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Axial loading and posture cues in contraction of transversus abdominis and multifidus with exercise (2020)

Owen, P. J., Rantalainen, T., Scheuring, R. A., & Belavy, D. L. (2020). Axial loading and posture cues in contraction of transversus abdominis and multifidus with exercise. Scientific Reports, 10, Article 11218. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-67509-1

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Julkaisun tiedot

Julkaisun kaikki tekijät tai toimittajat: Owen, Patrick J.; Rantalainen, Timo; Scheuring, Richard A.; Belavy, Daniel L.

Lehti tai sarja: Scientific Reports

eISSN: 2045-2322

Julkaisuvuosi: 2020

Ilmestymispäivä: 14.07.2020

Volyymi: 10

Artikkelinumero: 11218

Kustantaja: Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Julkaisumaa: Britannia

Julkaisun kieli: englanti

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-67509-1

Julkaisun avoin saatavuus: Avoimesti saatavilla

Julkaisukanavan avoin saatavuus: Kokonaan avoin julkaisukanava

Julkaisu on rinnakkaistallennettu (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/71190

Tiivistelmä

Astronauts are at increased risk of spine injury. With a view to developing training approaches for the muscles of the spine in microgravity, this study examined the effects of axial loading and postural cues on the contraction of transversus abdominis and lumbar multifidus in supine lying using a novel exercise device (GravityFit). Thirty (18 males and 12 females) endurance-trained runners without a history of spinal pain aged 33–55 years were recruited. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was performed under one rest and five exercise conditions, which involved variations in axial loading and postural cues. Whole volume of the abdominal and lumbar paraspinal muscles was imaged and transversus abdominis thickness and length and multifidus anteroposterior and mediolateral thickness measured. Transversus abdominis contraction was greatest in the ‘stretch tall plus arm extension’ (length, − 15%, P < 0.001; thickness, + 19%, P < 0.001) and ‘stretch tall plus arm extension and thoracic cue’ (length, − 16%, P < 0.001; thickness, + 18%, P < 0.001) conditions. The contraction of multifidus was the greatest in the ‘arm extension and thoracic cue’ (anteroposterior, + 3.0%, P = 0.001; mediolateral, − 4.2%, P < 0.001) and ‘stretch tall plus arm extension and thoracic cue’ (anteroposterior, + 6.0%, P < 0.001; mediolateral, − 2.1%, P = 0.022) conditions. This study provides proof-of-principle for an exercise approach that may be used to facilitate the automatically contraction of the transversus abdominis and multifidus muscles. Axial loading of the body, with or without arm loading, most consistently led to contraction of the transversus abdominis and lumbar multifidus muscles, and regional differences existed in the contraction within the muscles.

YSO-asiasanat: biomekaniikka; selkäranka; lihakset; voimaharjoittelu

Vapaat asiasanat: spine injury

Liittyvät organisaatiot

OKM-raportointi: Kyllä

Raportointivuosi: 2020

JUFO-taso: 1