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Design<\/jats:bold>:<\/jats:italic> Repeated-measures design in a single group, pre\u2013post CAC. Setting<\/jats:bold>:<\/jats:italic> Biomechanics laboratory. Participants<\/jats:bold>:<\/jats:italic> Twenty-three male volunteers without a history of lesions in the upper limbs participated in the study. Main Outcome Measures<\/jats:bold>:<\/jats:italic> Five repetitions of push-ups on stable and unstable surfaces were performed with and without instruction for CAC. The normalized amplitude of the EMG activity was obtained from the muscles of the upper, middle, and lower trapezius, SA upper (SA_5th) and lower (SA_7th) portions, external oblique (EO), and internal oblique. Results<\/jats:bold>:<\/jats:italic> CAC increased the activity of the EO, internal oblique, middle trapezius, and SA (P<\/jats:italic>\u2009<\u2009.05) in both surfaces. The use of the unstable surface increased the EMG activity of the EO, SA_7th, and middle trapezius and decreased the EMG activity of the SA_5th. However, all changes observed in EMG signals were of low magnitude, with effect sizes lower than 0.45. There was a weak correlation between the EMG activity of the EO and SA_5th (r<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.24) and a strong correlation between the EO and SA_7th (r<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.70). Conclusion<\/jats:bold>:<\/jats:italic> The isolated use of CAC or unstable surface during push-up seems to present no practical relevance, but the combined use of these strategies may increase activation of the SA_7th and middle trapezius muscles.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1123\/jsr.2018-0165","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,1,24]],"date-time":"2019-01-24T16:30:27Z","timestamp":1548347427000},"page":"225-230","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Can the Use of Unstable Surfaces and Instruction for Conscious Abdominal Contraction Increase the EMG Activity of the Periscapular Muscles During the Dynamic Push-Up?"],"prefix":"10.1123","volume":"29","author":[{"given":"Rodrigo Cappato","family":"de Ara\u00fajo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Vin\u00edcius Yan 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