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° |
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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