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Table. 3.

Comparison of the contraction thickness ratio on abdominal muscles according to each position

Muscle EO (mm) Compared with Rest (%) IO (mm) Compared with Rest (%) TrA (mm) Compared with Rest (%)
Rest 3.43 ± 1.0 (mm) 7.19 ± 1.79 (mm) 3.68 ± .83 (mm)
Bridge 3.61 ± 1.0 (mm) 5.24 ± 1.91 (%) 7.31 ± 1.88 (mm) 1.66 ± 1.26 (%) 4.31 ± 1.2 (mm) 17.11 ± 9.22* (%)
BHa 3.77 ± 1.03 (mm) 9.91 ± 3.11 (%) 7.42 ± 1.76 (mm) 3.19 ± 1.82 (%) 4.06 ± .93 (mm) 10.32 ± .57 (%)
BA 3.72 ± 1.25 (mm) 8.45 ± 7.45 (%) 8.37 ± 2.22 (mm) 16.41 ± 2.85* (%) 5.46 ± 1.35 (mm) 48.36 ± 4.79* (%)
BHaA 3.55 ± 1.09 (mm) 3.49 ± 2.47 (%) 8.34 ± 2.57 (mm) 15.99 ± 10.35* (%) 5.62 ± 1.56 (mm) 52.71 ± 11.84* (%)

* p < .05; Mean (mm) ± Standard Deviation (mm); EO, External Oblique Muscle; IO, Internal Oblique Muscle; TrA, Transverse

Abdominis; BHa, Bridge with hip adduction; BA, Bridge with ADIM; BHaA, Bridge with hip adduction and ADIM; AStatistically different from Rest; BStatistically different from Bridge; CStatistically different from BHa; DStatistically different from BA.; EStatistically different from BHaA.

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