Abstract:Abstract.[Purpose] The aim of this study was to quantitatively investigate gender differences in trunk muscle strength and activity and to verify the two proposed fi eld tests for screening the muscle strength of trunk flexors by use of surface EMG (sEMG). [Subjects and Methods] Fifty-four healthy young volunteers participated in this study and RA strength was evaluated using the curl-up (CU) and doubleleg-lower (DLL) tests. All muscle activity that occurred in the upper and lower RA sites during the two tests… Show more
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