Original articleExercises for Spine Stabilization: Motion/Motor Patterns, Stability Progressions, and Clinical Technique
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Methods
Recruitment procedures and experimental methods were approved by the university human research ethics committee.
Electromyographic signals and spine posture were collected from 8 healthy men age 21.6±4.1 years, 1.82±0.06m tall, with a mass of 74.6±10.7kg. Five of these subjects were reassessed by an expert clinician who performed some technique corrections to see whether technique in exercise form had any effect. This was conducted 3 months after the original study, and 3 of the original
Results
The results are organized to examine the effects of technique on each exercise, followed by an examination of the effect of expert correction.
Discussion
Clinicians choose techniques to help make an exercise tolerable for a patient that include muscle activation and posture changes. The corollary is that failure to do so can make the same exercise painful. The data presented here may be used to assist clinical decisions regarding the starting challenge, progression, corrective technique, and exercise selection. Basic features of these exercises have been assessed in the past for stability and spine load,3, 4 but more variations have been
Conclusions
The big 3 spine stabilization exercises have been quantified before to enhance spine stability in an environment that imposes low loads on the spine. The data presented here document progressions of these forms of exercise that can assist clinical decision-making. Further, some techniques to modify spine posture and muscle use were also described that will assist finding techniques to minimize pain and maximize function.
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