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APPLIED ERGONOMICS
Volume 107, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2022.103922
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Motor variability; Fatigue; Individual consistency
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This study investigated the variability-fatigue and repeaters-replacers hypotheses in repetitive lifting. The results showed excellent individual consistency in motor variability as fatigue developed, supporting the repeaters-replacers hypothesis. Additionally, associations were found between endurance and baseline effort with lower body variability, providing some support for the variability-fatigue hypothesis.
To investigate the variability-fatigue and repeaters-replacers hypotheses, motor variability (MV) and indicators of fatigue were assessed during repetitive lifting. Eighteen participants performed sequential repetitive bouts of lifting divided into a short bout, and three phases of a prolonged bout until volitional fatigue (or until a 1-h time limit). Whole-body kinematics were collected to calculate variability in three-dimensional joint angles and in continuous relative phase (CRP) of sagittal joint angle couplings, which were summed for the upper and lower body, and whole-body. Excellent individual consistency (ICC = 0.95-0.97) was demonstrated across lifting bouts as fatigue developed. Therefore, strong evidence was obtained for MV as an individual trait in support of the repeaters-replacers hypothesis. Associations were found for endurance and baseline effort with lower body variability, while no associations were found for rate of fatigue. Thus, some support was found for the variabilityfatigue hypothesis which suggests that repeaters are less fatigue-resistant than replacers.
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