Type de document

Études primaires

Année de publication

2019

Langue

Anglais

Titre de la revue

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Première page

55

Dernière page

62

Résumé

Background

Lumbar spine stability is regularly studied by positioning different loads at different heights and distance and measuring trunk muscle activation changes. Some of these studies have reported sex differences, but this needs to be revisited while controlling for confounding factors.

Method

20 males and 20 females sustained three static standing postures, with various loads (0, 5 and 10% of body weight), to evaluate the effect of height and distance. Activation of 12 trunk muscles was recorded with surface electromyography (EMG).

Results

Females activated their external obliques a little more than males, with increases ranging between 1.5 and 2.3% of maximal voluntary activation (MVA), which corresponds to strong effect sizes (Cohen’s d ranging between 0.86 and 1.13). However, the significant Sex × Height, Sex × Distance and Sex × Load interactions observed for different trunk muscles led to small differential effects (≤1% MVA). Increasing load height slightly increased and decreased back and abdominal muscle activation, respectively, generally by less than 1% MVA.

Conclusion

The higher activation of the external obliques observed in females might be of clinical value, relative to the required overall trunk muscle activation (5%), to preserve lumbar stability. Other effects were negligible.

Mots-clés

Maux de dos, Backache, Mécanique humaine, Body mechanics, Mesure du travail et de l'effort, Measurement of work and effort, Troubles musculosquelettiques, Musculoskeletal disease, Recherche sur la douleur, Research on pain, Différence liée au sexe, Sec difference, Normalisation, Standardisation, Épreuve de conformité, Compliance test

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