| Changes in stepping response to lateral perturbations immediately following a single bout of physical activity. | |
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PMID: 20872908 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Background and Purpose. Fatiguing exercise can adversely alter postural stability and therefore may contribute to falling. However, older adults rarely perform exercise to fatigue. This study aimed to determine whether undertaking a single bout of moderate-intensity physical activity, similar to that experienced during daily activity or rehabilitation, altered the ability to recover balance with an outward step response to a lateral perturbation. Methods. Thirty-four healthy older adults (mean: 76 ± 5 years) and 31 healthy young adults (29 ± 6 years) underwent a 14-minute, self-paced, moderate-intensity physical activity protocol. Before and immediately after the protocol, their responses to lateral waist-pull perturbations were recorded. For participants who used a single outward step response before and after the perturbation, the changes to the timing of the step phases and the hip abductor muscle activity onsets were compared. Results. Young adults responded with an outward step in 55% of trials before and 70% after activity, whereas this frequency was 35% before and 36% after among older adults. When performed, the timing of steps and muscle activity onsets were not adversely altered following the physical activity in either group, apart from a slightly later stance limb gluteus medius onset after activity, found in both groups. Conclusions. Before and after activity, older adults responded with a single outward step to arrest a fall less frequently than young adults. This may place older adults at risk of overbalancing. However, when responding with this strategy, both young and older adults demonstrated few changes immediately following moderate-intensity physical activity compared with before. They appear to be not adversely affected by moderate physical activity. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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Thorlene Egerton; Sandra G Brauer; Andrew G Cresswell |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2010-9-27 |
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Title: Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapy Volume: - ISSN: 1471-2865 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2010 Sep |
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Created Date: 2010-9-27 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9612022 Medline TA: Physiother Res Int Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Clinical Research Centre for Movement Disorders and Gait, Southern Health, Kingston Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. |
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