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Table 6 Comparisons of the difference in UGMax and LGMax activity of in terms of %MVIC with mean (SD) of the hip and thigh muscles between two core pre-activation conditions

From: The effects of therapeutic hip exercise with abdominal core activation on recruitment of the hip muscles

  

%MVIC difference (UGMax – LGMax)

Exercise

Phase

ECA

NCA

  

Mean difference

P-value

Mean difference

P-value

Clam

Concentric

27.19 (18.29)

0.001b

30.47 (21.12)

<0.001b

Isometric

45.36 (25.32)

<0.001b

45.13 (26.58)

<0.001b

Eccentric

20.18 (13.07)

0.001b

17.46 (11.07)

<0.001b

HABD

Concentric

25.40 (16.00)

<0.001b

25.31 (16.57)

<0.001b

Isometric

38.03 (19.56)

<0.001b

35.45 (20.09)

<0.001b

Eccentric

15.93 (7.58)

0.001b

15.18 (10.46)

<0.001b

PHE

Concentric

−5.87 (13.44)

0.057

−5.27 (6.81)

0.003a b

Isometric

−5.03 (19.60)

0.086

−3.74 (8.10)

0.061a

Eccentric

2.07 (5.94)

0.121

0.59 (3.60)

0.477a

  1. ECA enhanced core activation, HABD Hip abduction, LGMax Lower part of gluteus maximus, NCA Natural core activation, PHE Prone hip extension, UGMax Upper part of gluteus maximus
  2. aindicates paired t-test otherwise Wilcoxon Signed rank test was used and bindicates significant difference between two core conditions