Differentiation of gluteus medius and minimus activity in weight bearing and non-weight bearing exercises by M-mode ultrasound imaging

Background: Knowledge on task-specific activity of the deep hip abductor muscles is limited and is required for determining appropriate hip abductor exercises. Objectives: To assess the temporal differentiation of activity of gluteus minimus and the deep and the superficial regions of gluteus medius...

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Main Authors: Dieterich, A., Petzke, F., Pickard, Christine, Davey, Paul, Falla, D.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Churchill Livingstone 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9554
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author Dieterich, A.
Petzke, F.
Pickard, Christine
Davey, Paul
Falla, D.
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Petzke, F.
Pickard, Christine
Davey, Paul
Falla, D.
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description Background: Knowledge on task-specific activity of the deep hip abductor muscles is limited and is required for determining appropriate hip abductor exercises. Objectives: To assess the temporal differentiation of activity of gluteus minimus and the deep and the superficial regions of gluteus medius during weight bearing and non-weight bearing exercises. Design: Repeated measures design on a single recording occasion. Method: M-mode ultrasound was used to capture activity-related muscle motion of the gluteus minimus and medius muscles in 20 healthy volunteers during weight shift, hip hitch, side-lying abduction and active leg lengthening exercises. M-mode traces were computer-processed for detecting muscle motion onsets. Mean onset differences between muscle regions and their intra-individual variability were assessed. Results: In contrast to side-lying abduction, the weight shift and hip hitch exercises resulted in larger onset variability between the gluteus minimus and deep gluteus medius (P < 0.001) and also between the deep and superficial regions of the gluteus medius (P < 0.05). Conclusions: Weight bearing exercises promoted a greater functional differentiation between deep and superficial hip abductor muscles.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-95542017-09-13T14:50:54Z Differentiation of gluteus medius and minimus activity in weight bearing and non-weight bearing exercises by M-mode ultrasound imaging Dieterich, A. Petzke, F. Pickard, Christine Davey, Paul Falla, D. Background: Knowledge on task-specific activity of the deep hip abductor muscles is limited and is required for determining appropriate hip abductor exercises. Objectives: To assess the temporal differentiation of activity of gluteus minimus and the deep and the superficial regions of gluteus medius during weight bearing and non-weight bearing exercises. Design: Repeated measures design on a single recording occasion. Method: M-mode ultrasound was used to capture activity-related muscle motion of the gluteus minimus and medius muscles in 20 healthy volunteers during weight shift, hip hitch, side-lying abduction and active leg lengthening exercises. M-mode traces were computer-processed for detecting muscle motion onsets. Mean onset differences between muscle regions and their intra-individual variability were assessed. Results: In contrast to side-lying abduction, the weight shift and hip hitch exercises resulted in larger onset variability between the gluteus minimus and deep gluteus medius (P < 0.001) and also between the deep and superficial regions of the gluteus medius (P < 0.05). Conclusions: Weight bearing exercises promoted a greater functional differentiation between deep and superficial hip abductor muscles. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9554 10.1016/j.math.2015.01.006 Churchill Livingstone restricted
spellingShingle Dieterich, A.
Petzke, F.
Pickard, Christine
Davey, Paul
Falla, D.
Differentiation of gluteus medius and minimus activity in weight bearing and non-weight bearing exercises by M-mode ultrasound imaging
title Differentiation of gluteus medius and minimus activity in weight bearing and non-weight bearing exercises by M-mode ultrasound imaging
title_full Differentiation of gluteus medius and minimus activity in weight bearing and non-weight bearing exercises by M-mode ultrasound imaging
title_fullStr Differentiation of gluteus medius and minimus activity in weight bearing and non-weight bearing exercises by M-mode ultrasound imaging
title_full_unstemmed Differentiation of gluteus medius and minimus activity in weight bearing and non-weight bearing exercises by M-mode ultrasound imaging
title_short Differentiation of gluteus medius and minimus activity in weight bearing and non-weight bearing exercises by M-mode ultrasound imaging
title_sort differentiation of gluteus medius and minimus activity in weight bearing and non-weight bearing exercises by m-mode ultrasound imaging
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9554