Huang T-Z1, Kim S-Y1
1Daejeon University, Physical Therapy, Daejeon, Korea (South)
Background: Lumbopelvic stability is highly important for exercise therapy for patients with low back pain and shoulder dysfunction. It can be attained using a pelvic compression belt. Previous studies showed that external pelvic compression (EPC) enhances form closure by reducing sacroiliac joint laxity and selectively strengthens force closure and motor control by reducing the compensatory activity of the stabilizer. In addition, when the pelvic compression belt was placed directly on the anterior superior iliac spine, the laxity of the sacroiliac cephalic joint could be significantly reduced.
Purpose: This study aimed to compare the effects of EPC on lumbopelvic and shoulder muscle surface electromyography (EMG) activities during push-up plus (PUP) and deadlift (DL) exercise, trunk extensor strength during DL exercise.
Methods: Thirty-eight subjects (21 men and 17 women) volunteered to participate in this study. The subjects were instructed to perform PUP and DL with and without the EPC. EMG data were collect from serratus anterior (SA), pectoralis major (PM), erector spinae (ES), and multifidus (MF). Trunk extensor strength were tested in DL exercise. The data were collected during 3 repetitions of all exercise and the mean of root mean square was used for analysis.
Results: The EMG activities of the SA and PM were significantly increased in PUP with pelvic compression as compared with PUP without pelvic compression (p .05). In DL exercise, a significant improvement in trunk extensor strength was observed during DL exercise with pelvic compression (p .05).
Conclusion(s): The results of this study indicate that lumbopelvic stabilization reinforced with external pelvic compression may be propitious to strengthen PUP in more-active SA and PM muscles. Applying EPC can improve the trumk extensor strength during DL exercise. Our study shows that EPC was beneficial to improve the PUP and DL exercise efficiency.
Implications: It is considered that pelvic compression can be applied to the subjects who require pelvic stability in the treatment of upper limb or trunk extension exercise
Keywords: Deadlift, Pelvic compression, Push up plus
Funding acknowledgements: No Funding
Purpose: This study aimed to compare the effects of EPC on lumbopelvic and shoulder muscle surface electromyography (EMG) activities during push-up plus (PUP) and deadlift (DL) exercise, trunk extensor strength during DL exercise.
Methods: Thirty-eight subjects (21 men and 17 women) volunteered to participate in this study. The subjects were instructed to perform PUP and DL with and without the EPC. EMG data were collect from serratus anterior (SA), pectoralis major (PM), erector spinae (ES), and multifidus (MF). Trunk extensor strength were tested in DL exercise. The data were collected during 3 repetitions of all exercise and the mean of root mean square was used for analysis.
Results: The EMG activities of the SA and PM were significantly increased in PUP with pelvic compression as compared with PUP without pelvic compression (p .05). In DL exercise, a significant improvement in trunk extensor strength was observed during DL exercise with pelvic compression (p .05).
Conclusion(s): The results of this study indicate that lumbopelvic stabilization reinforced with external pelvic compression may be propitious to strengthen PUP in more-active SA and PM muscles. Applying EPC can improve the trumk extensor strength during DL exercise. Our study shows that EPC was beneficial to improve the PUP and DL exercise efficiency.
Implications: It is considered that pelvic compression can be applied to the subjects who require pelvic stability in the treatment of upper limb or trunk extension exercise
Keywords: Deadlift, Pelvic compression, Push up plus
Funding acknowledgements: No Funding
Topic: Musculoskeletal; Musculoskeletal: spine
Ethics approval required: Yes
Institution: Daejeon University
Ethics committee: Daejeon University IRB Committee
Ethics number: 1040647-201804-HR-013-03
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