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Cognitive-Motor Interference While Grasping, Lifting and Holding Objects

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Guillery, Erwan [UCL] Mouraux, André [UCL] Thonnard, Jean-Louis [UCL]

In daily life, object manipulation is usually performed concurrently to the execution of cognitive tasks. The aim of the present study was to determine which aspects of precision grip require cognitive resources using a motor-cognitive dual-task paradigm. Eighteen healthy participants took part in the experiment, which comprised two conditions. In the first condition, participants performed a motor task without any concomitant cognitive task. They were instructed to grip, lift and hold an apparatus incorporating strain gauges allowing a continuous measurement of the force perpendicular to each contact surface (grip force, GF) as well as the total tangential force applied on the object (load force, LF). In the second condition, participants performed the same motor task while concurrently performing a cognitive task consisting in a complex visual search combined with counting. In the dual-task condition, we found a significant increase in the duration of the preload phase (time between initial contact of the fingers with the apparatus and onset of the load force), as well as a significant increase of the grip force during the holding phase, indicating that the cognitive task interfered with the initial force scaling performed during the preload phase and the fine-tuning of grip force during the hold phase. These findings indicate that these aspects of precision grip require cognitive resources. In contrast, other aspects of the precision grip, such as the temporal coupling between grip and load forces, were not affected by the cognitive task, suggesting that they reflect more automatic processes. Taken together, our results suggest that assessing the dynamic and temporal parameters of precision grip in the context of a concurrent cognitive task may constitute a more ecological and better-suited tool to characterize motor dysfunction in patients.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Access type Accès libre
Publication date 2013
Language Anglais
Journal information "PLoS ONE" - Vol. 8, no.11, p. e80125 (2013)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Robert J. Van Beers - VU Universtity Amsterdam ((Netherlands) Amsterdam)
issn 1932-6203
e-issn 1932-6203
Publication status Publié
Affiliations UCL - SSS/IONS/COSY - Systems & cognitive Neuroscience
UCL - (SLuc) Service de médecine physique et de réadaptation motrice
Louvain Bionics - Center of Interdisciplinary Expertise
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Bibliographic reference Guillery, Erwan ; Mouraux, André ; Thonnard, Jean-Louis. Cognitive-Motor Interference While Grasping, Lifting and Holding Objects. In: PLoS ONE, Vol. 8, no.11, p. e80125 (2013)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/135130