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@article{Del:2018:10.1152/japplphysiol.00135.2018,
author = {Del, Vecchio A and Úbeda, A and Sartori, M and Azorín, JM and Felici, F and Farina, D},
doi = {10.1152/japplphysiol.00135.2018},
journal = {Journal of Applied Physiology},
pages = {1404--1410},
title = {Central nervous system modulates the neuromechanical delay in a broad range for the control of muscle force},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00135.2018},
volume = {125},
year = {2018}
}

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AB  - Force is generated by muscle units according to the neural activation sent by motor neurons. The motor unit is therefore the interface between the neural coding of movement and the musculotendinous system. Here we propose a method to accurately measure the latency between an estimate of the neural drive to muscle and force. Furthermore, we systematically investigate this latency, which we refer to as the neuromechanical delay (NMD), as a function of the rate of force generation. In two experimental sessions, eight men performed isometric finger abduction and ankle dorsiflexion sinusoidal contractions at three frequencies and peak-to-peak amplitudes {0.5, 1, and 1.5 Hz; 1, 5, and 10 of maximal force [%maximal voluntary contraction (MVC)]}, with a mean force of 10% MVC. The discharge timings of motor units of the first dorsal interosseous (FDI) and tibialis anterior (TA) muscle were identified by high-density surface EMG decomposition. The neural drive was estimated as the cumulative discharge timings of the identified motor units. The neural drive predicted 80 ± 0.4% of the force fluctuations and consistently anticipated force by 194.6 ± 55 ms (average across conditions and muscles). The NMD decreased nonlinearly with the rate of force generation ( R2 = 0.82 ± 0.07; exponential fitting) with a broad range of values (from 70 to 385 ms) and was 66 ± 0.01 ms shorter for the FDI than TA ( P < 0.001). In conclusion, we provided a method to estimate the delay between the neural control and force generation, and we showed that this delay is muscle-dependent and is modulated within a wide range by the central nervous system. NEW & NOTEWORTHY The motor unit is a neuromechanical interface that converts neural signals into mechanical force with a delay determined by neural and peripheral properties. Classically, this delay has been assessed from the muscle resting level or d
AU  - Del,Vecchio A
AU  - Úbeda,A
AU  - Sartori,M
AU  - Azorín,JM
AU  - Felici,F
AU  - Farina,D
DO  - 10.1152/japplphysiol.00135.2018
EP  - 1410
PY  - 2018///
SN  - 8750-7587
SP  - 1404
TI  - Central nervous system modulates the neuromechanical delay in a broad range for the control of muscle force
T2  - Journal of Applied Physiology
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00135.2018
UR  - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30407132
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/67171
VL  - 125
ER  -

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