dc.contributor.author | Hides, Julie A | |
dc.contributor.author | Endicott, Timothy | |
dc.contributor.author | Mendis, M Dilani | |
dc.contributor.author | Stanton, Warren R | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-10-20T01:52:50Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-10-20T01:52:50Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1466-853X | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.ptsp.2016.05.003 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/409321 | |
dc.description.abstract | Objectives: 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.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.publisher | CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 26 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 31 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | Physical Therapy in Sport | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 20 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Sports science and exercise | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Allied health and rehabilitation science | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 4207 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 4201 | |
dc.subject.keywords | Science & Technology | |
dc.subject.keywords | Life Sciences & Biomedicine | |
dc.subject.keywords | Rehabilitation | |
dc.subject.keywords | Sport Sciences | |
dc.subject.keywords | Cricket | |
dc.title | The effect of motor control training on abdominal muscle contraction during simulated weight bearing in elite cricketers | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dcterms.bibliographicCitation | Hides, 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.dateAccepted | 2016-05-02 | |
dc.date.updated | 2021-10-20T01:51:19Z | |
gro.hasfulltext | No Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Mendis, Dilani D. | |
gro.griffith.author | Hides, Julie A. | |