Effect of Physical Fatigue on Motor Control at Different Skill Levels
2008
The purpose of this experiment was to explore the effect of fatigue on motor coordination, and of prospective adjustment strategies to compensate for fatigue in a multijoint movement. Two male groups (N = 8) participated in the experiment: Highly skilled table tennis players (M age = 27 yr., SD = 2.3, n = 4) and Recreational table tennis players (M age = 25.9 yr., SD = 0.04, n = 4). The task was an attacking forehand drive towards a scaled target on the opposite side of the net. The Highly skilled players adjusted their movement patterns and preserved the task requirements in terms of spatial accuracy under the condition of fatigue by using opportunistic movement coordination. The Recreational players did not adjust their forehand drive, and spatial accuracy deteriorated. The current results support the notion that expertise enhances potential to adjust motor coordination strategies as a reaction to induced physical fatigue.
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- Developmental psychology
- Physical medicine and rehabilitation
- Suicide prevention
- Motor coordination
- Human factors and ergonomics
- Occupational safety and health
- Motor control
- Injury prevention
- Psychology
- Physical Fatigue
- Physical therapy
- Recreation
- poison control
- spatial behavior
- accident prevention
- highly skilled
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