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Can vision compensate for a lower limbs muscular fatigue for controlling posture in humans?
N Vuillerme1, V Nougier, J M Prieur
1Laboratoire Sport et Performance Motrice, Université Joseph Fourier-Grenoble 1, Grenoble, France.
Abstract:
The purpose of the present experiment was to investigate the effect of vision on postural control following a lower limbs muscular fatigue. Ten adult males were asked to maintain a single leg upright posture as immobile as possible in two conditions of no-fatigue and fatigue of the calf muscles. This muscles fatigue was achieved by standing on the toes until exhaustion. Within a trial, vision was suppressed or reinserted by eyes closure or opening. Center of foot pressure displacements were recorded using a force platform. Results showed that the availability of vision allowed the subjects to immediately cope with the destabilizing effect induced by muscular fatigue.