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http://dx.doi.org/10.12674/ptk.2012.19.3.001

The Effect of Five Different Trunk Stabilization Exercise on Thickness of Abdominal Muscle Using an Ultrasonography Imaging in Normal People  

Kang, Jung-Hyun (Dept. of Physical Therapy, Seoul Rehabilitation Hospital)
Shim, Jae-Hun (Dept. of Physical Therapy, College of Health Science, Baekseok University)
Chon, Seung-Chul (Dept. of Physical Therapy, College of Medical Science, Konyang University)
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Physical Therapy Korea / v.19, no.3, 2012 , pp. 1-10 More about this Journal
Abstract
The aim of this study is to compare measurements of abdominal muscle thickness using ultrasonography imaging (USI) to those using a special transducer head device, during five different trunk stabilization exercises, ultimately to determine which exercise led to the greatest muscle thickness. Thirty eight healthy subjects participated in this cross-sectional study. The five types of trunk stabilization - i.e., a sit-up on the supine, an upper and lower extremity raise with quadruped on the prone, a leg raise in sitting on the ball, trunk rolling on the ball, and balance using sling on the prone position - were each performed with an abdominal draw. The thickness of the abdominal muscle - including the transverse abdominal (TrA), internal oblique (IO), and external oblique (EO) - was measured by USI with a special transducer head device, at rest and then at contraction in each position. Data were analyzed using one-way repeated ANOVA with the level of significance set at ${\alpha}$=.05. The results were as follows: 1) the TrA thickness was statistically significant (p<.05), whereas the IO and EO thicknesses were not (p>.05); 2) among the five types of trunk stabilization, TrA thickness significantly increased with the balance using a sling in the prone position, (p<.05), whereas no significant difference was noted for the four types of trunk stabilization (p>.05); 3) reliability data showed that there was a high degree of consistency among the measurements taken using the special transducer head device (ICC=.92). In conclusion, the balance using a sling in the prone position was more effective than any of the four other types of trunk stabilization in increasing TrA thickness in healthy subjects.
Keywords
Sling; Transverse abdominis; Trunk stabilization; Ultrasonography imaging;
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