Proprioception in sensorimotor integration in health and disease
Main funder
Funder's project number: 326988
Funds granted by main funder (€)
- 236 816,00
Funding program
- Research post as Academy Research Fellow, AoF (Academy of Finland)
Project timetable
Project start date: 01/01/2019
Project end date: 31/08/2021
Summary
The motor control relies greatly on vast sensory input from the environment (vision, audition, touch) and on the internal state of the locomotor system through proprioception. The brain mechanisms of proprioception and roles in sensorimotor integration are still largely unknown in humans, and even more so in diseased humans. We have developed a movement actuators for neuroimaging (MEG, EEG, fMRI) to study the structure and function of the proprioception related brain network, and its plasticity to motor training, and its role in diseased (CP), and recovering (stroke) brain. We develop early identification of CP in infants, and test feasibility of proprioceptive stroke-rehabilitation. We examine interactions between cognitive loading and motor performance in CP to provide more precise judgment of their cognitive abilities. We use novel neuroimaging methods and 3D-motion analysis.
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Related publications
- The gait is less stable in children with cerebral palsy in normal and dual-task gait compared to typically developed peers (2021) Piitulainen, Harri; et al.; A1; OA
- Comparing MEG and EEG in detecting the ~20-Hz rhythm modulation to tactile and proprioceptive stimulation (2020) Illman, Mia; et al.; A1; OA
- Feasibility and reproducibility of electroencephalography-based corticokinematic coherence (2020) Piitulainen, Harri; et al.; A1; OA
- Gating Patterns to Proprioceptive Stimulation in Various Cortical Areas : An MEG Study in Children and Adults using Spatial ICA (2020) Vallinoja, Jaakko; et al.; A1; OA
- Older Age Increases the Amplitude of Muscle Stretch-Induced Cortical Beta-Band Suppression But Does not Affect Rebound Strength (2020) Walker, Simon; et al.; A1; OA
