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Table 1 Mean relative muscle activity (% of MVIC) and standard deviation (SD) of the different trunk muscles during bridging exercises.

From: Trunk muscle activity in healthy subjects during bridging stabilization exercises

 

IO

RA

EO

MF

ICLL

ICLT

 

Mean

(SD)

Mean

(SD)

Mean

(SD)

Mean

(SD)

Mean

(SD)

Mean

(SD)

Exercise 1

5.58

(5.00)

1.91

(1.27)

5.98

(4.36)

22.64

(7.51)

20.32

(8.56)

20.59

(5.51)

Exercise 2

6.58

(4.80)

2.76

(2.35)

10.32

(7.99)

23.99

(7.15)

27.17

(10.20)

22.24

(6.96)

Exercise 3

            

Ipsilateral

29.80

(9.97)

4.72

(3.45)

16.34

(12.09)

23.54

(6.33)

28.45

(11.50)

25.84

(7.84)

Contralateral

10.11

(6.95)

3.55

(2.18)

14.93

(9.34)

24.58

(8.80)

20.44

(9.24)

20.60

(8.22)

  1. IO = internal oblique; MF = lumbar multifidus; ICLL = iliocostalis lumborum pars lumborum; RA = rectus abdominis; EO = external oblique; ICLT = iliocostalis lumborum pars thoracis.