The influence of specific training on trunk muscle recruitment patterns in healthy subjects during stabilization exercises

Stevens, Veerle; Coorevits, Pascal; Bouche, Katie; Mahieu, Nele; Vanderstraeten, Guy; Danneels, Lieven

doi:10.1016/j.math.2006.07.009

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“…The posture reduces lumbar pain, increasing the comfort of lumbar pain patients. It also retrains the gross muscle and local muscle to coordinate in an appropriate ratio 11) . Among the exercises for trunk stabilization, the bridging exercise focuses on lumbar stabilization; therefore, it is not performed with an appropriate knee joint angle for patients suffering from lumbar and cervical pain.…”

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“…There was no significant difference between 120° and 90°, and 60° and 45°. Stevens 11) reported that the bridging exercise practiced with the lumbar region and maintained through the lumbar neutral spine position showed a higher increase in the muscle activity of the rectus abdominis muscle than the bridging exercise without the lumbar neutral spine position. There was no significant difference for the external oblique muscle.…”

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Effects of Trunk and Neck Extensor Muscle Activity on the Bridging Exercise According to Knee Joint Angle

Lee¹,

Moon²,

Cho

et al. 2013

J Phys Ther Sci

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Abstract.[Purpose] The aim of this study was to determine the optimal knee joint angle for minimizing cervical muscle tension and maximizing the muscle activity of the trunk during the bridging exercise for trunk stabilization.[Subjects] The subjects of this study were 45 healthy adults in their 20s and 30s.[Methods] The bridging exercise in this study included four forms of the exercise having knee joint flexion angles of 120°, 90°, 60°, and 45°. The posture of the bridging exercise was as follows. To prevent the increase of lumbar hyperlordosis during the bridging exercise, the exercise was practiced after maintaining the lumbar neutral position in the posterior pelvic tilting exercise.[Results] During the bridging exercise, muscle activity increased as the flexion angle decreased. For the knee joint flexion angle of 120°, muscle activity was 102.88 ± 0.69. It was 102.61 ± 0.69 for 90°, 105.57 ± 0.85 for 60°, and 106.24 ± 0.88 for 45°. According to the post hoc results, muscle activity was significantly higher for 60° and 45° than for 120° and 90°.[Conclusion] The knee joint angle affected the muscle activity of the neck muscle. The greater the knee joint angle was, the lower the load placed on the neck muscle. In contrast, the load increased as the knee joint angle decreased. In addition, the muscle activity of the neck muscle and trunk muscle increased as the knee joint angle decreased.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effects of Trunk and Neck Extensor Muscle Activity on the Bridging Exercise According to Knee Joint Angle

Lee¹,

Moon²,

Cho

et al. 2013

J Phys Ther Sci

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“…The muscles measured included the longissimus capitis and sternocleidmastoid in the neck, the erector spinae and rectus abdominis in the trunk, the rectus femoris and lateral hamstring in the thigh, and the tibialis anterior and lateral head of the gastrocnemius in the lower leg [7][8][9] . Surface electrodes were attached on the middle area between the cervical spinous process (C4) and the lateral surface of the trunk for the longissimus capitis; on the middle area of the muscle belly between the manubrium of the stern and the mastoid process for the sternocleidmastoid 10) ; on the middle area between the spinous process of the first lumbar vertebra (L1) and the lateral surface of the trunk for the erector spinae 8) ; on the middle of the muscle belly between the navel and pubis for the rectus abdominis 9) ; on the anterior part of the femur, on the middle of the upper end of the patella and anterior superior iliac spine for the rectus femoris; on the posterior part of the femur, on the middle area between the ischial tuberosity and the fibular head for the lateral hamstring 11) ; on the upper 30% area of the line connecting the knee joint lateral epicondyle and the calcaneus for the lateral head of gastrocnemius; and on the upper 75% area of the line connecting the knee joint lateral epicondyle and the ankle joint lateral malleolus for the tibialis anterior 11) .…”

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Cervical, Trunk, and Lower Extremity Muscle Activities during Bridging Exercise on Stable vs. Unstable Bases of Support

Ryu

2012

J Phys Ther Sci

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Abstract.[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to investigate the changes in the muscle activities of the neck, trunk, and lower extremities when an unstable base of support and a stable base of support were used in bridging exercises.[Subjects] The subjects of this study were 14 persons in their twenties (9 Males, 5 Females, 23.3 years old, 168.7 cm, and 70.0 kg).[Methods] The subjects performed an ordinary bridging position (stable base) and a bridging position with a dynamic ball cushion (unstable base). The muscular activities of the longissimus capitis and sternocleidomastoid in the neck, the erector spinae and rectus abdominis in the trunk, the rectus femoris and lateral hamstring in the thigh, and the tibialis anterior and lateral head of the gastrocnemius in the lower leg were measured using surface electromyography.[Results] The erector spinae, lateral hamstring and gastrocnemius activities were significantly higher on the unstable base of support than on the stable one.[Conclusion] Activity of muscle groups varies according to the stability of the base of support during bridging exercises. Therefore, conducting bridging exercises with lumbar pain patients requires a gradual change from a stable to an unstable base of support.

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“…The effects of different knee flexion angles on the abdominal and pelvic muscle activity during bridging has not been examined in previous studies. To our knowledge, the effect of these leg support strategies has only been studied for supine bridging with single or double leg support (Bjerkefors et al, 2010;Ekstrom et al, 2007;Kavcic et al, 2004;Stevens et al, 2006;Stevens et al, 2007). Previous studies indicated that leg support strategies during bridging exercise could constitute a major challenge to the neuromuscular system and possibly result in higher loads on the spine (Kavcic et al, 2004).…”

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Effects of Different Knee Flexion Angles According to Three Positions on Abdominal and Pelvic Muscle Activity During Supine Bridging

Lim¹,

Kim²

2013

Physical Therapy Korea

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1)This study analyzes how different knee flexion angles affect the abdominal and pelvic muscle activity during supine bridging. Twenty healthy subjects participated in the study. We used surface electromyography (EMG) to measure how three different knee flexion angles (100°, 70°, and 40°) affected the activity of the transverse abdominis/internal oblique (TrA/IO), external oblique (EO), biceps femoris (BF), rectus femoris (RF), and gluteus maximus (GM) muscles on the dominant side during supine bridging. The one-way repeated analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to determine the statistical significance of TrA/IO, EO, BF, RF and GM muscle activity and the GM/BF activity ratio. For the TrA/IO, EO, BF, and GM muscles, supine bridging with different knee flexion angles resulted in significant differences in abdominal and pelvic muscle activity. For the TrA/IO muscles, the post-hoc test demonstrated that muscle activity significantly increased at 40°compared to 70°; however, there were no significant differences between 100°and 70°or 100°and 40°. For the EO muscle, the post-hoc test demonstrated that muscle activity significantly increased at 40°compared to 100°and 70°; no significant difference was observed between angles 100°and 70°. For the BF muscle, the post-hoc test demonstrated that muscle activity significantly increased according to the knee flexion angle (40°>70°>100°). For the GM muscle, the post-hoc test demonstrated that muscle activity significantly increased according to the knee flexion angle (100°>70°>40°). However, for the RF muscle, there was no significant difference. Additionally, the GM/BF activity ratio significantly increased according to the knee flexion angle (100°>70°>40°). From these results, we can conclude that bridging with a knee flexion of 100°can strengthen the GM muscle, whereas bridging with a knee flexion of 40°is recommended to strengthen the IO, EO, and BF muscles. We can also conclude that knee flexion angles should be modified during supine bridging to increase the muscle activity of different target muscles.

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The influence of specific training on trunk muscle recruitment patterns in healthy subjects during stabilization exercises

Cited by 167 publications

References 30 publications

Effects of Trunk and Neck Extensor Muscle Activity on the Bridging Exercise According to Knee Joint Angle

Effects of Trunk and Neck Extensor Muscle Activity on the Bridging Exercise According to Knee Joint Angle

Cervical, Trunk, and Lower Extremity Muscle Activities during Bridging Exercise on Stable vs. Unstable Bases of Support

Effects of Different Knee Flexion Angles According to Three Positions on Abdominal and Pelvic Muscle Activity During Supine Bridging

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