Development of abdominal exercise machine.

Abstract

Background : The developed abdominal exercise machine could be used to effectively exercise specific abdominal muscles.

Objective : To develop and evaluate an abdominal exercise machine and to test user satisfaction.

Design : Invention for development.

Setting : Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Naresuan University.

Materials and Methods : A machine was invented for exercising the Upper Rectus Abdominis muscle, specifically set to 30 degrees in decline crunch. The exercise machine was tested on 30 male subjects.

Results : The results showed that the efficiency of and satisfaction with the abdominal exercise machine were at good levels (4.50 ± 0.00 and 4.24 ± 0.68, respectively).

Conclusion : The study concluded that the developed abdominal exercise machine could be used to effectively exercise specific abdominal muscles.