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Muscle Thickness During Core Stability Exercises in Children and Adults

Core stability exercises are regular part of exercise programs for asymptomatic individuals across ages. The purpose of this study was to examine deep abdominal and multifidus muscle thickness in children and adults and to determine reliability of the rehabilitative ultrasound (RUSI) imaging. Transv...

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Autores principales: Kellis, Eleftherios, Ellinoudis, Athanasios, Intziegianni, Konstantina, Kofotolis, Nikolaos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sciendo 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7052719/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32148578
http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/hukin-2019-0079
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author Kellis, Eleftherios
Ellinoudis, Athanasios
Intziegianni, Konstantina
Kofotolis, Nikolaos
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description Core stability exercises are regular part of exercise programs for asymptomatic individuals across ages. The purpose of this study was to examine deep abdominal and multifidus muscle thickness in children and adults and to determine reliability of the rehabilitative ultrasound (RUSI) imaging. Transversus abdominis and lumbar multifidus thickness at rest and during core stability exercise were examined in pre-pubertal children (N = 23), adolescents (N = 20), young adults (N = 21) and middle-aged adults (N = 22). Thirty-nine participants were re-tested one week after to establish reliability. Muscle thickness at rest was lower in children and adolescents compared with young and middle-aged adults (p < 0.008). Young adults displayed the highest relative transversus abdominis thickness upon contraction (p < 0.008). Lumbar multfidus contraction thickness was greater in young-adults than middle-aged adults and pre-pubertal children (p < 0.008), but it was similar between young-adults and adolescents (p > 0.008). Reliability was high for both muscles (ICC(3,3) = 0.76 - 0.99). The age-related differences in muscle thickness indicate that core stability exercises may be beneficial for children and middle-aged adults.
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spelling pubmed-70527192020-03-06 Muscle Thickness During Core Stability Exercises in Children and Adults Kellis, Eleftherios Ellinoudis, Athanasios Intziegianni, Konstantina Kofotolis, Nikolaos J Hum Kinet Section II - Exercise Physiology & Sports Medicine Core stability exercises are regular part of exercise programs for asymptomatic individuals across ages. The purpose of this study was to examine deep abdominal and multifidus muscle thickness in children and adults and to determine reliability of the rehabilitative ultrasound (RUSI) imaging. Transversus abdominis and lumbar multifidus thickness at rest and during core stability exercise were examined in pre-pubertal children (N = 23), adolescents (N = 20), young adults (N = 21) and middle-aged adults (N = 22). Thirty-nine participants were re-tested one week after to establish reliability. Muscle thickness at rest was lower in children and adolescents compared with young and middle-aged adults (p < 0.008). Young adults displayed the highest relative transversus abdominis thickness upon contraction (p < 0.008). Lumbar multfidus contraction thickness was greater in young-adults than middle-aged adults and pre-pubertal children (p < 0.008), but it was similar between young-adults and adolescents (p > 0.008). Reliability was high for both muscles (ICC(3,3) = 0.76 - 0.99). The age-related differences in muscle thickness indicate that core stability exercises may be beneficial for children and middle-aged adults. Sciendo 2020-01-31 /pmc/articles/PMC7052719/ /pubmed/32148578 http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/hukin-2019-0079 Text en © 2020 Eleftherios Kellis, Athanasios Ellinoudis, Konstantina Intziegianni, Nikolaos Kofotolis, published by Sciendo http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.
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title_short Muscle Thickness During Core Stability Exercises in Children and Adults
title_sort muscle thickness during core stability exercises in children and adults
topic Section II - Exercise Physiology & Sports Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7052719/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32148578
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