Intersegmental Eye-Head-Body Interactions during Complex Whole Body Movements
- Authors
- von Lassberg, Christoph; Beykirch, Karl A.; Mohler, Betty J.; Buelthoff, Heinrich H.
- Issue Date
- 24-4월-2014
- Publisher
- PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
- Citation
- PLOS ONE, v.9, no.4
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- PLOS ONE
- Volume
- 9
- Number
- 4
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/98738
- DOI
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0095450
- ISSN
- 1932-6203
- Abstract
- Using state-of-the-art technology, interactions of eye, head and intersegmental body movements were analyzed for the first time during multiple twisting somersaults of high-level gymnasts. With this aim, we used a unique combination of a 16-channel infrared kinemetric system; a three-dimensional video kinemetric system; wireless electromyography; and a specialized wireless sport-video-oculography system, which was able to capture and calculate precise oculomotor data under conditions of rapid multiaxial acceleration. All data were synchronized and integrated in a multimodal software tool for three-dimensional analysis. During specific phases of the recorded movements, a previously unknown eye-head-body interaction was observed. The phenomenon was marked by a prolonged and complete suppression of gaze-stabilizing eye movements, in favor of a tight coupling with the head, spine and joint movements of the gymnasts. Potential reasons for these observations are discussed with regard to earlier findings and integrated within a functional model.
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