Morphological Measure of Abdominis Muscles with Ultrasonography in Manifold Postures for Training:Reliability / 中国康复理论与实践

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the reliability of transversus abdominis muscles measure with ultrasonography. Methods The thick-ness of bilateral transversus abdominis muscles of 20 volunteers at rest and during different postures for training was measured with ultraso-nography by 2 examiners. The rate of contraction was calculated. Results The measurement was correlated strongly between examiners (r>0.7). There was significant difference in variety of thickness among postures except head rise to contralateral leg rise (P<0.01). Conclusion Ultrasonography is reliable in measuring transversus abdominis muscles.