%0 Journal Article
%T Effect of muscle fatigue on posture control in soccer players during the short-pass movement. DOI: 10.5007/1980-0037.2011v13n5p348
%A Bruno Manfredini Baroni
%A Matheus Joner Wiest
%A Rafael Abeche Generosi
%A Marco Aur¨Ślio Vaz
%J Revista Brasileira de Cineantropometria e Desempenho Humano
%D 2011
%I Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
%X Muscle fatigue is characterized by the inability to generate or maintain an expected effort or force level and negatively affects sports performance. One of the functional consequences of fatigue is a decrease in static and dynamic postural stability. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of muscle fatigue induced by high-intensity exercise on the dynamic postural stability of soccer players during the characteristic motor action of the sport: the short-pass. Twenty-seven male soccer players aged 14 to 16 years performed the short-pass movement on a stabilometric platform before and after a high-intensity exercise protocol performed on a cycle ergometer. After the fatigue protocol, the athletes presented a 31% increase in the mean velocity of the center of pressure displacement. Moreover, although the difference in the center of pressure displacement amplitude in the medial-lateral direction (15%) was not significant, displacement increased by 22% in the anterior-posterior direction. It was concluded that muscle fatigue promotes a decrease of postural stability during the short-pass movement in soccer players, probably compromising the sports performance of the athletes.
%K Muscle fatigue
%K Postural stability
%K Soccer
%K Sports performance
%K Performance
%K Fadiga muscular
%K Estabilidade postural
%K Futebol
%U http://www.periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/rbcdh/article/view/1980-0037.2011v13n5p348/18703