Muscle activation during push-ups performed under stable and unstable conditions

• Main Authors: Sebastien Borreani (Author), Joaquin Calatayud (Author), Juan Carlos Colado (Author), Diego Moya-Nájera (Author), N. Travis Triplett (Author), Fernando Martin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background/Objective: The purpose of this study was to analyze muscle activation when performing push-ups under different stability conditions. Methods: Physically fit young male university students (N = 30) performed five push-ups under stable conditions (on the floor) and using four unstable devic...