Japanese Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine
Online ISSN : 1881-4751
Print ISSN : 0039-906X
ISSN-L : 0039-906X
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Trial of the contraction method for transversus abdominal muscle with taping: focusing on the muscle thickness of external oblique, internal oblique and transversus abdominal muscles
Tetsuya MiyazakiTomoyuki MatsuiKazuya SeoMachiko HiramotoYoshikazu AzumaNoriyuki KidaToru MoriharaToshikazu Kubo
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2019 Volume 68 Issue 1 Pages 65-69

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Abstract

Abdominal draw-in is a functional transversus abdominal muscle exercise to acquire the contraction. However, it is difficult for even healthy subjects to selectively contract the deep transversus abdominal and internal oblique muscles without over-contraction of the superficial rectus abdominis and the external oblique muscles. This study examined whether the transversus abdominal muscle is selectively contracted by our taping method. The subjects were 20 healthy males. Using ultrasound, we compared the thickness of external oblique, internal oblique, and transversus abdominal muscle among no taping, kinesio taping and abdominal muscle activation taping in the standing position. The thickness of transversus abdominal muscle significantly increased in the activation taping more than the other methods. This study showed that abdominal musculature activation taping made it possible to contract the transversus abdominal muscle selectively.

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