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Changes of Thickness in Abdominal Muscles between Crook Lying and Wall Support Standing during Abdominal Hollowing in Healthy Men  

Park, Du-Jin (Department of Physical Therapy, College of Health Sciences, Catholic University of Pusan)
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The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy / v.22, no.6, 2010 , pp. 7-12 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: This study investigated changes in the thickness of the transversus abdominis (TrA), internal abdominal oblique (IO), and external abdominal oblique (EO) muscles between crook lying and wall support standing positions during abdominal hollowing (AH), using ultrasound imaging. Methods: Experiments were conducted on 20 healthy male adults (mean age=$22.45{\pm}4.08$ years) who voluntarily agreed to participate in the experiments. The changes in the thickness of the subjects' abdominal muscles were measured during AH in crook lying and wall support standing positions. Results: The difference in the thickness of TrA between the two positions during AH was statistically significant, but the differences in the thicknesses of IO and EO were not significant. Conclusion: Activity of the TrA, which is a deep muscle, was stimulated in the standing position, which is, therefore, more functional than the crook position, but the activities of IO and EO muscles did not decrease. Therefore, various methods to induce the activity of TrA while decreasing the activities of IO and EO, in the functional standing position that can stimulate deep muscles, need to be designed.
Keywords
Abdominal hollowing; Ultrasound; Abdominal muscles; Thickness changes;
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