Abstract
The act of driving a car is classified as an Activity Parallel to Daily Living (APDL) - a combination of many different basic movements. Therefore, physical therapy places an emphasis on the analyses of these basic movements to examine the activities of daily living. In the present study, we analyzed the activity of the trunk muscles when pushing down a pedal with the foot. The results demonstrated that the activity of the obliquus internus muscle was closely associated with the pedal-pressing motion. We also performed a simulation of the motion, examining the muscle activity, with the purpose of applying it to rehabilitation training. In this paper, we report the findings obtained from the study, which will facilitate the analyses of body movements while driving a car.
