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Biceps Curl Exercise muscle activation levels (% MVC, standard deviation in brackets), average difference between surfaces and number of participants whose change in activity was greater than 5% MVC. |
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| Surface |
Muscles studied during biceps curl exercise |
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| Rectus Abdominis |
External Oblique |
Internal Oblique |
Erector Spinae |
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| Ball |
5.0 (5.8) |
3.0 (4.4) |
9.0 (8.4) |
8.7 (7.4) |
| Bench |
4.2 (5.7) |
2.2 (1.9) |
6.9 (6.0) |
6.5 (6.3) |
| Difference |
.83 (2.65) |
.74 (2.86) |
2.14 (5.79) |
2.23 (4.67) |
| Increase |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
| Decrease |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Lehman et al. Dynamic Medicine 2005 4:6 doi:10.1186/1476-5918-4-6 |
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