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http://dx.doi.org/10.15268/ksim.2019.7.3.197

Effect of Support Surface Form on Abdominal Muscle Thickness During Flank Exercise  

Kim, Hyeonsu (Dept. of Physical Therapy, Kyungnam College of Information & Technology)
Lee, Keoncheol (Dept. of Physical Therapy, Kyungnam College of Information & Technology)
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Journal of The Korean Society of Integrative Medicine / v.7, no.3, 2019 , pp. 197-204 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the plank exercise to strengthen the core muscles on the muscle thickness of external and internal obliques and transverse abdominis muscle depending on the form of the support surface. Methods: This study was randomized to 12 males and 12 females in their 20s and conducted three times a week for 4 weeks. The subjects were divided into the two groups and performed flank exercise on a stable surface (stable surface group) and an unstable surface (unstable surface group). A mat was used as a stable surface, and an TOGU used as a unstable surface. Results : In both stable and unstable surface, the thickness changes of the transverse abdominis and external and internal oblique muscle increased (p<.05). In the unstable surface, there was a greater increase in the thickness change of the transverse abdominis and external oblique muscles in the flank exercise than in the stable surface (p.<05). Among them, the greatest increase was found in the external abdominal muscle (p<.05). Conclusion : This study found that the flank exercise was more effective in strengthening the abdominal muscles on an unstable surface, when compared with the outcomes on a stable one. It is also thought to have the most effect on the muscle activity of the external oblique muscle on unstable surface.
Keywords
abdominal muscles; core stability; flank exercise; muscle thickness; support surface form;
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