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Motor variability in elicited repeated bout rate enhancement is associated with higher sample entropy

  • Anders Emanuelsen
  • , Pascal Madeleine
  • , Michael Voigt
  • , Ernst Albin Hansen
  • Aalborg University

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Abstract

Inthisstudyweinvestigatedmotorvariabilityinindividualswhoshowed(responders)andwho didnotshow(non-responders)abehaviouralphenomenontermedrepeatedboutrateenhancement.Thephenomenonischaracterizedbyanincreaseofthefreelychosenindexfingertapping rateduringthesecondoftwoconsecutivetappingbouts.Itwashypothesizedthatresponders wouldperform(i)tappingwithalowermagnitude,butmorecomplexstructureofvariability thannon-respondersand(ii)bout2withalowermagnitudeandincreasedcomplexityof variabilitythanbout1,asopposedtonon-responders.Individuals(n=102)performedtwo3mintappingboutsseparatedby10minrest.Kineticandkinematicrecordingswereperformed. Standarddeviation(SD),coefficientofvariation(CV),andsampleentropy(SaEn),representing magnitudeandcomplexityofvariability,werecomputed.Forresponders,SaEnofverticaldisplacementoftheindexfingerwashigherthanfornon-responders(p=.046).Further,SaEnof verticalforceandverticaldisplacementwashigherinbout2thaninbout1forresponders (p
Original languageEnglish
Article number102520
JournalHuman Movement Science
Volume68
Number of pages11
ISSN0167-9457
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2019
Externally publishedYes

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