Table 1 Comparison of trunk electromyography activities for each exercise
Muscle | APTE | APTH | ASTE | F-value | P-value |
ICT | 0.33±0.13 | 0.45±0.17 | 0.24±0.08 | 17.540 | 0.000 |
ICL | 0.39±0.14 | 0.54±0.17 | 0.13±0.06 | 79.744 | 0.000 |
LT | 0.29±0.09 | 0.39±0.12 | 0.27±0.11 | 12.472 | 0.000 |
ICT/ICL | 0.85±0.23 | 0.84±0.19 | 2.00±0.79 | 31.704 | 0.000 |
LT/ICL | 0.78±0.25 | 0.73±0.17 | 2.33±1.07 | 31.784 | 0.000 |
APTE: active prone thoracic extension; APTH: active prone thoracic hyper-extension; ASTE: active sitting thoracic extension; ICT: iliocostalis thoracis; ICL: iliocostalis lumborum; LT: longissimus thoracis. Data are expressed as mean±SD.