Articles on Red / white fibre activation and Lighten Up

Red fibres activated preferentially by postural tasks

Aoyama, T., & Kohno, Y. (2022). Differences in motor unit firing properties of the vastus lateralis muscle during postural and voluntary tasks. Frontiers in Physiology, 13, 955912.

Lighten up:

• Cohen, R. G., Baer, J. L., Ravichandra, R., Kral, D., McGowan, C., & Cacciatore, T. W. (2020). Lighten Up! Postural Instructions Affect Static and Dynamic Balance in Healthy Older Adults. Innov Aging, 4(2), igz056. https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz056
• Cohen, R. G., Gurfinkel, V. S., Kwak, E., Warden, A. C., & Horak, F. B. (2015). Lighten Up: Specific Postural Instructions Affect Axial Rigidity and Step Initiation in Patients With Parkinson’s Disease. Neurorehabil Neural Repair, 29(9), 878-888. https://doi.org/10.1177/1545968315570323
• Cohen, R. G., & Hocketstaller, J. (2023). Postural instructions affect postural sway in young adults. Gait Posture, 100, 193-195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2022.12.016