Biomechanical comparisons of back and front squats with a straight bar and four squats with a transformer bar.

ABSTRACT: The purpose was to quantify trunk and lower extremity biomechanics among back and front squats with a straight bar and four squats with different anterior-posterior load placements imposed by a transformer bar. Ten males and eight females performed six squat conditions: back and front squats with a straight bar, back and front squats with a transformer bar, and squats with more posteriorly or anteriorly placed loads with a transformer bar. A constant load of 70% of the participant's one-repetition maximum in the straight-bar front squat was used. Kinematic and kinetic data were collected to quantify joint biomechanics at an estimated parallel squat position in the descending and ascending phases. Squats with more anteriorly placed load significantly decreased trunk flexion and pelvis anter

SUBMITTER: Gorsic M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8106690 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature