CONCLUSION On the basis of systematic review of relevant literature , it appears that muscle fatigue induces clear deteriorations in reactive postural control .
BACKGROUND Falls are the leading cause of traumatic brain injury and fractures and the No. 1 cause of emergency department visits by older adults .
Although declines in muscle strength and sensory function contribute to increased falls in older adults , skeletal muscle fatigue is often overlooked as an additional contributor to fall risk .
In an effort to increase awareness of the detrimental effects of skeletal muscle fatigue on postural control , we sought to systematic ally review research studies examining this issue .
PURPOSE The specific purpose of this review was to provide a detailed assessment of how anticipatory and reactive postural control tasks are influenced by  acute muscle fatigue in healthy older individuals .
Changes in postural stability with fatigue of lower extremity frontal and sagittal plane movers.
The purpose of this study was to quantify changes in postural stability with fatigue of the frontal and sagittal movers of the lower extremities . There were four test sessions , with a r and omized order assigned according to the muscles tested and the plane of motion . Subjects were 20 healthy men ( age : 22.6+/-2.4 years , height : 173.7+/-3.6 cm , weight : 63.3+/-7.9 kg ) . During each session , one set of muscle groups was fatigued using isokinetic contractions : ankle plantar/dorsi flexors , ankle evertor/invertors , hip flexor/extensors or hip abductor/adductors . The Biodex Stability System was used to assess anterior/posterior and medial/lateral stability before and after muscle fatigue . Repeated measures ANOVAs revealed that fatigue was associated with a significant increase in all stability indices . Fatigue of the hip movers , whether in the frontal or sagittal planes , led to greater increments in stability indices than fatigue of the ankle musculature . Fatigue of the frontal movers result ed in greater increases in the medial/lateral stability index compared to fatigue of the sagittal movers . In conclusion , fatigue of proximal lower extremity muscles affects postural stability and fatigue of the frontal movers is associated with postural instability in the frontal plane
CONCLUSION On the basis of systematic review of relevant literature , it appears that muscle fatigue induces clear deteriorations in reactive postural control .
BACKGROUND Falls are the leading cause of traumatic brain injury and fractures and the No. 1 cause of emergency department visits by older adults .
Although declines in muscle strength and sensory function contribute to increased falls in older adults , skeletal muscle fatigue is often overlooked as an additional contributor to fall risk .
In an effort to increase awareness of the detrimental effects of skeletal muscle fatigue on postural control , we sought to systematic ally review research studies examining this issue .
PURPOSE The specific purpose of this review was to provide a detailed assessment of how anticipatory and reactive postural control tasks are influenced by  acute muscle fatigue in healthy older individuals .