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Comparison of Lower-Limbs Muscle Activity according to the Abdominal Co-contractive Activation  

Lee, Hyun-ju (건양대학교 물리치료학과)
Lee, Nam-gi (우송대학교 물리치료학과)
Tae, Ki-sik (건양대학교 의공학부)
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Journal of rehabilitation welfare engineering & assistive technology / v.10, no.1, 2016 , pp. 81-86 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigated the muscle activity difference of lower extremity by abdominal co-contractive activation. 30 healthy women without pain in the low back and lower extremity were conducted. Muscle activities of lower extremity were measured with the active straight leg raise (ASLR) in 20cm raised from the floor without bending the knee at rest, abdominal drawing-in maneuver (ADIM) and abdominal bracing maneuver (ABM), respectively. Hip adductor longus (HadL), rectus femoris (RF), and biceps femoris (BF) muscle activity in the Abdominal bracing maneuver were statistically significantly higher, also gluteus medius (Gmed) and tibialis anterior (TA) muscle activity in the ADIM were higher. We provide the evidence to the positive effects of individual abdominal co-contractive activation training which can enhance postural stability and lower extremity strengthening with volitional preemptive abdominal contraction.
Keywords
ADIM; ASLR; ABM; Co-contractive Activation; EMG; Muscle Activity;
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