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FATIGUE-INDUCED EARLY ONSET OF ANTICIPATORY POSTURAL ADJUSTMENTS: HOW IS EARLY ONSET FUNCTIONAL?
| Title: | FATIGUE-INDUCED EARLY ONSET OF ANTICIPATORY POSTURAL ADJUSTMENTS: HOW IS EARLY ONSET FUNCTIONAL? |
| Author: | Strang, Adam Jeffrey |
| Description: | To examine how fatigue-induced early onset of anticipatory postural adjustments (APAs) are functional, APAs of 30 participants were recorded before and after conditions of either rest (control group, n = 15) or a dead-lift task performed to exhaustion (fatigue group, n = 15). APAs were induced using a unilateral arm-raising maneuver, and were analyzed in the following muscles; lumbar paraspinal, thoracic paraspinal, and the hamstring group. Postural stability was assessed using a force plate. Fatigue had no effect on postural stability, and yet caused earlier APA onsets in 3 of the 6 postural muscles evaluated. Nevertheless, just 1 of the 3 muscles exhibiting early APA onset registered a greater APA EMG integral after the fatiguing task. The findings are consistent with the hypothesis that fatigue-induced early APA onset functions by affording the generation of a muscular impulse similar to that which would be generated in a non-fatigued state. |
| Permanent Link: |
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1133211629
http://hdl.handle.net/2374.OX/18453 |
| Date: | 2005 |
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