Table 1 . The descriptive statistics of the EMG variables for both the EO and EC conditions .
Item | Muscle | Condition |
Asymptomatic (Mean±SD) |
LBP (Mean±SD) |
p | ||
Onset Latency(ms) | TrA/IO | EO | 20±60 | 55±219 | 0.087 | ||
EC | 86±46 | 88±52 | 0.799 | ||||
EOA | EO | 36±77 | 36±118 | 0.995 | |||
EC | 111±75 | 69±39 | 0.082 | ||||
ES | EO | -9±100 | -36±334 | 0.828 | |||
Peak Latency
(ms) IEMG |
TrA/IO EOA ES TrA/IO EOA ES |
EC EO EC EO EC EO EC EO EC EO EC EO EC |
56±41 102±44 118±45 99±56 128±63 92±45 114±52 0.95±0.28 1.07±0.39 1.01±0.34 1.13±0.45 1.37±0.33 1.46±0.57 |
59±32 88±61 115±45 75±46 104±54 61±39 115±35 0.78±0.22 0.86±0.30 0.93±0.32 0.98±0.33 1.18±0.24 1.16±0.24 |
0.311 0.416 0.819 0.170 0.210 0.026 0.944 0.044 0.068 0.453 0.082 0.045 0.038 |
TrA/IO: TransversusAbdominus/ Internal Oblique, EOA: External Oblique, ES: Erector Spinae
EO: eye open, EC: eye closed
Significant P values are underlined.