N. Vuillerme et al., Can vision compensate for a lower limbs muscular fatigue for controlling posture in humans?, NEUROSCI L, 308(2), 2001, pp. 103-106
The purpose of the present experiment was to investigate the effect of visi
on on postural control following a lower limbs muscular fatigue. Ten adult
males were asked to maintain a single leg upright posture as immobile as po
ssible in two conditions of no-fatigue and fatigue of the calf muscles. Thi
s muscles fatigue was achieved by standing on the toes until exhaustion. Wi
thin a trial, vision was suppressed or reinserted by eyes closure or openin
g. Center of foot pressure displacements were recorded using a force platfo
rm. Results showed that the availability of vision allowed the subjects to
immediately cope with the destabilizing effect induced by muscular fatigue.
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