The effect of fatigue on electromechanical response times in basketball players with and without persistent low back pain

Typically, athletes alter movement mechanics in the presence of back pain, but the effect of these changes on lower extremity injury risk is not well understood. This study aimed to compare the effect of fatigue on electromechanical response times during a choice reaction task in basketball players...

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Published in:Scientific reports 2022-10, Vol.12 (1), p.17849-17849, Article 17849
Main Authors: Abdollahi, Sajjad, Sheikhhoseini, Rahman, Roostayi, Mohammad Mohsen, Huddleston, Wendy E.
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Language:English
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Ankle
Athletes
Back pain
Basketball
Cognitive ability
Electromyography
Fatigue
Health risks
Humanities and Social Sciences
Humans
Knee
Low Back Pain
Male
multidisciplinary
Muscle, Skeletal - physiology
Muscles
Plantar flexion
Reaction Time - physiology
Reaction time task
Risk factors
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
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Summary:Typically, athletes alter movement mechanics in the presence of back pain, but the effect of these changes on lower extremity injury risk is not well understood. This study aimed to compare the effect of fatigue on electromechanical response times during a choice reaction task in basketball players with and without persistent low back pain. Twenty-four male basketball players participated. Total reaction time (TRT), premotor time (PMT), and electromechanical delay (EMD data were recorded before and after fatigue. The chronic low back pain (CLBP) group had significantly longer EMD in Med gastrocnemius ( p  = 0.001) and Tibialis anterior ( p  = 0.001), and shorter EMD in Vastus Lateralis ( p  = 0.001), Vastus Medialis Oblique ( p  = 0.003), and Semitendinosus ( p  = 0.025) muscles after fatigue. PMT in the CLBP group had longer than the Non-CLBP in Vastus Lateralis ( p  = 0.010), Vastus Medialis Oblique ( p  = 0.017), Semitendinosus ( p  = 0.002). Also, TRT was longer in knee flexion ( p  = 0.001) and ankle plantarflexion ( p  = 0.001) muscle groups. The different effects of fatigue on electromechanical response times of the knee and ankle in people with CLBP may represent the effect of an axial injury on lower extremity injury risk factors in situations of higher cognitive load, similar to competitive play.
ISSN:2045-2322
2045-2322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-022-21940-8