ArticleAnnals of rehabilitation medicine2013
The relationship between muscle fatigue and balance in the elderly.
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- Effect of quadriceps and calf muscles fatigue on standing balance in healthy young adult males.Journal of musculoskeletal & neuronal interactions · 2018Trial
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- The Effects of Performance Fatigability on Postural Control and Rehabilitation in the Older Patient.Current geriatrics reports · 2016Article
- Effects of age and acute muscle fatigue on reactive postural control in healthy adults.Clinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon) · 2015Article
- Body Sway as a Possible Indicator of Fatigue in Clerical Workers.Safety and health at work · 2015Article
- The impact of a submaximal level of exercise on balance performance in older persons.TheScientificWorldJournal · 2014Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo investigate the effect of gastrocnemius muscle fatigue on postural control ability in elderly people.
methodsTwenty-four healthy elderly people participated in this study. The postural control ability of single leg standing was evaluated with Health Improvement & Management System (HIMS) posturography before and after fatiguing exercises. After evaluating initial postural control ability, the maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) of ankle plantarflexion was assessed using a surface electromyogram from the medial belly of the gastrocnemius muscle. After a 5-minute resting period, subjects began submaximal isometric ankle plantarflexion (40% MVC) until 40% of MVC was dropped below 95% for 5 seconds, or subject couldn't continue working out due to muscle fatigue. And postural control ability was assessed after fatiguing exercise. The mean deviation of center of pressure (COP), length of COP movement, occupied area of COP were measured, and analyzed by paired t-test.
resultsMediolateral deviation, length of COP movement, and area of COP occupied were increased after fatiguing exercise of the gastrocnemius muscle. Anteroposterior deviation and length of COP movement were also increased, but had low statistical significance.
conclusionThese findings suggest that the gastrocnemius muscle fatigue affects mediolateral stability and accuracy during single leg standing in elderly people. Therefore muscle endurance training is necessary to prevent falls in elderly people.
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