Plasticity of muscle synergies through fractionation and merging during development and training of human runners

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 4356 - 15
• Main Authors: Cheung, Vincent C. K., Cheung, Ben M. F., Zhang, Janet H., Chan, Zoe Y. S., Ha, Sophia C. W., Chen, Chao-Ying, Cheung, Roy T. H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 31.08.2020; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/378/2632; 631/378/2632/2633; 692/698/1671; 9/10; Adult; Adults; Biomechanical Phenomena; Biomechanics; Child; Child, Preschool; Coalescing; Developmental plasticity; Electromyography; Female; Fractionation; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Locomotion; Male; Middle Aged; Modules; multidisciplinary; Muscle, Skeletal - growth & development; Muscle, Skeletal - physiology; Muscles; Musculoskeletal system; Plastic properties; Plasticity; Running; Running - physiology; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Sensorimotor system; Training

Complex motor commands for human locomotion are generated through the combination of motor modules representable as muscle synergies. Recent data have argued that muscle synergies are inborn or determined early in life, but development of the neuro-musculoskeletal system and acquisition of new skill...