Biology:Intermuscular coordination

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Short description: Coordination within different muscles and groups of muscles

Intermuscular coordination describes the coordination within different muscles and groups of muscles. These are used for sceletoral movement, stabilisation of joints, as well as stabilisation of body positioning.[1]

central nervous system is controlling positioning of joints via anticipatory and correcting adaptions of posture, that work against occurring intersegmental forces.[2]

The specific role and hierarchy of certain muscles and their meaning for certain movements is further differentiated within literature.[3][4]

Usage

Joints are stabilised by interacting muscles, so called synergist muscle. Different synergists feature partial similar functions. Therefore a certain movement can be formed out of different combinations and participations of muscles acting on a certain joint.

Even muscles not being in a direct connection towards a certain joint can fulfill a stabilising function for that very joint. For a clear specification of any muscles function it is necessary to measure precisely muscular function of not directly involved muscles within certain movements via elktromyografia.[5]

Complex movement structures are coordinated within the cerebellum via somatosensoric feedback via psychomotoric learning.

Examples

  • Vestibulorcerebellum controls balance and eye-movement. Therefore view is stable, hull- and thighmuscles are keeping their tension within movements
  • Spinocerebellum coordinates activity of armmuscles towards each other
  • pontocerbellum coordinates fingers and their muscles movements[6]

References

  1. Karin Schmalfeld (2012) (in German), Zum Einfluss neuromuskulärer Beanspruchungen auf den Bewegungsablauf und die intermuskuläre Koordination- Untersucht an zyklisch ausgeführten Bizepscurls, Paderborn, p. 42 
  2. Chabran, E., Maton, B. & Fourment, A. (2002), "Effects of postural muscle fati-gue on the relation between segmental posture and movement." (in German), Journal OfElectromyography and Kinesiology: pp. 67-79 
  3. Basmajian, J.V. & De Luca, C.J. (1985) (in German), Muscles Alive: Their Functions Revealed by Electromyography, Baltimore, ISBN 068300414X 
  4. Hamill, J. & Knutzen, K.M. (1995) (in German), Biomechanical basis of human movement., Philadelphia, ISBN 9780781763066, https://books.google.com/books?id=02BqwfcGJpYC 
  5. Björn Stapelfeld& Lorenz Assländer (2009) (in German), Beiträge zur lehre und Forschung im Sport; 171 Handbuch Sport-Biomechanik, Hofmann, p. 328, ISBN 978-3778047101 
  6. (in German) Physiologie des Menschen (32 ed.), Springer-Lehrbuch, 2 April 2019, p. 597, ISBN 978-3-662-56467-7