학술논문

Single-leg stance on a challenging surface can enhance cortical activation in the right hemisphere – A case study
Document Type
article
Source
Heliyon, Vol 9, Iss 2, Pp e13628- (2023)
Subject
Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS)
Single-leg stance (SLS)
General linear model (GLM)
Cortical activation
Alpine ski
Dual-leg stance (DLS)
Science (General)
Q1-390
Social sciences (General)
H1-99
Language
English
ISSN
2405-8440
Abstract
Maintaining body balance, whether static or dynamic, is critical in performing everyday activities and developing and optimizing basic motor skills. This study investigates how a professional alpine skier's brain activates on the contralateral side during a single-leg stance. Continuous-wave functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) signals were recorded with sixteen sources and detectors over the motor cortex to investigate brain hemodynamics. Three different tasks were performed: barefooted walk (BFW), right-leg stance (RLS), and left-leg stance (LLS). The signal processing pipeline includes channel rejection, the conversation of raw intensities into hemoglobin concentration changes using modified Beer-Lambert law, baseline zero-adjustments, z-normalization, and temporal filtration. The hemodynamic brain signal was estimated using a general linear model with a 2-gamma function. Measured activations (t-values) with p-value