Effect of pilates mat exercises and conventional exercise programmes on transversus abdominis and obliquus internus abdominis activity: Pilot randomised trial

Manual Therapy

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 183-189

  Critchley, Duncan J ^a   Pierson, Zoe ^b   Battersby, Gemma ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exercise; Pilates; Transversus abdominis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTACT ANGLE; ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE INTENSITY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVENTION STUDY; KINESIOTHERAPY; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; OBLIQUE INTERNAL ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; PILATES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SITTING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION; THICKNESS; TRANSVERSE ABDOMINIS MUSCLE;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; EXERCISE MOVEMENT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESISTANCE TRAINING;

EID: 79551563938     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2010.10.007     Document Type: Article

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