Effect of lower-extremity muscle fatigue on postural control

Gribble, Phillip A.; Hertel, Jay

doi:10.1016/j.apmr.2003.06.031

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“…This proposition is further supported by complementary published observations including (1) the alteration of joint position sense (Vuillerme et al 2007b) and force sense at the ankle (Vuillerme and Boisgontier 2008), (2) the larger destabilising effects observed along the anteroposterior than medio-lateral axis during bipedal quiet standing (when considering what the fatiguing exercise involved in terms of joints and tendons receptors stimulation and muscles recruitment i.e., sagittal plane movers of the ankle) (Pinsault and Vuillerme 2008), and (3) the absence of any significant postural change reported during the control of seated posture (i.e., a posture for which the plantar-flexor muscles are not involved) (Vuillerme et al 2002) previously observed following plantar-flexor muscles fatigue. More largely, these results suggest that the locus of LMF does represent a crucial parameter to determine whether postural control could be affected and further support the recent conclusions that the effects of LMF on the control of both bipedal (e.g., Cetin et al 2008;Lin et al 2009) or unipedal (e.g., Bizid et al 2009;Gribble and Hertel 2004;Salavati et al 2007) postures is joint and/or muscle-specific. To further expand our knowledge about the complex relationship between LMF and postural control, investigations are now needed to assess whether the effects of LMF on postural control also are task-and individual-specific.…”

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Control of bipedal posture following localised muscle fatigue of the plantar-flexors and finger-flexors

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The present experiment investigated the control of bipedal posture following localised muscle fatigue of the plantar-flexors and finger-flexors. Twelve young healthy adults voluntarily participated in this study. They were asked to stand upright as still as possible with their eyes closed in two randomly ordered experimental sessions. Each session consisted of pre- and post-fatigue bipedal static postural control measurements immediately before and after a designated fatiguing protocol for plantar-flexor and finger-flexor muscles. Centre of foot pressure (CoP) displacements were recorded using a force platform. The results showed that the postural effects of localised muscle fatigue differed between the muscles targeted by the fatiguing procedures. Indeed, localised muscle fatigue of the plantar-flexors yielded increased CoP displacements, whereas localised muscle fatigue of the finger-flexors had no significant effect on the CoP displacements. In other words, fatigue localised to muscles which are involved in the performance of the postural task (plantar-flexors) degraded postural control, whereas fatigue localised to muscles which are not involved in the performance of the postural task did not. Taken together, the present findings support the recent conclusions that the effects of localised muscle fatigue on upright postural control is joint- and/or muscle-specific, and suggest that localised muscles fatigue of the plantar-flexors could mainly affect bipedal postural control via sensorimotor rather than cognitive processes.

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Control of bipedal posture following localised muscle fatigue of the plantar-flexors and finger-flexors

2011

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“…Kwon et al (1998) found that LMF at the ankle had a greater eVect on balance ability during unipedal stance. In contrast, Gribble and Hertel (2004a) reported that fatigue at the knee caused greater postural sway than fatigue at the ankle during unipedal stance. Bellew and Fenter (2006) examined the eVects of muscle fatigue at the ankle and knee on balance using three diVerent clinical tests.…”

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Acute effects of localized muscle fatigue on postural control and patterns of recovery during upright stance: influence of fatigue location and age

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The purposes of this study were to investigate the effects of fatigue location and age on changes in postural control induced by localized muscle fatigue, as well as the patterns of recovery post-fatigue. Groups of 16 younger (18-25 years) and 16 older (55-65 years) participants performed submaximal isotonic fatiguing exercises involving the unilateral ankle plantar flexors, knee extensors, and shoulder flexors, and bilateral lumbar extensors. Postural control was assessed during quiet upright stance, from center-of-pressure and center-of-mass time series obtained before and after the fatiguing exercises. Acute effects of fatigue differed between joints, with the most substantial effects evident at the lower back, followed by the ankle. Neither knee nor shoulder fatigue resulted in significant effects on postural control. Significant acute effects of fatigue were found only among the younger group. Recovery of postural control post-fatigue was influenced by age, being more rapid in the younger group, but not by fatigue location. Along with existing evidence, these results may facilitate the development of strategies to prevent occupational falls.

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“…These authors, however, measured dynamic balance by stabilization times, without using a force platform which would have produced other information on postural behaviours. Gribble and Hertel (2004b) moreover observed that fatigue of diVerent hip, knee and ankle muscles impaired postural control in identical ways in the sagittal plane, but the impairment was larger for hip and knee musculature fatigue than for ankle musculature fatigue in the frontal plane. Dickin and Doan (2008) did not observe any diVerence between the fatigue eVects of knee musculature and ankle musculature in impairments of postural control.…”

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Effects of knee and ankle muscle fatigue on postural control in the unipedal stance

Bizid¹,

Margnes²,

François

et al. 2009

Eur J Appl Physiol

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The aim of this study was to compare the effects of acute muscle fatigue of the ankle and knee musculature on postural control by immediate measures after performing fatiguing tasks (POST condition). One group of subjects (n = 8) performed a fatiguing task by voluntary contractions of the triceps surae (group TRI) and the other (n = 9) performed a fatiguing task by voluntary contractions of the quadriceps femoris (group QUA). Each muscle group was exercised until the loss of maximal voluntary contraction torque reached 50% (isokinetic dynamometer). Posture was assessed by measuring the centre of foot pressure (COP) with a force platform during a test of unipedal quiet standing posture with eyes closed. Initially (in PRE condition), the mean COP velocity was not significantly different between group TRI and group QUA. In POST condition, the mean COP velocity increased more in group QUA than in group TRI. The postural control was more impaired by knee muscle fatigue than by ankle muscle fatigue.

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Effect of lower-extremity muscle fatigue on postural control

Cited by 309 publications

References 9 publications

Control of bipedal posture following localised muscle fatigue of the plantar-flexors and finger-flexors

Control of bipedal posture following localised muscle fatigue of the plantar-flexors and finger-flexors

Acute effects of localized muscle fatigue on postural control and patterns of recovery during upright stance: influence of fatigue location and age

Effects of knee and ankle muscle fatigue on postural control in the unipedal stance

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