Core stability exercises on and off a Swiss ball.

@article{citeulike:1267966, abstract = {OBJECTIVES: To assess lumbopelvic muscle activity during different core stability exercises on and off a Swiss ball. DESIGN: Prospective comparison study. SETTING: Research laboratory. PARTICIPANTS: Eight healthy volunteers from a university population. INTERVENTION: Subjects performed 4 exercises on and off a Swiss ball: inclined press-up, upper body roll-out, single-leg hold, and quadruped exercise. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Surface electromyography from selected lumbopelvic muscles, normalized to maximum voluntary isometric contraction, and median frequency analysis of electromyography power spectrum. Visual analog scale for perception of task difficulty. RESULTS: There was a significant increase in the activation of the rectus abdominus with performance of the single-leg hold and at the top of the press-up on the Swiss ball. This led to changes in the relation between the activation levels of the lumbopelvic muscles measured. CONCLUSIONS: Although there was evidence to suggest that the Swiss ball provides a training stimulus for the rectus abdominus, the relevance of this change to core stability training requires further research because the focus of stabilization training is on minimizing rectus abdominus activity. Further support has also been provided about the quality of the quadruped exercise for core stability.}, address = {Department of Sport and Exercise Science, University of Auckland, New Zealand. p.marshall@auckland.ac.nz}, author = {Marshall, P. W. and Murphy, B. A. }, citeulike-article-id = {1267966}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2004.05.004}, issn = {0003-9993}, journal = {Arch Phys Med Rehabil}, keywords = {ball, bollocks, core, exercises, stability, swiss}, month = {February}, number = {2}, pages = {242--249}, posted-at = {2007-04-30 14:43:29}, priority = {2}, title = {Core stability exercises on and off a Swiss ball.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2004.05.004}, volume = {86}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1267966 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1267966 N2 - OBJECTIVES: To assess lumbopelvic muscle activity during different core stability exercises on and off a Swiss ball. DESIGN: Prospective comparison study. SETTING: Research laboratory. PARTICIPANTS: Eight healthy volunteers from a university population. INTERVENTION: Subjects performed 4 exercises on and off a Swiss ball: inclined press-up, upper body roll-out, single-leg hold, and quadruped exercise. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Surface electromyography from selected lumbopelvic muscles, normalized to maximum voluntary isometric contraction, and median frequency analysis of electromyography power spectrum. Visual analog scale for perception of task difficulty. RESULTS: There was a significant increase in the activation of the rectus abdominus with performance of the single-leg hold and at the top of the press-up on the Swiss ball. This led to changes in the relation between the activation levels of the lumbopelvic muscles measured. CONCLUSIONS: Although there was evidence to suggest that the Swiss ball provides a training stimulus for the rectus abdominus, the relevance of this change to core stability training requires further research because the focus of stabilization training is on minimizing rectus abdominus activity. Further support has also been provided about the quality of the quadruped exercise for core stability. IS - 2 JF - Arch Phys Med Rehabil SN - 0003-9993 AD - Department of Sport and Exercise Science, University of Auckland, New Zealand. p.marshall@auckland.ac.nz EP - 249 TI - Core stability exercises on and off a Swiss ball. VL - 86 SP - 242 KW - ball KW - bollocks KW - core KW - exercises KW - stability KW - swiss AU - Marshall, PW AU - Murphy, BA PY - 2005/02// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2004.05.004 ER -