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Variation of the Muscle Activity of Erector Spinalis and Multifidus According to Their Respective Cueing When Performing Tasks, Including Tactile Stimulation in Prone Position

  • Gam, Byeong-Uk (Department of Physical Therapy, Graduate School of Sahmyook University) ;
  • Song, Changho (Department of Physical Therapy, College of Health and Welfare, Sahmyook University)
  • Received : 2022.03.14
  • Accepted : 2022.03.31
  • Published : 2022.03.31
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Abstract

Objective: Purpose of this study was to compare muscle activity ratio of multifidus to erector spinalis according to various cueing including tactile stimulation to provide an effective strategy to provide verbal and tactile feedback during exercise to provoke multifidus muscle activation. Design: Cross-sectional study. Methods: Participants of this study included 28 healthy adults. Muscle activities of the multifidus and erector spinalis were measured while the participants performed tasks according to the three different methods of verbal cueing and three different tactile stimulation. Surface EMG was used to measure the muscular activity of the muscles during all the tasks. Results: Tactile stimulation to abdomen and lumbar vertebrae showed no significant difference in the muscle activity ratio (p>0.05). However, muscle activity ratio of the multifidus in relation to the erector spinalis was increased when subjects were given verbal instructions to make lumbar curvature with little force and to make lumbar curvature while pulling navel (p<0.05). However, it was decreased when they were provided with verbal instruction to make lumbar curvature with strong force (p<0.05). Conclusions: According to the results, proper verbal instruction was an effective tool to increase the muscular activity of multifidus. This study aimed to find and provide the most appropriate verbal cueing while doing exercises to activate multifidus.

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