Changes in Muscular Activity in Different Stable and Unstable Conditions on Aquatic Platforms

Overview

Journal Biology (Basel)

Publisher MDPI

Specialty Biology

Date 2022 Nov 11

PMID 36358344

Authors

Ana Conceicao

Orlando Fernandes

Miguel Baia

Jose A Parraca

Bruno Goncalves

Nuno Batalha

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Abstract

The present study aimed to analyse and compare the muscle activity of twelve participants (seven men and five women) (age 20.1 ± 0.9 years; height 170.5 ± 10 cm; body mass: 64.86 ± 8.3 kg) in two exercises, each with two variants: squat (dynamic and static) and plank (hands and elbows) in a stable environment on land and an unstable environment on an aquatic platform. The erector spinae, biceps femoris, rectus femoris, external oblique, and rectus abdominis muscles were evaluated using surface electromyography. The dynamic squat increases the recruitment of the biceps femoris and external oblique, while the static squat demands greater activation of the rectus femoris. The elbow plank exercise increases the recruitment of erector spinae muscles, and the hand plank exercise increases the recruitment of the erector spinae and external oblique. In conclusion, performing exercises in unstable conditions on an aquatic platform slightly increases muscle recruitment.

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