ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020
Influence of Abdominal Hollowing Maneuver on the Core Musculature Activation during the Prone Plank Exercise.
Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07124286 (Does Abdominal Bracing Affect the Upper Extremity Performance in Female Adolescent Volleyball Athletes?), which is not on this map. Cited by 10 papers.
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Does Abdominal Bracing Affect the Upper Extremity Performance in Female Adolescent Volleyball Athletes?
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- Feasibility study of core training in knee injury recovery.Turkish journal of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- The Effect of Executive Cognitive Distraction on Sustaining a Volitional Preemptive Abdominal Contraction During a Unipedal Functional Movement in Healthy Participants.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2025Article
- A Comparison between Core Stability Exercises and Muscle Thickness Using Two Different Activation Maneuvers.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2024Article
- Spinal Muscle Thickness and Activation during Abdominal Hollowing and Bracing in CrossFitSports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The effects of Pilates training on abdominal muscle thickness and core endurance in patients with Parkinson's disease: a single-blind controlled clinical study.Turkish journal of medical sciences · 2023Article
- The Effects of Abdominal Hollowing and Bracing Maneuvers on Trunk Muscle Activity and Pelvic Rotation Angle during Leg Pull Front Pilates Exercise.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Breathing, (S)Training and the Pelvic Floor-A Basic Concept.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Does transversus abdominis function correlate with prone plank and bench bridge holding time in club cricket players?South African journal of sports medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
This cross-sectional study of repeated measures investigated whether integrating the abdominal hollowing maneuver (AHM) into the prone plank performance is an effective strategy for increasing both the activation of the deep and superficial core musculature. Electromyographical (EMG) responses of rectus abdominis (RA), external oblique (EO), internal oblique (IO), and lumbar erector spinae (LES), and ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) of 20 participants (13 male, 7 female; mean ± standard deviation (SD) age: 24.25 ± 3.54 years; body mass: 66.42 ± 8.40 kg; height: 1.70 ± 9.51 m) were compared across two experimental conditions: the traditional prone plank (STANDARD); and a variation including the AHM (HOLLOWING). Regarding Total Intensity, HOLLOWING resulted in significantly greater EMG response than STANDARD (
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