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external oblique action definitions
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1compresses abdomen; lateral rotation2 sets
2compress abdomen and bends vertebral column laterally with muscle contraction1 set
3compresses abdomen, flexes vertebral column contralaterally1 set
4compresses abdominal viscera, flexes vertebral column1 set
5unilaterally - trunk side flexion, bilaterally - compression of abdomen1 set
6when pair contract simultaneously, aid rectus abdominis muscles in flexing vertebral column and in compressing abdominal wall and increasing intra abdominal pressure; acting individually aid muscles of back in trunk rotation and lateral flexion1 set