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. 2015 Aug 21;27(8):2633–2635. doi: 10.1589/jpts.27.2633

Table 1. Comparison of the EO, IO, and RA muscle activities during the bridge exercise on an US and a SS according to the knee angle Unit (%).

Muscle Surface 45° 90° 120°
EO SS 4.3±2.57 4.1±3.4 4.9±5.1
US 7.8±4.9†† 6.1±6.1 10.0±1.9††
IO SS* 2.7±1.0 3.0±1.6 4.0±2.1
US** 4.5±2.0†† 4.1±2.4†† 7.7±4.6††
RA SS** 0.4±0.5 0.8±0.6 0.8±0.6
US** 0.5±0.6 0.9±0.7†† 1.1±0.8††

EO: external oblique, IO: internal oblique, RA: rectus abdominis, SS: stable surface, US: unstable surface, *: repeated ANOVA, : paired t-test, *;†: p<0.05, **;††: p<0.01