with a stable movement base.
Hip Strategy
Movements organized into the hip strategy are centered about the hip joints with smaller opposing ankle joint rotations, as shown in Figure 5–6. When hip rotations are sufficiently rapid, the COG shifts opposite to the direction of the hip due to the trunk inertial generating horizontal (shear) force against the support surface.
Hip strategy movements are generated by activa­tion of the directionally appropriate thigh and lower trunk muscles at 85 to 95 msec latencies (Horak & Nashner, 1986). Quadriceps and abdominal muscles are activated to flex the hips and move the COG back­ward. The knee remains relatively stable because these two muscles have opposite functional effects about this joint (see Table 5–3). Paraspinal and hamstring activa­tion extends the hips and moves the COG backward. Opposing functional effects of these two muscles also stabilize the knees. During movements in both direc­tions, the ankle muscles are relatively inactive.
Appropriate Use of Postural Movement Strategies
The relative effectiveness of ankle, hip, and stepping strategies in repositioning the COG over the base of sup­port depends on the configuration of the base of support,
Figure 5–6. Three strategies for moving the COG relative to the base of support during postural sway, and their functional properties. From Handbook of Balance Function Testing, Jacobson et al., 1997.
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the COG alignment in relation to the LOS, and the speed (frequency) of the required postural movement (Horak & Nashner, 1986; McCollum, Horak, & Nashner, 1984; Nashner & McCollum, 1985). For example, the ankle strategy is most effective in executing relatively slow, low-frequency COG movements when the base of sup­port is firm and the COG is well within the LOS perim­eter. The ankle strategy is also effective in maintaining a static posture with the COG offset from the center.
The amplitude and speed of ankle movements are biomechanically limited by the torque that can be exerted about the ankles before the feet lift off the sup­port surface (Nashner et al., 1989). The reader can expe­rience this biomechanical constraint by increasing the amplitude and frequency of sway about the ankles to the point where the feet begin to lift off the floor. The strengths of the ankle joint muscles are not the limit­ing factors. Gastrocnemius strength is determined by the force requirements for running and jumping, and therefore far exceeds the requirements for executing ankle movements. The maximum force capabilities of the tibialis anterior muscles, in contrast, are more closely matched to the requirements for balance. Thus, ankle joint weakness impairs a person’s use of ankle movements to recover from backward displacements of the COG.
Hip movements rely on horizontal shear forces rather than ankle torques to shift the COG and are therefore not constrained by ankle torque limitations. Thus, hip movements are effective when the COG is positioned near the LOS perimeter, the LOS boundar­ies are contracted by a narrowed base of support, or the body is swaying at higher frequencies. The reader can experience the conditions requiring the use of hip move­ments by attempting to shift posture slowly while stand­ing on tiptoes or moving rapidly on a firm, flat surface.
Hip movements also have biomechanical limita­tions in that they cannot produce large shifts in COG position. In addition, because hip movements rely on inertial reaction forces, they cannot be used to maintain balance with the COG offset from the center.
When the COG is displaced beyond the LOS, a step or stumble is the only effective strategy for pre­venting a fall. While stepping and stumbling are subject to fewer biomechanical limitations, they are inefficient, disruptive, and usually inappropriate when simpler ankle or hip movements are effective.
1986; McCollum, Horak, & Nashner, 1984). When well practiced at standing on a particular support surface, relatively pure examples of the appropriate movement strategy are observed. In contrast, movements combin­ing the two pure strategies are observed during the ini­tial practice trials while transitioning from one support surface condition to another.
A recent modeling study based on a double (ankle and hip) inverted pendulum model of posture control predicted that intermittent control over the joint stiffness and the active torque requires less energy and is more effective in stabilizing the body (Suzuki et al., 2012). Fur­thermore, the authors’ analysis suggests that ankle, hip, and mixed strategies are emergent properties depending on joint stiffnesses rather than central programming.
COORDINATION OF HEAD
BODY MOVEMENTS
AND
Head Movement Strategies
Movements of the head relative to the trunk have a relatively minor effect on the COG position during standing. This is because the mass of the head is sub­stantially smaller than that of the trunk. Motions of the head during postural sway are important, never­theless, because they have a strong influence on two of the three principal senses of balance: vision and the vestibular system. The head and body movement strat­egies reviewed in Figure 5–7 can affect the ability to determine the position of the COG accurately during postural sway (Nashner, 1985b; Shupert et al., 1988).
Trunk-Fixed Strategy
Strategies for coordinating movements of the head rel­ative to the trunk can be classified in three categories: trunk fixed, gravity fixed, and combinations of the two. In the trunk-fixed strategy, the head and trunk move as a unit. The neck muscles stiffen to resist the inertial and gravitational forces tending to rotate the head opposite to the trunk. Thus, this strategy fixes movements of the head to those of the trunk.
Gravity-Fixed Strategy
Selecting the Postural Movement Strategy
Experimental observations suggest that the response strategies are centrally set in advance depending on the person’s immediate past experience (Horak & Nashner,
The gravity-fixed strategy rotates the head in opposition to the trunk so that the head remains level relative to the gravitational vertical. This strategy requires coordinated neck and trunk muscular actions to eliminate head rotations correlated with COG sway while preserving the linear translational components of head motion.
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INTERACTIONS BETWEEN SENSORY AND
MOTOR COMPONENTS OF BALANCE
Sensory Effects of Body and Head Movement Strategies
The pattern of ankle, knee, hip, and head movements strongly influences the visual and vestibular inputs to balance (Nashner, 1985a). If a person is swaying about
Figure 5 –7. Strategies for moving the head relative to the trunk during postural sway, and their functional properties. direction of the gaze. the gaze direction is disturbed substantially more by the hip than the ankle strategy. When head position is gravity-fixed, gaze direction is not disturbed by either strategy. From Handbook of Balance Function Testing, Jacobson et al., 1997.
Note that when the head position is trunk-fixed,
Visual “rays” show the
the ankles while holding the head fixed to the trunk, for example, the head and body move as a unit and the linear and rotational motions of the head and the body COG are similar. In theory at least, this strategy simplifies the brain’s task of interpreting input from the visual and vestibular systems.
Moving the head and body as a unit, however, is disadvantageous whenever independent head and eye movements are required, such as maintaining gaze on an object or scanning the terrain. Without the ability to
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move the head and eyes independently, backward or forward sway will move the head and eyes up or down, respectively, and thus away from a desired visual tar­get. The negative impact on vision of the body-fixed strategy of head control is particularly great during hip movements, when motions of the trunk are large and rapid.
Fixing the rotational position of the head relative to gravity has two potential benefits. First, the eyes are freer to maintain gaze on objects in the visual surround with the head fixed in relation to gravity. Second, the gravity-fixed strategy of head coordination has the potential for reducing the confusion between linear and angular accelerations related to balance, a shortcoming of all inertial-gravitational systems, including the ves­tibular system. An example of this type of confusion can be experienced when a jet airliner brakes immedi­ately after touching down on the runway. A passenger looking straight ahead will sense that the cabin is tilt­ing downward, even to the point of dipping below the level of the runway. This illusion occurs even though the plane remains level, because the brain incorrectly interprets the linear deceleration inputs from the ves­tibular system as forward tilting.
There is the potential for misinterpretation of tilt and linear acceleration inputs to the vestibular system during sway, because the head both tilts and moves lin­early (Parker et al., 1985). Fixing the rotational position of the head relative to gravity reduces the confusion by eliminating the tilting component. When a gravity­fixed strategy is used, linear acceleration can be inter­preted as linear head acceleration alone.
This theoretical analysis of the senses suggests that selection of head and body movement strategies is based not only on surface conditions and COG position within the LOS, as described previously, but also on the need to simplify the interpretation of vestibular input to balance. There is no conclusive experimental proof that sensory processes influence a person’s choice of head and body movement strategies. The following section describes results with healthy individuals and patients with sensory balance problems which are con­sistent with this conclusion.
in Figure 5–7. Analysis of leg, lower trunk, and neck muscle EMG activity during automatic postural move­ments indicates that the motions of the head and body are coordinated at the automatic level of control. Dur­ing forward automatic hip movements, for example, rectus abdominus (hip flexor) and sternocleidomastoid (neck flexor) are simultaneously activated at 90 to 100 msec. The sternocleidomastoid activation prevents the large nose-up rotation of the head that would occur in the absence of active head control.
When normal individuals use the ankle strategy, head and body movements are not tightly coordinated. Instead, the head moves passively in the direction oppo­site to the body, rotating nose up and then nose down in relation to gravity over a range of approximately 10°. These opposing head rotations occur as predicted by biomechanics in the absence of active head control. Analysis of leg, lower trunk, and neck muscle EMG activities during automatic ankle movement confirms that neck muscle actions are not correlated with those of the legs and lower trunk (Shupert et al., 1988).
In contrast to normal individuals, patients with bilateral loss of vestibular inputs avoid hip movements under all conditions, even though they have no motor deficits that impair their hip motor control (Shupert et al., 1988). These patients also tend to fix the position of the head relative to the trunk. Subjects deprived of somatosensory inputs from the feet by transient isch­emia prefer hip movements under all support surface conditions, even though the sensory loss does not impair their ability to execute ankle movements.
Head–body coordination during in-place hip movements and during running, hopping, and jump­ing is consistent with the need for head stabilization during complex movements. As suggested in the sec­tion on sensory effects of head and body movement strategies, the COG position is more difficult to deter­mine from vestibular and visual inputs during complex movements. This process is simplified by stabilizing the position of the head relative to gravity.
Voluntary Movements Influence Balance
Integration of Head and Body Movement Strategies
Head and body movements are coordinated during in­place standing, and when running, jumping, and hop­ping (Nashner et al., 1988; Pozzo, Berthoz, & Lefort,
1989). During these tasks, the head is approximately stabilized relative to the gravitational vertical, as shown
A standing person’s voluntary motor activities, as well as gravity and external perturbing forces, can desta­bilize balance. Excluding movements having a direct effect on the base of support (shifting weight, raising or changing the placement of a foot), the voluntary actions summarized in Table 5–4 are classified in two categories based on their effects on balance.
The first category of voluntary actions includes movements involving manipulation of external objects.
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Table 5–4. Functional Properties of Two Types of Voluntary Actions
Property Object Manipulations Free Body Movements
Voluntary Actions
Effect on center of gravity
Coordination during free standing
Coordination with the body supported
Examples Pull or push on object, grasp
Direct equal and opposite force Little if any direct force
Anticipatory postural response and delayed voluntary onset
Little postural activity and rapid voluntary onset
and lift object
These actions have the greatest destabilizing effects on balance. For example, when pulling open a heavy door, the backward force required to move the door gener­ates an equal and opposite forward force on COG of the body. If this destabilizing force is not compensated by an appropriate postural reaction, the person falls forward into the opening door.
The second category includes voluntary actions not involving external objects. These actions change body posture but have only indirect and relatively minor effects on COG position. Raising an arm from the side to a forward pointing position, for example, does not substantially alter the COG position, because the force required to accelerate the arm forward pro­duces an equal and opposite force accelerating the trunk slightly backward. The net result is little if any change in balance.
Students of physics will recognize that voluntary actions are distinguished based on the presence or absence of external and internal forces. External forces have a direct effect on the COG position of a body, while internal forces acting between body parts tend to reorient the parts relative to one another with little net effect on COG position. “Real world” situations, however, are never quite so simple. Because the body is supported by contact with a surface, rapid elevations of an arm can have minor effects on balance.
Coordination of Voluntary and Automatic Postural Movements
When a freely standing person performs a voluntary action involving external forces (e.g., pulling on a heavy external object), an automatic postural movement is initiated in advance of the voluntary arm movement to compensate for the disturbance in balance (Belenkii
Less postural activity and rapid voluntary onset
Little postural activity and rapid voluntary onset
Lift arm, reach or point
et al., 1967; Cordo & Nashner, 1982; Nashner & Cordo,
1981). The anticipatory automatic postural movement minimizes any disturbance to balance and provides a stable base for the voluntary action.
The properties of an anticipatory postural move­ment depend on the requirements for balance at the time of the voluntary action. Removing the need to maintain balance by providing trunk support during a voluntary action, for example, abolishes the anticipa­tory postural movement. In this instance, the volun­tary action itself can actually be initiated sooner. This later observation indicates that, to meet the require­ments of balance in a freestanding task, voluntary actions with the potential for disrupting balance are actively delayed so that a stable base of support is established first.
CONCLUSIONS
Balance is a multicomponent and highly adaptable con­trol process. When the balance of a healthy individual is challenged, the sensory inputs determining the COG position and the pattern of movement correcting the perturbation depend on the task conditions and the per­son’s immediate past experience. An individual with one or more impaired sensory inputs or motor output components will attempt to compensate by adapting both the impaired and normally functioning compo­nents to best meet the demands of the balance task.
When a patient complains of unsteadiness, the problem is seldom caused by the absence of balance­related activities. More frequently, some components are functioning normally and others abnormally, the interactions of which lead to functionally inappropri­ate or ineffective balance responses. Because of these
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multiple interactions, focusing the diagnostic assess­ment or treatment on isolated component(s) of the bal­ance system is frequently ineffective. In these cases, understanding the patient’s abnormality requires an assessment approach that systematically examines all components and their interactions under a variety of task conditions. A test battery designed to generate a systematic description of the patient’s balance prob­lem, called computerized dynamic posturography, is described in Chapter 15.
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