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EFFECTS OF THE MULLIGAN SUSTAINED NATURAL APOPHYSEAL GLIDE (SNAG) MOBILIZATION ON TRUNK MUSCLE ACTIVITY AND VERTICAL JUMP PERFORMANCE IN HEALTHY SUBJECTS

The Society for Back Pain Research (SBPR) 2018 Meeting, Groningen, The Netherlands, 15–16 November 2018.



Abstract

Purpose & Background

The ability to jump higher is a key factor for athletic performance and relies on many factors including spinal movement and trunk muscle activity. Manual therapy including Mulligan' Sustained Natural Apophyseal Glide (SNAG) techniques are proposed to increase spinal movement and thus function. The evidence pf the effect of manual therapy on muscle activity is limited. We aimed to determine the immediate effects of an extension SNAG on the lower lumbar spine on jump height and rectus abdominis (RA), external oblique (EO), multifidus (M) and iliocostalis Lumborum (IL) muscle activity during the flight phase of vertical jump compared to a placebo intervention (flat hand pressure).

Method

Eighteen healthy participants (16 males, age 28.11±5.01 years, weight 70.58±11.9 kg, height 1.70±0.07m, body mass index 24.28±3.30)from Cardiff University were randomly allocated to either an extension SNAG or placebo intervention. Surface Electromyography was normalised to maximum voluntary contraction and was collected during the flight phase of the jump and jump height was measured using jump and reach test.

Results

There was a significant increase (p=0.01) in jump height for the SNAG group. No significant differences in RA, EO, M, IL muscle activity was noted between SNAG and placebo interventions In EO, LES and M descriptive analysis showed a decrease in muscle activity in on average 14 of the subjects

Conclusion

SNAG mobilisation can produce an immediate increase in jump height but no significant changes in muscle activity in healthy subjects. Further work is warranted in subjects with low back pain.

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No funding was obtained.


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