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dc.contributor.authorHides, Julie A
dc.contributor.authorEndicott, Timothy
dc.contributor.authorMendis, M Dilani
dc.contributor.authorStanton, Warren R
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-20T01:52:50Z
dc.date.available2021-10-20T01:52:50Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.issn1466-853X
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ptsp.2016.05.003
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/409321
dc.description.abstractObjectives: To investigate whether motor control training alters automatic contraction of abdominal muscles in elite cricketers with low back pain (LBP) during performance of a simulated unilateral weight-bearing task. Design: Clinical trial. Methods: 26 male elite-cricketers attended a 13-week cricket training camp. Prior to the camp, participants were allocated to a LBP or asymptomatic group. Real-time ultrasound imaging was used to assess automatic abdominal muscle response to axial loading. During the camp, the LBP group performed a staged motor control training program. Following the camp, the automatic response of the abdominal muscles was re-assessed. Results: At pre-camp assessment, when participants were axially loaded with 25% of their own bodyweight, the LBP group showed a 15.5% thicker internal oblique (IO) muscle compared to the asymptomatic group (p = 0.009). The post-camp assessment showed that participants in the LBP group demonstrated less contraction of the IO muscle in response to axial loading compared with the asymptomatic group. A trend was found in the automatic recruitment pattern of the transversus abdominis (p = 0.08). Conclusions: Motor control training normalized excessive contraction of abdominal muscles in response to a low load task. This may be a useful strategy for rehabilitation of cricketers with LBP.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherCHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom26
dc.relation.ispartofpageto31
dc.relation.ispartofjournalPhysical Therapy in Sport
dc.relation.ispartofvolume20
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSports science and exercise
dc.subject.fieldofresearchAllied health and rehabilitation science
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4207
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4201
dc.subject.keywordsScience & Technology
dc.subject.keywordsLife Sciences & Biomedicine
dc.subject.keywordsRehabilitation
dc.subject.keywordsSport Sciences
dc.subject.keywordsCricket
dc.titleThe effect of motor control training on abdominal muscle contraction during simulated weight bearing in elite cricketers
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationHides, JA; Endicott, T; Mendis, MD; Stanton, WR, The effect of motor control training on abdominal muscle contraction during simulated weight bearing in elite cricketers, Physical Therapy in Sport, 2016, 20, pp. 26-31
dcterms.dateAccepted2016-05-02
dc.date.updated2021-10-20T01:51:19Z
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorMendis, Dilani D.
gro.griffith.authorHides, Julie A.


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