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Hence, the effects of a 10-minute sustained spine flexion exposure on LES orientation, thickness, and activity were investigated. Three different submaximally flexed spine postures were observed before and after the exposure. At baseline, orientation (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u2009.001) and thickness (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.004) decreased with increasingly flexed postures. After the exposure, obliquity further decreased at low (pairwise comparison <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u2009.001) and moderately (pairwise comparison <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.008) flexed postures. Low back creep occurred, but LES thickness did not change, indicating that decreases in orientation were not solely due to changes in muscle length at a given posture. Activation did not change to counteract decreases in obliquity. 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