Abstract
Objective. To examine fatigue induced changes in trunk muscle latencies following trunk muscle
fatigue.
Design. A repeated measures within subject design.
Background. Trunk muscle responses to sudden movements is of interest in clinical biomechanics
and motor control.
Methods. Electromyographic profiles were recorded from transversus abdominis (finewire),
internal oblique, rectus abdominis and external oblique and longissimus at the level
of the 3rd lumbar vertebrae bilaterally. Four asymptomatic subjects performed arm-raising
task using a visual cue before and after an isometric fatiguing trunk extension task.
Results. Feed-forward responses were not detected in all muscles for every trial. In general,
following fatigue trunk muscle onset latencies occur earlier (left, P=0.0016; right, P=0.0475).
Conclusions. Trunk muscle fatigue alters anticipatory postural adjustments in normal subjects.
It remains unclear if there is a pattern for specific muscles changes between individuals
and if these are reflected in individuals with low back pain.Relevance
Trunk muscle fatigue and altered trunk muscles latencies to movement perturbations
have been associated with low back pain. These findings suggest that there may be
a link between centrally mediated response to isometric muscle fatigue and anticipatory
motor control strategies.
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Publication history
Accepted:
April 10,
2002
Received:
December 18,
2001
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