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Networkstructureofthehumanmusculoskeletalsystem
shapesneuralinteractionsonmultipletimescales
JenniferN.Kerkmana,AndreasDaffertshofera,LeonardoL.Gollob,Michael
Breakspearb,c,TjeerdW.Boonstrab,d,1
aDepartmentofHumanMovementSciences,FacultyofBehaviouralandMovement
Sciences,VrijeUniversiteitAmsterdam,AmsterdamMovementSciences&InstituteforBrainandBehaviorAmsterdam,Amsterdam,theNetherlands
bQIMRBerghoferMedicalResearchInstitute,Brisbane,AustraliacMetroNorthMentalHealthService,Brisbane,QLD,Australia
dBlackDogInstitute,UniversityofNewSouthWales,Sydney,Australia
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TjeerdBoonstra,BlackDogInstitute,HospitalRd,SydneyNSW2031,Australia.
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Abstract
Humanmotorcontrolrequiresthecoordinationofmuscleactivityunderthe
anatomicalconstraintsimposedbythemusculoskeletalsystem.Interactions
withinthecentralnervoussystemarefundamentaltomotorcoordination,butthe
principlesgoverningfunctionalintegrationremainpoorlyunderstood.Weused
networkanalysistoinvestigatetherelationshipbetweenanatomicaland
functionalconnectivityamongst36muscles.Anatomicalnetworksweredefinedby
thephysicalconnectionsbetweenmusclesandfunctionalnetworkswerebasedon
intermuscularcoherenceassessedduringposturaltasks.Wefoundamodular
structureoffunctionalnetworksthatwasstronglyshapedbytheanatomical
constraintsofthemusculoskeletalsystem.Musclenetworksexhibitedamultilayer
architecturewithfunctionalinteractionsatdistincttimescales.Changesinpostural
taskswereassociatedwithafrequency-dependentreconfigurationofthecoupling
betweenfunctionalmodules.Combined,thesefindingssuggestthesespectral
modesmaysignifyacoordinativestructureforflexiblyorganisingmuscleactivity
duringposturalcontrol.Morebroadly,ourmulti-levelnetworkapproachtothe
motorsystemoffersauniquewindowintothecoordinatedneuralcircuitrythat
generatessynergisticinputtomusclesindifferentbehaviours.
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Introduction
Thehumanbodyisacomplexsystemconsistingofmanysubsystemsand
regulatorypathways.Themusculoskeletalsystemgivesthebodystructureand
createstheabilitytomove.Itismadeupofmorethan200skeletalbones,
connectivetissueandover600skeletalmuscles[1].Musclesareattachedtobones
throughtendinoustissueandcangeneratemovementaroundajointwhenthey
contract.Thecentralnervoussystemcontrolsthesemovementsthroughthespinal
motorneurons,whichserveasthefinalcommonpathwaytothemuscles[2].
Whiletheanatomicalandphysiologicalcomponentsofthemusculoskeletalsystem
arewellcharacterized[3,4],theorganisationalprinciplesofneuralcontrolremain
poorlyunderstood.Hereweelucidatetheinterplaybetweentheanatomical
structureofthemusculoskeletalsystemandthefunctionalorganisationof
distributedneuralcircuitryfromwhichmotorbehavioursemerge.
Thetraditionalideathatthecortexcontrolsmusclesinaone-to-onefashionhas
beenchallengedbyseverallinesofevidence[5,6].Forexample,itiswidely
recognizedthatthemanydegrees-of-freedom(DOFs)ofthemusculoskeletal
systemprohibitasimpleone-to-onecorrespondencebetweenamotortaskanda
particularmotorsolution;rathermusclesarecoupledandcontrolledin
conjunction[7].Acouplingbetweenmuscles–whethermechanicalorneural–
reducesthenumberofeffectiveDOFsandhencethenumberofpotential
movementpatterns.Thiscouplingtherebyreducesthecomplexityofmotor
control[8,9].
Thereiscontinuingdebateaboutthenatureofthecouplingbetweenmuscles.The
mechanicalcouplinginthemusculoskeletalsystemconstrainsthemovement
patternsthatcanbegenerated[10,11].Forexample,thebiomechanicsofthelimb
constrainrelativechangesinmusculotendonlengthtoalowdimensional
subspace,resultingincorrelatedafferentinputstospinalmotorneurons[12].The
couplingbetweenmusclescouldalsoresultfromredundanciesintheneural
circuitrythatdrivesspinalmotorneurons[13].Electrophysiologicalstudiesreveal
thatacombinationofonlyafewcoherentmuscleactivationpatterns–ormuscle
synergies–cangenerateawidevarietyofnaturalmovements[14,15].Someof
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thesepatternsarealreadypresentfrombirthanddonotchangeduring
development,whereasotherpatternsarelearned[16].Thissupportsthenotion
thattheneuromuscularsystemhasamodularorganisationthatsimplifiesthe
controlproblem[17,18].Spinalcircuitryconsistingofanetworkofpremotor
interneuronsandmotorneuronsmaygeneratebasicmovementpatternsby
mediatingthesynergisticdrivetomultiplemuscles[19,20].Stimulationof
interneuronalregionsinthespinalcordshowsthatthesemicrocircuitsare
organisedintodiscretemodules,eachgeneratingaspecificpatternofmuscular
forces[21,22].Thesespinalnetworksmayencodecoordinatedmotoroutput
programs[23],whichcanbeusedtotranslatedescendingcommandsformulti-
jointmovementsintotheappropriatecoordinatedmusclesynergiesthatunderpin
thosemovements[4].
Networktheorycanprovideanalternativeperspectiveonthemodular
organisationofthemusculoskeletalsystem.Oneofthemostrelevantfeaturesof
complexnetworksarecommunityormodularstructures,whichrefertodensely
connectedgroupsofnodeswithonlysparserconnectionsbetweenthesegroups
[24,25].Theinvestigationofcommunitystructureshasbeenwidelyusedin
differentdomainssuchasmetabolic[26]andbrainnetworks[27].Ithasrecently
beenappliedtoinvestigatethestructureandfunctionofthemusculoskeletal
system:Theanatomicalnetworkcanbeconstructedbymappingtheoriginand
insertionofmuscles[28,29].Previously,wehaveshownhowfunctionalmuscle
networkscanbeconstructedbyassessingintermuscularcoherencefromsurface
electromyography(EMG)recordedfromdifferentmuscles[30].Thesefunctional
networksrevealfunctionalconnectivitybetweengroupsofmusclesatmultiple
frequencybands.CoherencebetweenEMGsindicatescorrelatedorcommoninputs
tospinalmotorneuronsthataregeneratedbysharedstructuralconnectionsor
synchronisationwithinthemotorsystem[13,31-33].Functionalconnectivity
patternshenceallowtoassessstructuralpathwaysinthemotorsystemusingnon-
invasiverecordings[34].
Hereweinvestigatetheorganisationalprinciplesgoverninghumanmotorcontrol
bycomparingthecommunitystructureofanatomicalandfunctionalnetworks.We
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usemultiplexmodularityanalysis[35]toassessthecommunitystructureof
functionalmusclenetworksacrossfrequenciesandposturaltasks.As
biomechanicalpropertiesofthemusculoskeletalsystemconstrainthemovement
patternsthatcanbegenerated,weexpectasimilarcommunitystructurefor
anatomicalandfunctionalmusclesnetworks.Deviationsincommunitystructure
indicateadditionalconstraintsimposedbythecentralnervoussystem.Wealso
comparefunctionalconnectivitybetweenmodulesduringdifferenttasks
conditionstoinvestigatechangesinfunctionalorganisationduringbehaviour.
Whileaveragefunctionalconnectivityisconstrainedbyanatomicalconstraints,we
expectthatfunctionalmusclenetworksreconfiguretoenabletask-dependent
coordinationpatternsbetweenmuscles.Suchtaskmodulationswouldindicate
thatfunctionalinteractionsbetweenmusclesarenothard-wired,butareinstead
governedbydynamicconnectivityinthecentralnervoussystemthatisshapedby
theanatomicaltopologyofthemusculoskeletalsystem.
Results
Anatomicalmusclenetwork
Weassessedtherelationshipbetweenanatomicalandfunctionalconnectivityof
keymusclesinvolvedintheposturalcontroltasks(36musclesdistributed
throughoutthebody).Weinvestigatedamuscle-centricnetworkinwhichthe
nodesrepresentthemusclesandtheedgesofthenetworkareanatomical
connectionsorfunctionalrelationsbetweenmuscles.Anatomicalmusclenetworks
weredefinedbymappingthephysicalconnectionsbetweenmusclesandbones
[28],whichformabipartitenetwork[29].Theanatomicalnetworkconstituteda
denselyconnected,symmetricalnetwork(Fig.1;networkdensityis0.27).
Modularityanalysisrevealedfivemodulesthatdividedtheanatomicalmuscle
networkintothemainbodysegments(rightarm,leftarm,torso,rightlegandleft
leg)withamodularityof0.38.
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Figure1.Communitystructureoftheanatomicalmusclenetwork.A)Topological
representationoftheanatomicalnetwork.Thenodesofthenetworkrepresentthemusclesandedgesrepresentanatomicalconnectionsbetweenmusclesthatareattachedtothesamebonesorcartilages.Thefivemodulesarecolour-coded.B)Spatialrepresentationofanatomicalmusclenetworkdisplayedonthehumanbody[36].Thesize
ofeachnoderepresentsthenumberofothernodesitisconnectedto.
Functionalmusclenetwork
Functionalmusclenetworksweredefinedbymappingcorrelatedinputsbetween
muscles.Tomapfunctionalnetworks,wemeasuredsurfaceEMGfromthesame36
muscleswhilehealthyparticipantsperformeddifferentposturaltasks.Afull
factorialdesignwasusedinwhichwevariedposturalcontrol(normalstanding,
instabilityinanterior-posteriorormedial-lateraldirection)andpointing
behaviour(nopointing,pointingwiththedominanthandorwithbothhands;see
Methodsfordetails).Weassessedfunctionalconnectivitybymeansof
intermuscularcoherencebetweenallmusclecombinationsandusednon-negative
matrixfactorisation(NNMF)todecomposethesecoherencespectraintofrequency
componentsandcorrespondingedgeweights.Thisyieldedasetofweighted
networkswiththeircorrespondingspectralfingerprints(frequencycomponents).
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Weobservedfourseparatefrequencycomponents(component1:0-3Hz,
component2:3-11Hz,component3:11-21Hz,component4:21-60Hz;Fig.2A),
whichserveasseparatelayersofamultiplexnetworkandexplainedmostofthe
varianceofthecoherencespectra(R2=0.90).Weightswerethresholdedtoobtain
aminimallyconnectedbinarynetworkacrosslayersandtokeepthenumberof
edgesconstantacrosslayers(relativethresholdof0.035).Usingmultiplex
modularityanalysis,weobtainedafixedcommunitystructureacrossallfour
frequenciesandnineconditions,whichrevealedsixmodules:rightupperarm
(rUA),bilateralforearms(FA),torso(T),rightupperleg(rUL),leftupperleg(lUL)
andbilaterallowerlegs(LL)(Fig.2B).Figure2Cdepictshowthesemodulesare
distributedacrossthebody.Distinctnetworktopologieswereobservedacross
layerswithamorewidelyconnectednetworkatlowerfrequenciesandmore
partitionednetworkathigherfrequencies:networkdensitywas0.10,0.09,0.08,
and0.06forcomponents1to4,respectively(Fig.2D).
Figure2.Communitystructureofmultiplexfunctionalmusclenetworks.A)ThefrequencyspectraofthefourcomponentsobtainedusingNNMF.B)Multiplexcommunitystructureoffunctionalmusclenetworkacrosslayersandconditions.Thedominanthand
ofallparticipantsisdisplayedontherightsideofthehumanbody.C)Spatialrepresentationoftheaveragemusclenetworkdisplayedonthehumanbody[36].Thesizeofthenodesrepresentsthenumberofothernodesitisconnectedtoandthewidthoftheedgestheaverageweight.D)Thebinarymusclenetworksforeachlayer.
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Comparisonbetweenanatomicalandfunctionalnetworks
Thecommunitystructuresoftheanatomicalandfunctionalmusclenetworkswere
verysimilar(Randindex=0.80,adjustedRandindex=0.36,P<0.001).Amarked
differencebetweenanatomicalandfunctionalnetworksisthebilateral
connectionsbetweenhomologousforearmandlowerlegmusclesinthefunctional
networks,whichwereabsentintheanatomicalnetwork.Thisisreflectedinthe
communitystructureofthefunctionalnetworks,wherebilaterallowerlegmuscles
andbilateralforearmmusclesweregroupedinmodules.
Figure3.Relationshipbetweenfunctionalconnectivityandanatomicaldistance.A)Adjacencyanddistancematrixoftheanatomicalmusclenetwork.Maximumanatomicaldistance(pathlength)is4.B)Percentageoffunctionaledgesofthresholdednetworksacrossexperimentalconditionsasafunctionofanatomicaldistance.C)Distributionof
edgeweightsoffunctionalnetworksasafunctionofanatomicaldistanceforeachlayer.Weightswereaveragedacrossexperimentalconditions.Edgesconnectingmuscleswithinthesamemodulearecolour-coded(rUA:rightupperarm,FA:bilateralforearms,T:torso,rUL:rightupperleg,lUL:leftupperleg,andLL:bilaterallowerlegs)andgreydots
representedgesbetweenmodules.
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Thecomparisonbetweenanatomicaldistance(pathlength)andfunctional
connectivityrevealedthatanatomicallynearbynodesaremorelikelytoreceive
commoninput(Fig.3A).Wefirstexaminedthepercentageofallpossibleedges,i.e.
thenumberofedgesabovethreshold,whichdecreasedasafunctionofanatomical
distance:11.3%,0.9%,0.6%and0.0%foranatomicaldistance1to4,respectively.
Thisdeclinewithdistancewasevenmorepronouncedforthehigherfrequency
components(Fig.3B).Next,weexaminedthedistributionoffunctionalweightsas
afunctionofanatomicaldistance.Thehighestweightswereobservedforedges
connectingmuscleswithinthesamemodule.Theedgeswithinmostmoduleshad
ananatomicaldistanceof1.Onlyafewedgeshadananatomicaldistanceof2or3
andalloftheseedgeswerecontainedintheFAandLLmodules.Inparticular,
edgesconnectingbilaterallowerlegmuscles(LL)showedrelativelargeweightsat
ananatomicaldistanceof3(Fig.3C).
Task-dependentmodulations
Wenextsoughttostudytheinfluenceoftaskonthisstructure-function
relationship.Thiswasachievedbyemployingclusteredgraphstocompare
functionalmusclenetworksacrosstaskconditions.Thefunctionalmodules
identifiedusingtheprecedingmultiplexmodularityanalysisformthenodesof
theseclusteredgraphs.Figure4Ashowstheclusteredgraphsinthenine
experimentalconditionsandforthefourlayers.Theclusteredgraphswerevery
sparse,asmoduleshavedensewithinmoduleconnectionsbutsparseconnections
betweennodesinothermodules.Mostedgeswereobservedbetweenlegmuscles
modules(LL,rULandlUL)atthelowestfrequencycomponents(0-3and3-11Hz),
inparticularwhenposturalstabilitywaschallengedbyinstabilityinanterior-
posteriorormedial-lateraldirection.Edgesbetweenthearmmusclemodules(rUA
andFA)andthetorso(T)weremainlyobservedatthehigherfrequency
components(11-21and21-60Hz)duringpointing(unimanualandbimanual).
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Figure4.Clusteredgraphsoffunctionalmusclenetworksacrossconditions.A)Theclusteredgraphsinthenineexperimentalconditions(columns)andforeverylayer
(rows).Thenodesarethemodulesidentifiedusingmultiplexmodularityanalysis.Nodesizerepresentsthenetworkdensitywithinandthewidthoftheedgestheconnectiondensitybetweenmodules.B)Spatialrepresentationofthefunctionalmodulesonthehumanbody:rightupperarm(rUA),bilateralforearms(FA),torso(T),rightupperleg(rUL),leftupperleg(lUL)andbilaterallowerlegs(LL).Weusedtoolboxesforgeometry
processingtogeneratethecolouredmeshes[37]anddisplayitonthehumanbody[36].C)Significantdifferencesinclusteredgraphsbetweenthestabilityconditions.Twocontrastswereassessed:normalstability–anterior-posteriorinstabilityandnormalstability–medial-lateralinstability.Apermutationtestwasusedwithasignificancethreshold
correctedformultiplecomparisons(P<0.0033).Significantdifferencesarecolour-coded:Reddepictsanincreaseandblueadecreaseintheaverageweights.D)Significantdifferencesinclusteredgraphsbetweenthepointingconditions.Twocontrastswereassessed:nopointing–unimanualpointingandnopointing–bimanualpointing.
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Theeffectsofthestabilitytaskswerelargelyconfinedtothelegmodules(Fig.4C).Increasedconnectivitywasobservedduringposturalinstability(anterior-posteriorandmedial-lateral)comparedtonormalstandingwithinmostfrequencycomponents.Atthelowestfrequencycomponent(0-3Hz),connectivityincreasedwithinandbetweenmostlegmodules(pcorrected<0.01).Onlysmalldifferenceswereobservedat3-11Hz:increasedconnectivitybetweenthetorso(T)andlowerleg(LL)modulesduringanterior-posteriorinstability(+25%,range[-9,46%],pcorrected=0.01)anddecreasedconnectivitywithinthetorsomoduleduringmedial-lateralinstability(-21%,range[-50,0.3%],pcorrected=0.01).Connectivityincreasedagainatthehighestfrequencycomponents(11-21and21-60Hz)withinandbetweenthetorsoandlegmodules(rUL,lUL,andLL,pcorrected<0.02).
Thepointingtasksshowedadifferentpatterncomparedtotheposturaltasks,but
theeffectsofunimanualandbimanualpointingwereverysimilar(Fig.4D).During
pointing,connectivitydecreasedwithinthetorso(T)moduleatthelowest
frequencycomponents(0-3Hz,-61%,range[-90,-1%],pcorrected<0.005;3-11Hz,-
59%,range[-86,2%],pcorrected<0.02)andbetweenthetorsoandtherightupper
arm(rUA)moduleonlyatthelowestfrequencycomponent(0-3Hz,-67%,range[-
93,-9%],pcorrected<0.005).Incontrast,asignificantincreaseinconnectivitywithin
therUAmodulewasobservedduringunimanualpointcomparedtonopointingat
thehighestfrequencycomponents(11-21Hz,+64%,range[-4,95%],pcorrected=
0.005;21-60Hz,+66%,range[-12,93%],pcorrected=0.015).Inaddition,therewas
increasedconnectivitybetweenthetorsoandtheforearm(FA)modules(+41%,
range[-8,82%],pcorrected<0.01)andbetweenrUAandFA(+44%,range[0,82%],
pcorrected<0.005)duringpointing(unimanualandbimanual)comparedtono
pointingatfrequencycomponent3(11-21Hz).
Discussion
Weusedanetworkapproachtostudythestructure-functionrelationshipofthe
humanmusculoskeletalsystem.Severalprinciplesofthefunctionalrelationship
betweenmuscleswereuncovered:(i)Functionalconnectivitypatternsbetween
musclesarestronglyshapedbytheanatomicalconstraintsofthemusculoskeletal
system,withfunctionalconnectivitystrongestwithinanatomicalmodulesand
decreasedasafunctionofanatomicaldistance;(ii)Bilateralconnectivitybetween
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thehomologousupperandlowerextremitiesisakeycharacteristicofthe
functionalmusclenetworks;(iii)Thefunctionalrelationshipsaretask-dependent
withposturaltasksdifferentiallyimpactinguponfunctionalconnectivityat
differentfrequencyranges.Theuseofamultiplexapproachallowstheintegration
offunctionalmusclenetworksacrossfrequenciesandprovidesaunifyingwindow
intothedistributedcircuitryofthehumancentralnervoussystemthatcontrols
movementsbyinnervatingthespinalmotorneurons.
Identifyingrelationshipsbetweenanatomicalandfunctionalmusclenetworksis
crucialforunderstandinghowmovementiscoordinated.Previousstudieseither
investigatedhowbiomechanicalpropertiesofthemusculoskeletalsystem
constrainthemovementpatternsthatcanbegenerated[11,12],orhowmuscle
activationpatternscanbeexplainedbyacombinationofonlyafewcoherent
muscleactivationpatterns[14,15].Ourcombinedanalysesofanatomicaland
functionalmusclenetworksrevealastrongrelationshipbetweentheanatomical
connectionsinthemusculoskeletalsystemsandcorrelatedinputstospinalmotor
neurons.Thisbuildsonpreviousresearchshowingthatcommoninputisstrongest
tospinalmotorneuronsthatinnervatemusclespairsthatareanatomicallyand
functionallycloselyrelated[13,31].Thesimilaritybetweenstructuraland
functionalnetworkshasbeenasignatureofthestudyofbrainnetworks[38]and
thetopologyofbrainnetworksdependsonthebrain'sspatialembedding[39,40].
Thepresentfindingssuggestthattheprinciplesgoverningembodiedstructural
andfunctionalnetworksalsoappliestotheneuralcircuitrythatcontrols
movementsandmayhencereflectageneralprincipleofthecentralnervous
system.
Thesimilaritiesbetweenanatomicalandfunctionalconnectivitymayindicatethat
theanatomicalstructureconstrainsthefunctionalinteractionsbetweenmuscles.
Theanatomicalconnectionsbetweenmusclesremainlargelyunchangedoverthe
lifespan[41]anditismorelikelythatthefast-changingfunctionalnetworksare
constrainedbythemuchslowerchanginganatomicalnetworksthanviceversa.
Theseconstraintsmaybeimposedthroughafferentactivity.Themusculoskeletal
propertiesofthehumanbodyrestricttheposturaldynamics[12]andthese
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mechanicalcouplingsresultincorrelatedproprioceptivefeedbacktospinalmotor
neurons.Theinfluenceofbiomechanicsonfunctionalmusclenetworksisexpected
tobemostpronouncedatthelowerfrequencycomponents:Musclesactasalow
passfilterofneuronalinputs[43]andkinematicsofthemusculoskeletalsystem
unfoldonaslowtimescale.Thisgeneratescorrelatedactivityatlowfrequencies
thatarefedbacktospinalmotorneuronsviasensoryafferents.Thespatial
distributionofcommoninputwouldarguablymirrorthetopologyofthe
musculoskeletalsystem.
Anatomicalconstraintsmayalsobeimposedduringneuraldevelopment.During
earlydevelopment,changesinthetopographicaldistributionofaxonterminalsof
descendingprojectsaredependentonpatternsofmotoractivityandanatomical
connectivitybetweenmuscles[44].Likewise,largechangesinfunctionalcoupling
isobservedininfantsbetween9and25weeks,whichmayreflectasensitive
periodwherefunctionalconnectionsbetweencorticospinaltractfibresandspinal
motorneuronsundergoactivity-dependentreorganization[45].Theanatomyof
themusculoskeletalsystemwilllimitthemotoractivitypatternsthatcanbe
performed.
Anatomicalandfunctionalconnectivitybetweenmusclesmayalsobothbe
influencedbyexternalfactors.Forexample,theconnectivitypatternsof
descendingpathwaysisinpartgeneticallydetermined[46].Asomatotopic
organisationisobservedacrosstheneuralmotorsystemandthecommunity
structureoftheanatomicalmusclenetworkmirrorstheorganisationofprimary
motorcortexcontrolmodules[29].Likewise,thespatialorganisationofmotor
neuronsofthespinalcordisalsorelatedtotheanatomicalorganisationofmuscles
[47].Thetopographicorganisationofspinalmotorneuronsissimilaracross
species[48]andmayhencebearesultofevolutionaryconservation[49].
Musculoskeletalanatomyandneuronalpathwaysarehencebothsubjecttosome
sortofgeneticcontrol.
Functionalconnectivitywasnotentirelydeterminedbyanatomyandweobserved
severalkeydifferencesbetweenanatomicalandfunctionalmusclenetworks.
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Bilateralmodulesconsistingoftheupperandlowerextremitieswereakey
characteristicofthefunctionalmusclenetworkthatwasabsentintheanatomical
network.Thetwobilateralforearmmuscles(FDSandED)showedcoherent
activityat3-11Hz,consistentwithpreviousstudiesshowingbimanualcouplingat
~10Hzbetweenhomologoushandandforearmmuscles[50,51].Theobserved
bimanualcouplingat3-11Hzmaybegeneratedbytheolivocerebellarsystem,
whichisknowntoproduceoscillationsinthisfrequencyrangeandforits
involvementintheformationoffunctionalmusclecollectives[51,52].The
bilateralforearmmuscleswereonlyweaklycoupledtoothermuscles(Fig.2),
whichmayreflecttherelativelyhighproportionofdirectcorticospinalprojections
–andthusarelativelowproportionofdivergingprojections–tomotorneurons
innervatinghandandforearmmuscles[53].
Incontrast,thebilateralmoduleoflowerlegmusclesrevealedstrongcouplingat
multiplefrequencybands,consistentwithpreviousanalysesonfunctionalmuscle
networks[30],andshowedthestrongestlong-rangeconnectionsobservedinthe
presentstudy(Fig.3C).Bilateralconnectivitybetweenhomologousmusclesduring
balancingcouldbegeneratedbythevestibulospinaltract,whichisknowntobe
involvedinposturalstabilityandinnervatethespinalgreymatterbilaterally[31].
Bilateralconnectivityhasbeenobservedatalllevelsofthecorticospinalaxis[54]
andisparamountforfunctionalbrainnetworks,particularlybetweenhomologous
left-rightcorticalregions[55,56].Thepresentfindingssuggestthatbilateral
couplingisalsoadefiningfeatureoffunctionalmusclenetworks.
Functionalconnectivitydisplayeddistincttask-dependentmodulationsthatwere
linkedtothetaskthesubjectsperformed:functionalconnectivitywasincreased
withinandbetweenthelegmodulesduringposturalinstability,andincreased
withinandbetweenarmandupperbodymodulesinthepointingconditions.
Functionalconnectivitybetweenmusclesisthustaskdependent[31,50],which
maysuggestthepresenceofmultifunctionalcircuitsinwhichagivenanatomical
connectivitypatterncangeneratedifferentfunctionalactivitypatternsunder
variousconditions[42].Suchadistributedcircuitrycreatesthesubstrateto
supportmanybehavioursthataredrivenbytheconcertedactionsofalarge
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distributednetworkasopposedtosimple,dedicatedpathways.Theunderlying
networkconnectivityhenceconstrainsthepossiblepatternsofpopulationactivity
toalow-dimensionalmanifoldspannedbyafewindependentpatterns–neural
modes–thatprovidethebasicbuildingblocksofneuraldynamicsandmotor
control[57].Again,thisfindssimilaritieswithrecentinvestigationsofthe
functionalprinciplesofcognitivenetworksinthebrain[58,59].
Task-dependentchangesoccurredatdifferentfrequencies,whichindicatethe
functioningofamultiplexnetworkorganisation,wherebythefourfrequency
componentsreflectdifferenttypesofinteractionsbetweenmuscles.Fourdistinct
frequencycomponents(0-3,3-11,11-21,and21-60Hz)wereextractedusing
NNMF.Thesefrequencybandscloselymatchthosefoundpreviously[30],
demonstratingtherobustnessofthisfinding.Aninterestingpossibilityisthat
thesefrequencycomponentsreflectthespectralfingerprintsofdifferentpathways
thatprojectontothespinalmotorneurons.Ithasbeensuggestedthatthese
differentfrequenciesmayhavespecificrolesincodingmotorsignals[60].
Functionalconnectivityatthelowestfrequencycomponentsmayresultfrom
afferentpathways,whilefunctionalconnectivityathigherfrequenciesmayreflect
correlatedinputfromdescendingpathways.Forexample,functionalconnectivity
inthebetaband(15-30Hz)mostlikelyreflectscorticospinalprojections[13,50].
Thehighestfrequencycomponentsobservedinthisstudy(21-60Hz)showedthe
mostlocalconnectivitypatterns.Theselocalconnectivitypatternsmayreflect
propriospinalpathways[4,23].Thesefunctionalconnectivitypatternsmaybe
usedtouncoverthecontributionofstructuralpathwaysintheformationof
coordinatedactivitypatternsinthemotorsystem[34].
Insummary,ournetworkanalysisrevealedwidespreadfunctionalconnectivity
betweenmuscles,indicativeofcorrelatedinputstospinalmotorneuronsat
multiplefrequencies.Correlatedinputsindicatedivergentprojectionsorlateral
connectionsintheneuralpathwaysthatinnervatespinalmotorneurons.These
findingsareconsistentwithamany-to-manyratherthananone-to-onemapping
betweenbrainandmuscle[5],inwhichcomplexmovementsarisethrough
relativelysubtlechangesintheco-activationofdifferentdistributedfunctional
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modes.Wepresentanovelapproachthatalignsmovementneurosciencewith
currentresearchonbrainandphysiologicalnetworksbyshowinghowthecentral
nervoussysteminteractswiththemusculoskeletalsystemofthehumanbody.
Fromasystemsbiologyperspective,thebrainandspinalcordareinterwovenwith
thebody:theyare‘embodied’[10].Usingnetworkanalysisasacommon
framework,futureworkcouldintegratefunctionalinteractionsbetweensupra-
spinal,spinalandperipheralregionssimultaneously.Suchanintegrated
frameworkalignswiththebroaderapproachofnetworkmedicine,whichmay
providenewinsightsandinterventionsforneurologicaldisorders[61-63].
Methods
Dataacquisition
Fourteenhealthyparticipants(sevenmalesandsevenfemales,meanage25±8
years,tenrightandfourlefthanded)withoutanyneurological,motordisorderor
diabetesmellitusandwithaBMIbelow25wereincludedinthisstudy.The
experimentswereapprovedbytheEthicsCommitteeHumanMovementSciences
oftheVrijeUniversiteitAmsterdam(referenceECB2014-78)andperformedinfull
compliancewiththeDeclarationofHelsinki.Allparticipantswerewrittenand
verballyinformedabouttheprocedureandsignedaninformedconsentpriorto
participation.
Participantswereinstructedtoperformninedifferentposturaltasks.Afull
factorialdesignwasusedinwhichposturalstability(normalstanding,instability
inanterior-posteriordirectionandinstabilityinmedial-lateraldirection)and
pointingbehaviour(nopointing,pointingwithdominanthand,pointingwithboth
hands)werevaried.Posturalstabilitywasmanipulatedusingabalanceboardwith
onedegreeoffreedom,whichallowsmovementeitherintheanterior-posterioror
medial-lateraldirection.Inthepointingtask,participantsheldalaserpointerwith
theirdominanthand(unimanual)orwithbothhands(bimanual)andpointediton
awhitetarget(25cm2)locatedatadistanceof2.25meter,paralleltothe
transversalaxisofthebodyattheheightoftheacromionoftheparticipant.The
experimenthenceconsistedofnine(3´3)experimentalconditions.Thedurationof
atrialwas30secondsandeachconditionwasrepeatedsixtimes.
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BipolarsurfaceEMGwasrecordedfrom36musclesdistributedacrossthebody,
i.e.18bilateralmuscles(Table1).Thesemusclesaretheprimarymusclesinvolved
inthestabilityandpointingtasksthatcanbeproperlymeasuredwithsurface
EMG.EMGwasacquiredusingthree16-channelPortisystems(TMSi,Enschede,
TheNetherlands),onlinehigh-passfilteredat5Hzandsampledat2kHz.
Table1.Listofmuscles
Muscle Abbreviationtibialisanterior TAgastrocnemiusmedialis GMsoleus SOLrectusfemoris RFbicepsfemoris BFvastuslateralis VLadductorlongus ALexternaloblique EOpectoralismajor PMAsternocleidomastoideus SMAlongissimus LOlatissimusdorsi LDtrapezius TZdeltoid Dbicepsbrachii BBtricepsbrachii TRBextensordigitorum EDflexordigitorumsuperficialis FDS
Anatomicalmusclenetwork
Theanatomicalmusclenetworkwasdefinedbymappingthephysicalconnections
betweenmuscles[28].Thenodesrepresentthe36muscles(18leftand18right)
andtheedgesofthenetworkrepresentthetendinousattachmentsofmusclesonto
bonesandcartilages.Thestructuralconnectionsweredefinedbasedontheorigin
andinsertionofthemuscles[3].Bonesthatshownooralmostnomotioninthe
jointbetweenthemwereconsideredasonerigidbonystructure,i.e.thepelvis,
skeletonthoracisorossacranii.Theconnectionsbetweenmusclesandbones
listedinTable2denoteabipartitenetwork𝐶withmusclesasonegroupand
bonesasthesecondgroup.Wethencreatedamuscle-centricnetworkastheone-
modeprojectionsof𝐶:𝐵 = 𝐶𝐶% [29].Thisgaveaweightedadjacencymatrix
wheretheweightsreflectthenumberofattachmentsbywhichtwomusclesare
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connected.Weconvertedthistoabinarynetworkbysettingallnone-zeroweights
to1.
Table2.OriginandinsertionofmusclesMuscle Origin1 Origin2 Origin3 Insertion1 Insertion2TA tibia oscuneiformemediale ossa
metatarsiGM femur calcaneus SOL fibula tibia calcaneus RF oscoxae1,* osilium1,* tibia BF femur osischii1,* fibula tibiaVL femur tibia AL ospubis1,* femur EO costae2,* lineaalba osilium1,*PMA clavicula costae2,* sternum2,* humerus SMA clavicula sternum2,* ostemporale3,* LO ligamentum
sacrospinale1,*vertebra* costae2,* vertebra*
LD costae2,* fasciathoracolumbalis*
vertebra* humerus
TZ ligamentumnuchae* osoccipitale3,* vertebra* clavicula scapulaD clavicula scapula humerus BB scapula radius TRB humerus scapula ulna ED humerus ossadigitorum FDS humerus radius ulna ossadigitorum 1Partofthepelvis;2Partoftheskeletonthoracis;3Partoftheossacranii;*Connectivestructureonthemidlineofthebodyconnectingbilateralmuscles
Functionalmusclenetwork
EMGwasfilteredofflinewithaband-passfilter(1-400Hz)beforeindependent
componentanalysiswasusedforelectrocardiographyremoval[64].Foreach
participant,oneortwoindependentcomponentswereremoved.EMGdatawas
thenhigh-passfiltered(20Hz)andEMGenvelopeswereextractedbymeansofthe
Hilbertamplitude[33].
WefollowedtheproceduredescribedinBoonstraetal.[30]toextractfunctional
musclenetworksfromsurfaceEMG.First,complex-valuedcoherencywas
estimatedandaveragedovertrialswithineachconditionforeachparticipant.The
absolutevalueofcoherencywassquaredtoobtainmagnitude-squaredcoherence.
Intermuscularcoherencewasassessedbetweenall630musclepairs.Next,non-
negativematrixfactorisation(NNMF)[65]wasusedtodecomposethese
coherencespectraacrossallmusclecombinations,conditionsandparticipantsinto
fourdistinctfrequencycomponentsandthecorrespondingweights.Thisyieldeda
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setofweightsforeachfrequencycomponent,whichdefinedanundirected
weightednetworkforeachconditionandparticipant.
Thesefunctionalnetworkswereconvertedtobinarynetworkstofacilitate
comparisontotheanatomicalnetwork.Weightswerethresholdedtoobtaina
minimallyconnectednetworkacrossconditionsandfrequencycomponents.This
thresholdingprocedureyieldsasingle,uniquethresholdvalue,whichcorresponds
tothepercolationthreshold[66].Thisresultedinsparsenetworksinwhicheach
nodewasconnectedtoatleastoneothernodebyanedgeatoneofthelayersof
themultiplexnetwork.
Communitystructure
ThestandardLouvainalgorithmwasusedtoextractthemodulesfromthe
anatomicalnetworks[67].AstheLouvainalgorithmisstochastic,weused
consensusclusteringtoobtainastablepartitionacross1000iterations[68].
Multiplexmodularityanalysis[35]wasusedtoidentifythemodulesoffunctional
musclenetworkacrosstheconditionsandfrequencycomponents.WeusedMolTi,
astandalonegraphicalsoftware,todetectcommunitiesfrommultiplexnetworks
byoptimisingthemultiplex-modularitywiththeadaptedLouvainalgorithm
(https://github.com/gilles-didier/MolTi).Moduleswereextractedacrossthe36
(9´4)binarynetworks,asmulti-graphapproachescanimproveclustering
accuracy[69].WeusedtheRandindexandtheadjustedRandindextocompare
themodulesoftheanatomicalandfunctionalmusclenetworks[25].
Comparisonoffunctionalnetworksacrossconditions
Tofacilitatethecomparisonoffunctionalnetworksacrosstaskconditions,we
coarse-grainedthenetworks[70].Weusedthesetoffunctionalmodulesestimated
acrossconditionsandfrequencycomponentsasaframeofreferencetocoarse-
grainthe36binarynetworksandthencomparedthestrengthoftheinter-and
intra-moduleconnectionsacrossnetworksusingthesemoduleboundaries.Inthe
clusterednetworksthenodesrepresentthemodules(groupsofmuscles,identified
above)andtheedgesrepresenttheconnectionsbetweenmodules.Thenon-
diagonalelementsoftheresultingweightedadjacencymatrixrepresentthe
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averageedgeweightsbetweentwomodulesanddiagonalelementstheaverage
edgeweightswithinamodule.
Tocomparetheclusterednetworksacrossconditions,weusedsimplecontrasts
betweentaskconditionsandquantifieddifferencesinthenumbersofconnections
betweenandwithinmodules.Wetestedfourcontrasts:(i)unimanualand(ii)
bimanualpointingcomparedtonopointingand(iii)anterior-posteriorand(iv)
medial-lateralinstabilitycomparedtonormalstanding.Totestthestatistical
significanceofthesecontrasts,weperformedpairedpermutationtestsseparately
oneachofthematrixelements[70].Theclusterednetworkshadamuch-reduced
dimensionalitycomparedtotheoriginalfunctionalmusclenetworks(21insteadof
630edges).Family-wiseerrorcontrolwasmaintainedusingBonferronicorrection
tocorrectformultiplecomparisons(4´21=84comparisons).
Dataavailabilitystatement
Thedatathatsupportthefindingsofthisstudyareavailablefromthe
correspondingauthoruponreasonablerequest.
Acknowledgment
WethankDanieleMarinazzo,SimonFarmer,SjoerdBruijn,HenkSchutte,and
NadiaDominicifortheirinsightfulcomments.Thisworkwassupportedbythe
NetherlandsOrganizationforScientificResearch(NWO45110-030and
016.156.346),theARCCentreofExcellenceinIntegrativeBrainFunction,andthe
AustralianNationalHealthandMedicalResearchCouncil(APP1037196,
APP1110975).
Authorcontributions
J.K.,A.D.andT.B.conceivedthestudy;allauthorsdesignedtheexperiments;J.K.
acquiredtheEMGdata;J.K.andT.B.performedtheevaluationoftheanatomical
network;J.K.,L.G.andT.B.performedtheevaluationofthefunctionalnetwork;T.B.
performedthestatisticalanalyses;J.K.andT.B.wrotethemanuscript;andallthe
authorseditedthemanuscript.
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