Open AccessEletromyography of abdominal muscles in different physical exercises
Author(s) -
Thiago Montes Fidale,
Felipe Farnesi Ribeiro Borges,
Leonardo Roever,
Gilmar da Cunha Souza,
Alexandre Gonçalves,
Eduardo Paul Chacur,
C. Mattos Pimenta,
Eduardo Gasparetto Haddad,
Guilherme Gularte de Agostini,
Fábio Clemente Gregório,
Fabrício Cardoso Ribeiro Guimarães,
Franciel José Arantes,
Lázaro Antônio dos Santos,
Adriano Alves Pereira,
Hanna Karen Moreira Antunes,
Guilherme Morais Puga,
Frederico Balbino Lizardo
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.59
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1536-5964
pISSN - 0025-7974
DOI - 10.1097/md.0000000000010395
Subject(s) - medicine , checklist , medline , physical therapy , protocol (science) , systematic review , physical medicine and rehabilitation , cinahl , cochrane library , alternative medicine , psychological intervention , nursing , pathology , political science , law , psychology , cognitive psychology
Background: The abdominal muscles are extremely important because they are directly involved in the functions of support, containment of viscera, and help in the process of expiration, defecation, urination, vomiting, and also at the time of childbirth. Many exercises and equipment are used to strengthen the abdominal muscles, and the workouts are proposed for a variety of purposes, such as preventing and rehabilitating low back pain, improving sports performance, achieving aesthetic standards, among others. Exercises that potentiate the electromyographic activity promote a greater recruitment of muscle fibers and are more effective to improve or maintain of the force. The electromyographic activity analysis allows us to reflect on the quality of the exercises proposed, consequently, to choose and order the exercises properly in a training session. Methods: Our systematic review protocol will developed following the reporting items for the systematic review. To identify relevant studies, we sought articles on the following bases: MEDLINE, PubMed, Europubmed, SciELO, Physiotherapy Evidences Data Base (PEDro), Cochrane, and Google Scholar. The methodological quality of the studies included in the review will evaluated using a checklist and quality assessment. For intervention studies, risk of bias will estimated using the Cochrane Collaboration tool. Results: The results of this study will show the electromyographic activation of the abdomen in the different types of exercises. Conclusion: Ethics approval was not required for this study because it was based on published studies. The results and findings of this study will be submitted and published in a scientific peer-reviewed journal. Systematic review registration: PROSPERO CRD42018086172.