The middle trapezius is highly activity during retraction exercises, while the lower trapezius is highly
activity in abduction / flexion exercises with the arm at or above horizontal, as well as horizontal rowing.
Not exact matches
They report that the upward rotation shrug (30 degrees
abduction) displayed superior muscle
activity in the upper, middle and lower regions.
With this
in mind, research has found that starting a shoulder shrug
in 30 of glenohumeral
abduction (i.e., arms slightly out to the sides), which is a component of slight scapula upward rotation, generated greater upper trapezius muscle
activity in comparison with the shrug with the arms at the side (1).
However, there are contradictions
in the literature, particularly when gluteus medius muscle
activity is measured rather than hip
abduction strength.
Only the external oblique
in hip
abduction plank displayed levels of muscle
activity considered high, suggesting that suspension exercises may not be beneficial for training the abdominals.
Similarly, Jang and Woo (2015) found that using greater hip
abduction during a sit - to - stand exercise
in elderly subjects involved higher gluteus medius muscle
activity.
Assessing the effect of stability during both compound and trunk flexion exercises, Mok et al. (2014) assessed the muscle
activity of the abdominals
in a number of suspension exercises including the hip
abduction plank (feet
in straps), press up, inverted row and hamstring curl (feet
in straps).
Such weakness
in the ratio of hip adduction to hip
abduction may be related to increased hip adductor to hip abductor muscle
activity (Morrissey et al. 2012).
Assessing the effect of bench press technique, Jagessar (thesis) found no difference
in pectoralis major muscle
activity between an «elbows out» (90 degree
abduction) and a «tucked powerlifting - style elbows» (70 degrees
abduction) shoulder position.
Similarly, Fujisawa et al. (2014) found that hip flexion angle did not affect gluteus medius muscle
activity when the knee was
in full extension during isometric hip
abduction.
They report that the highest muscle
activity was displayed
in the frontal plane at 60 degrees of shoulder
abduction (90.5 %), while overall muscle
activity tended to be greater at all planes of motion at 60 degrees.
Therefore, single - joint exercises that include
abduction of the arm are superior
in producing middle deltoid and anterior deltoid muscle
activity, while exercises that include horizontal
abduction produce superior posterior deltoid muscle
activity.
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