TY - JOUR
T1 - Time course of stabilometric changes after a strenuous treadmill exercise
AU - Nardone, Antonio
AU - Tarantola, Jessica
AU - Galante, Massimo
AU - Schieppati, Marco
N1 - Funding Information:
From the Posture and Movement Laboratory, Division of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Institute of Veruno, Salvatore Maugeri Foundation, Venmo (Drs. Galante and Nardone, Mrs. Tarantola), and Institute of Human Physiology, University of Genoa, Genoa (Prof. Schieppati), Italy. Submitted for publication October 27, 1997. Accepted December 3,1997. Supported by the Italian Ministry of Health. Presented in part at the Troisitmes Joumkes Nationales de Postwologie, Marseille, France, 7 December 1996, and at the 13th International Symposium on Multisensory Control of Posture and Gait, Paris, France, 23-26 June 1997. No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting tbis article. has or will confer a benefit upon the authors or upon any organization with which the authors are associated. Reprint requests to Dr. Antonio Nardone, Posture and Movement Laboratory, Division of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Institute of Veruno, Salvatore Maugeri Foundation, IRCCS, I-28010 Vertmo (NO), Italy. 0 1998 by the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 0003-9993/98/7908-4708$3.00/O
PY - 1998/8
Y1 - 1998/8
N2 - Objective: To detect the effect of a strenuous exercise on equilibrium and to quantify its time course. Participants and Methods: Body sway area, sway path, and center of foot pressure were recorded in eight young able- bodied subjects, standing quietly with feet together, with eyes open (EO) and eyes closed (EC), on a dynamometric platform, before and after treadmill walking for 25min, during which subjects approached the maximum heart rate. Results: A significant increase in body sway was observed after exercise. It was present under both visual conditions and affected both sway area and sway path. Sway increased most in the initial few minutes (sway area EO = 800.7mm2 [p < .005], EC = 1,779.5mm2 [not significant]; sway path EO = 545mm [p < .0001], EC = 811.8mm [p < .05]) with respect to preexercise values (sway area EO = 449.4mm2, EC = 1,316.2mm2; sway path EO = 369.5 mm, EC = 652.5mm) and was followed by a plateau (sway area EO = 609.9mm2, EC = 1,567.9mm2; sway path EO = 431.2mm, EC = 710.9mm). Full recovery to basal values occurred within about 15min after the end of the exercise. Conclusions: Body sway is affected by prolonged fatiguing exercise, such as strenuous walking. This effect is of moderate extent and vanishes within a few minutes.
AB - Objective: To detect the effect of a strenuous exercise on equilibrium and to quantify its time course. Participants and Methods: Body sway area, sway path, and center of foot pressure were recorded in eight young able- bodied subjects, standing quietly with feet together, with eyes open (EO) and eyes closed (EC), on a dynamometric platform, before and after treadmill walking for 25min, during which subjects approached the maximum heart rate. Results: A significant increase in body sway was observed after exercise. It was present under both visual conditions and affected both sway area and sway path. Sway increased most in the initial few minutes (sway area EO = 800.7mm2 [p < .005], EC = 1,779.5mm2 [not significant]; sway path EO = 545mm [p < .0001], EC = 811.8mm [p < .05]) with respect to preexercise values (sway area EO = 449.4mm2, EC = 1,316.2mm2; sway path EO = 369.5 mm, EC = 652.5mm) and was followed by a plateau (sway area EO = 609.9mm2, EC = 1,567.9mm2; sway path EO = 431.2mm, EC = 710.9mm). Full recovery to basal values occurred within about 15min after the end of the exercise. Conclusions: Body sway is affected by prolonged fatiguing exercise, such as strenuous walking. This effect is of moderate extent and vanishes within a few minutes.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0003-9993(98)90088-0
DO - 10.1016/S0003-9993(98)90088-0
M3 - Article
SN - 0003-9993
VL - 79
SP - 920
EP - 924
JO - Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
JF - Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
IS - 8
ER -