Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Plantar intrinsic foot muscle activation during functional exercises compared to isolated foot exercises in younger adults. |
| Authors: |
Willemse, Lydia, Wouters, Eveline J. M., Pisters, Martijn F., Vanwanseele, Benedicte |
| Source: |
Physiotherapy Theory & Practice; Aug2024, Vol. 40 Issue 8, p1656-1668, 13p |
| Subject Terms: |
SKELETAL muscle physiology, FOOT physiology, BIOMECHANICS, TASK performance, DATA analysis, RESEARCH funding, EXERCISE therapy, RESEARCH evaluation, DESCRIPTIVE statistics, ELECTROMYOGRAPHY, CROSSOVER trials, EXPERIMENTAL design, STATISTICS, DATA analysis software, INTER-observer reliability, ADULTS |
| Abstract: |
Training the plantar intrinsic foot muscles (PIFMs) has the potential to benefit patients with lower extremity musculoskeletal conditions as well as the aged population. Isolated foot exercises, often standard in clinical practice, are difficult to perform, whereas functional exercises are much easier to accomplish. However, it is unclear whether functional exercises are comparable to isolated foot exercises in activating the PIFMs. This study aims to compare the activation of PIFMs between functional exercises versus isolated foot exercises. Using surface electromyography (EMG), muscle activation of three PIFMs was measured in four functional exercises (i.e. normal/unstable toe stance, toe walking, and hopping) versus a muscle-specific isolated foot exercise in 29 younger adults, resulting in 12 comparisons. Functional exercises showed larger mean EMG amplitudes than the isolated foot exercises in 25% of the 12 comparisons, while there was no difference in the remaining 75%. Functional exercises provoked comparable or even more activation of the PIFMs than isolated foot exercises. Given that functional exercises are easier to perform, this finding indicates the need to further investigate the effectiveness of functional exercises in physical therapy to improve muscle function and functional task performance in populations that suffer from PIFM weakness or dysfunction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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