The Effect of Activity Related Fatigue on Dynamic Postural Control As Measured By the Star Excursion Balance Test

✍ Scribed by A Sarshin; H Sadeghi; A Abbasi

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 80 KB
• Volume: 40
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-9290
• DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9290(07)70694-2

✦ Synopsis

The purpose of this study was to test the effect of the activity related the fatigue on dynamic postural control that measured by the Star Excursion Balance Test (SEBT). 40 untrained healthy students (age: 21.3 ±1.5 Yr, weight: 74.2 ± 14.4 kg, height: 170 ± 5.2 cm) volunteered to participate in this study. They completed pre-test, then performed a functional fatiguing protocol (20 min and 7station). Their Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE) measured before, during and exactly after completing the fatiguing protocol. The post test was done afterward. A two-way repeated measure, ANOVA used to determine if a significant difference seen in RPE. Post-hoc testing (shefe) used for all of them. These findings demonstrated that there is a significant interaction between time and direction, and significant main effects for time and direction were also observed. A significant main effect for RPE was observed. The result of this study indicated that a fatiguing protocol will contribute to a significant decline in dynamic postural control when measured by the SEBT.