Binglin Chen, Yulin Dong, JiaBao Guo, YiLi Zheng, Juan Zhang, Xueqiang Wang
BACKGROUND This study investigated how whole-body vibration (WBV), exercise, and their interactions influence core muscle activity in healthy young adults. MATERIAL AND METHODS Twenty-three healthy young adults (8 males and 15 females; age: 21.87±2.33 years) participated in the study. The activities of muscle multifidi (MM), rectus abdominis muscle (RM), erector spinae (ES), abdominis obliquus externus (AOE), and abdominis obliquus internus (AOI) were measured through surface electromyography (sEMG) while participants were performing 4 different exercise forms under 3 WBV conditions (condition 1: 5 Hz, 2 mm; condition 2: 10 Hz, 2 mm; and condition 3: 15 Hz, 2 mm) and a no-WBV condition in single experimental sessions...
March 15, 2019: Medical Science Monitor: International Medical Journal of Experimental and Clinical Research