"Horizontal abduction" refers to the movement of a body part away from the center of the body, specifically in a horizontal or sideways direction.
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As you can see from the pictures above, the wide grip bench press involves a larger
shoulder horizontal abduction angle than the close grip bench press.
Reinold et al. (2004) found that external rotation exercises produced inferior middle deltoid muscle activity, while prone
horizontal abduction with external rotation produced large (82 %) EMG activity.
The largest muscle activity was found when
performing horizontal abduction with internal rotation, followed by performing the exercise with external rotation.
Lateral raise - type exercises produce superior middle deltoid muscle activity,
while horizontal abduction exercises produce high levels of posterior deltoid muscle activity.
Therefore, the data indicates that the lower trapezius muscle displays high levels of muscle activity
during horizontal abduction angles at or above 90 degrees coronal plane abduction, as well as scapular plane flexion (arms above head) and horizontal rowing.
Reinold et al. (2004) found similar levels (88 %) of posterior deltoid muscle activity during the
prone horizontal abduction at 100 degrees of shoulder abduction with external rotation.
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.
Lateral raise - type exercises appear to produce superior middle deltoid muscle activity, while
horizontal abduction exercises produce high levels of posterior deltoid muscle activity.
During the bench press, she starts
in horizontal abduction, scapular depression and retraction, elbow flexion, internal rotation, and spinal extension.
The latissimus dorsi is responsible for extension, adduction, transverse extension also known
as horizontal abduction, flexion from an extended position, and (medial) internal rotation of the shoulder joint.
As is clear from the chart below, the posterior deltoid has a large shoulder
horizontal abduction moment arm length, which makes it a prime mover in this movement.
In contrast, the middle and posterior deltoids
perform horizontal abduction (moving the hands apart), with their greatest moment arm lengths in the middle of the joint range of motion.
The muscle activity was shown to be highest to lowest in the following order: shoulder raise in the scapular plane with internal rotation,
horizontal abduction with and without internal rotation, and front raises.
The anterior deltoid seems to provide the largest moment arm during horizontal adduction (bringing the hands together), while the posterior deltoid provides the largest moment arm length
during horizontal abduction (moving the hands away from one another).
Therefore, the data indicates that moderate - to - high levels of posterior deltoid muscle activity is displayed during exercises that
include horizontal abduction or weight - bearing exercises with large loads.
The posterior deltoid is often trained by performing rear deltoid raises, which involve
shoulder horizontal abduction (either by performing reverse flys in a pec deck station or facing downwards on an incline bench).
Its main three functions are
horizontal abduction (think rear lateral raises), external rotation of the upper arm ans well as extension of the upper arm.
Plank hold with
horizontal abduction --(3 sets of 10 repetitions, on Right and Left) Holding plank position, posting on your hands and toes, pull your belly button in toward your spine and tighten up.
There, it appears the upper trapezius muscle it highly active during elevation of the shoulder, and retraction to the scapula including rowing and
horizontal abduction.
Before benching, we should be activating the upper back by moving through
the horizontal abduction and adduction planes of motion, and there's nothing better to do it than the band pull - apart.
The posterior delt will pull the shoulder backwards (extension), turn the shoulder outwards (external rotation), and pull the shoulder horizontally away from the chest (
horizontal abduction).
There is limited information available about the moment arm lengths of the deltoids for performing shoulder
horizontal abduction and adduction.
Some shoulder rehabilitation exercises appear to target the deltoid muscles to a greater extent (internal rotation, arm elevation and
horizontal abduction), while others can be used to reduce the muscle activity (arm frontal and horizontal adduction).
There seems to be significant differences between the heads of the deltoid insofar as they produce either
horizontal abduction or adduction in the transverse (horizontal) plane.