Innovative exercise device for the abdominal trunk muscles: An early validation study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Exercise is one of the few treatments that provide significant improvements in chronic low back pain (CLBP). We developed an innovative exercise device for abdominal trunk muscles. This device can be used in a sitting or standing position and contains a built-in system to measure abdominal trunk muscle strength. We examined whether subjects can adequately use the device to perform the exercises and measure their abdominal trunk muscle strength.

Methods

We collected data on the body height, body weight, body mass index, and girth of 30 healthy male volunteers, and measured their grip power and trunk extensor muscle strength using a dynamometer. The volunteers performed a sit-up test as an indicator of trunk flexor muscle strength, and we measured their abdominal mu

SUBMITTER: Kato S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5325572 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature