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Impact of Prolonged Exposure to a Slippery Surface on Postural Stability
Falls are extremely common in occupational settings. Intrinsic factors such as overexertion and extrinsic factors such as the supporting surface are causative factors of falls. The impact of prolonged exposure to a slippery surface on postural stability has not been previously studied. The purpose o...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7967690/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33668132 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052214 |
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author | Kodithuwakku Arachchige, Sachini N. K. Chander, Harish Turner, Alana J. Knight, Adam C. |
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description | Falls are extremely common in occupational settings. Intrinsic factors such as overexertion and extrinsic factors such as the supporting surface are causative factors of falls. The impact of prolonged exposure to a slippery surface on postural stability has not been previously studied. The purpose of the study was to analyze the effect of extended exposure to a dry and a slippery surface on postural stability. Eighteen males (age: 21.17 ± 3.38 years; height: 1.77 ± 0.08 m; mass: 89.81 ± 14.23 kg) were recruited and subjected to one-hour walking on a dry surface and a slippery surface on two different days. Participants’ balance was assessed using a force platform in stable and unstable conditions at 0, 30, and 60 min. Postural sway variables were analyzed using a 2 (surface) × 3 (time) repeated-measures ANOVA. Significant time main effects were observed in the stable condition with greater balance decrements at 30 and 60 min. Greater balance decrements were observed on the slippery surface compared to the dry surface in the unstable condition. The balance decrements can be attributed to overexertion due to the physiological workload of prolonged walking and to the potential gait modifications due to walking on the slippery surface. |
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spelling | pubmed-79676902021-03-18 Impact of Prolonged Exposure to a Slippery Surface on Postural Stability Kodithuwakku Arachchige, Sachini N. K. Chander, Harish Turner, Alana J. Knight, Adam C. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Falls are extremely common in occupational settings. Intrinsic factors such as overexertion and extrinsic factors such as the supporting surface are causative factors of falls. The impact of prolonged exposure to a slippery surface on postural stability has not been previously studied. The purpose of the study was to analyze the effect of extended exposure to a dry and a slippery surface on postural stability. Eighteen males (age: 21.17 ± 3.38 years; height: 1.77 ± 0.08 m; mass: 89.81 ± 14.23 kg) were recruited and subjected to one-hour walking on a dry surface and a slippery surface on two different days. Participants’ balance was assessed using a force platform in stable and unstable conditions at 0, 30, and 60 min. Postural sway variables were analyzed using a 2 (surface) × 3 (time) repeated-measures ANOVA. Significant time main effects were observed in the stable condition with greater balance decrements at 30 and 60 min. Greater balance decrements were observed on the slippery surface compared to the dry surface in the unstable condition. The balance decrements can be attributed to overexertion due to the physiological workload of prolonged walking and to the potential gait modifications due to walking on the slippery surface. MDPI 2021-02-24 /pmc/articles/PMC7967690/ /pubmed/33668132 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052214 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Kodithuwakku Arachchige, Sachini N. K. Chander, Harish Turner, Alana J. Knight, Adam C. Impact of Prolonged Exposure to a Slippery Surface on Postural Stability |
title | Impact of Prolonged Exposure to a Slippery Surface on Postural Stability |
title_full | Impact of Prolonged Exposure to a Slippery Surface on Postural Stability |
title_fullStr | Impact of Prolonged Exposure to a Slippery Surface on Postural Stability |
title_full_unstemmed | Impact of Prolonged Exposure to a Slippery Surface on Postural Stability |
title_short | Impact of Prolonged Exposure to a Slippery Surface on Postural Stability |
title_sort | impact of prolonged exposure to a slippery surface on postural stability |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7967690/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33668132 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052214 |
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