- Title
- Electromyographic analyses of the erector spinae muscles during golf swings using four different clubs
- Creator
- Sorbie, Graeme; Grace, Fergal; Gu, Yaodong; Baker, Julien; Ugbolue, Ukadike
- Date
- 2017
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/158549
- Identifier
- vital:11794
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2017.1334956
- Identifier
- ISSN:0264-0414
- Abstract
- The purpose of this study was to compare the electromyography (EMG) patterns of the thoracic andlumbar regions of the erector spinae (ES) muscle during the golf swing whilst using four different golfclubs. Fifteen right-handed male golfers performed a total of twenty swings in random order using thedriver, 4-iron, 7-iron and pitching-wedge. Surface EMG was recorded from the lead and trail sides of thethoracic and lumbar regions of the ES muscle (T8, L1 and L5 lateral to the spinous-process). Three-dimensional high-speed video analysis was used to identify the backswing, forward swing, acceleration,early and late follow-through phases of the golf swing. No significant differences in muscle-activationlevels from the lead and trail sides of the thoracic and lumbar regions of the ES muscle were displayedbetween the driver, 4-iron, 7-iron and pitching-wedge (P > 0.05). The highest mean thoracic and lumbarES muscle-activation levels were displayed in the forward swing (67–99% MVC) and acceleration (83–106% MVC) phases of the swing for all clubs tested. The findings from this study show that there wereno significant statistical differences between the driver, 4-iron, 7-iron and pitching-wedge whenexamining muscle activity from the thoracic and lumbar regions of the ES muscle.
- Relation
- Journal of Sports Sciences Vol. 36, no. 7 (2017), p. 717-723
- Rights
- © 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 1106 Human Movement and Sports Science; 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy; EMG; MVC; Thoracic; Lumbar; Club head speed
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