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Table 3 A comparison of side-to-side muscle thickness (mm) differences

From: Measurement of superficial and deep abdominal muscle thickness: an ultrasonography study

Muscle

Mean

SD

t

Sig. (two-tailed)

TrA (Rt)–TrA (Lt)

0.20

.79

3.22

0.002

IO (Rt)–IO (Lt)

0.40

1.57

3.22

0.002

EO (Rt)–EO (Lt)

0.26

1.24

2.62

0.010

RA (Rt)–RA (Lt)

0.13

1.19

1.4

0.167

  1. TrA transversus abdominis, IO internal oblique, EO external oblique, RA rectus abdominis, (Rt) Right, (Lt): left, SD standard deviation