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ArticleExperimental brain research2024

Perceived cognitive fatigue has only marginal effects on static balance control in healthy young adults.

Kerstin Weissinger, Margit Midtgaard Bach, Anna Brachman, John F Stins, Peter Jan Beek

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Kerstin WeissingerDepartment of Human Movement Sciences, Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Institute of Brain and Behavior Amsterdam and Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Van Der Boechorststraat 7-9, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0000-4764-9737
Margit Midtgaard BachDepartment of Human Movement Sciences, Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Institute of Brain and Behavior Amsterdam and Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Van Der Boechorststraat 7-9, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8174-2281
Anna BrachmanDepartment of Biomechanics, Institute of Sport Sciences, The Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education, Katowice, Poland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3562-3131
John F StinsDepartment of Human Movement Sciences, Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Institute of Brain and Behavior Amsterdam and Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Van Der Boechorststraat 7-9, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. j.f.stins@vu.nl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5251-5610
Peter Jan BeekDepartment of Human Movement Sciences, Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Institute of Brain and Behavior Amsterdam and Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Van Der Boechorststraat 7-9, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0917-8548

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Dutch Research Council (NWO) Grant P16-28 (Project 3)
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Abstract

We examined the influence of perceived cognitive fatigue on static balance control in healthy young adults to gain greater clarity about this issue than provided in previous research. Based on the prevailing assumption in pertinent literature, we hypothesized that the influence of cognitive fatigue on balance control depends on the attentional effort required by the balance tasks being performed. To test this hypothesis, 44 young adults (24 women and 20 men) were alternately assigned to either the experimental group that was cognitively fatigued (using the 16-min TloadDback-task with individualized settings) or the control group (who watched a documentary). Before and after the intervention, the participants performed six balance tasks that differed in (attentional) control requirements, while recording the center of pressure (COP). From these time series, sway variability, mean speed, and sample entropy were calculated and analyzed statistically. Additionally, perceived cognitive fatigue was assessed using VAS scales. Statistical analyses confirmed that the balance tasks differed in control characteristics and that cognitive fatigue was elevated in the experimental group, but not in the control group. Nevertheless, no significant main effects of cognitive fatigue were found on any of the COP measures of interest, except for some non-robust interaction effects related primarily to sample entropy. These results suggest that, in young adults, postural control in static balance tasks is largely automatic and unaffected by task-induced state fatigue.

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Postural BalanceTask Performance and AnalysisAttentionCognitionFatigueFemaleHumansMaleYoung AdultCognitive resourcesMental fatiguePostural regulationSample entropyTloadDback

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