The effect of motor control training on abdominal muscle contraction during simulated weight bearing in elite cricketers.
In: Physical therapy in sport : official journal of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports Medicine, Jg. 20 (2016-07-01), S. 26-31
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Objectives: To investigate whether motor control training alters automatic contraction of abdominal muscles in elite cricketers with low back pain (LBP) during performance of a simulated unilateral weight-bearing task.
Design: Clinical trial.
Methods: 26 male elite-cricketers attended a 13-week cricket training camp. Prior to the camp, participants were allocated to a LBP or asymptomatic group. Real-time ultrasound imaging was used to assess automatic abdominal muscle response to axial loading. During the camp, the LBP group performed a staged motor control training program. Following the camp, the automatic response of the abdominal muscles was re-assessed.
Results: At pre-camp assessment, when participants were axially loaded with 25% of their own bodyweight, the LBP group showed a 15.5% thicker internal oblique (IO) muscle compared to the asymptomatic group (p = 0.009). The post-camp assessment showed that participants in the LBP group demonstrated less contraction of the IO muscle in response to axial loading compared with the asymptomatic group. A trend was found in the automatic recruitment pattern of the transversus abdominis (p = 0.08).
Conclusions: Motor control training normalized excessive contraction of abdominal muscles in response to a low load task. This may be a useful strategy for rehabilitation of cricketers with LBP.
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The effect of motor control training on abdominal muscle contraction during simulated weight bearing in elite cricketers.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Hides, JA ; Endicott, T ; Mendis, MD ; Stanton, WR |
Zeitschrift: | Physical therapy in sport : official journal of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports Medicine, Jg. 20 (2016-07-01), S. 26-31 |
Veröffentlichung: | Edinburgh ; New York : Churchill Livingstone, c2000-, 2016 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 1873-1600 (electronic) |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.ptsp.2016.05.003 |
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