Table A2.
Exercise assistance (or resistance) during closed chain exercise (see Table A2).
| Elastic bandsa | No resistance (body weight) | Resistance (Kg) | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Green | Purple | Black | Yellow | Red | Orange | |||||||||||
| A | R | A | R | A | R | A | R | A | R | A | R | A | R | FREQ | FREQ | Mean ± SD | |
| Push up | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2b | 13.7 ± 6.4 |
| Chin up | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13.1 ± 8.6 | |||||||
| Inverted row | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 8.8 ± 6.0 | |||||||
| Triceps dips | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 12.7 ± 11.4 | |||||||
| Shoulder depression | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 14.5 ± 11.5 | |||||||
| Vertical press | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
Abbreviations: A, band used to provide assistance; R, band used to provide resistance; FREQ, frequency count; SD, standard deviation.
a
Resistance increase from left to right. Blue higher assistance (or resistance); orange lowest resistance (or assistance). According to manufacturer data, the resistance of the thickest band (blue) is approximately 34 Kg at 10 cm length, and 95 Kg at 25 cm length; the resistance of the thinner band (orange) is approximately 2 Kg at 10 cm length, and 11 Kg at 25 cm length.
b
One participant performed the push up using both the resistance from the blue band and one weight on the back.