Hip and Core Muscle Activation During High-Load Core Stabilization Exercises.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is some evidence that high-load lumbar stabilization exercises, such as back bridge, can recruit both local and global muscles.

Hypothesis

Therapeutic exercises would optimize gluteus maximus (GMax), gluteus medius (GMed), multifidus (MF), and transversus abdominis (TrA) activation, while minimizing the activation of the tensor fascia latae (TFL) and erector spinae (ES) muscles in healthy individuals.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

Research laboratory.

Level of evidence

Level 4.

Methods

In this cross-sectional study, surface electromyography (EMG) of GMax, GMed, TFL, TrA, MF, and ES was used to quantify the gluteal-to-TFL muscle activation (GTA) index and a ratio of local to global (L/G) lumbar muscles during (1) the elbow-

SUBMITTER: Khosrokiani Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9112702 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature