Table 1. Description of data extracted from each article regarding neuromuscular activity, in relation to subtopics: type of intervention, sample, gender, age, experience time, type of study, outcomes, main findings and PEDro quality scale score (0-8).

Reference	Intervention	Sample (n)	Gender	Age (years)	Experience (years)	Type of study	Outcomes	Main findings	PEDro
Contreras et al. (2015)	Barbell hip thrust versus back squat	13	Female	28.9±5.11	7.0±5.8	Acute	Activity EMG of the muscles gluteus maximus upper and lower fibers, biceps femoris and vastus lateralis	Hip thrust ↑ EMG significantly for gluteus maximus muscle (both portions) and biceps femoris	7
Contreras et al. (2016)	Hip thrust Variations (traditional, American and band)	13	Female	28.9±5.11	7.0±5.8	Acute	Activity EMG of the muscles gluteus maximus upper and lower fibers, biceps femoris and vastus lateralis	Variation with full amplitude demonstrated ↑ EMG for mean and peak activation of the upper gluteus maximus fibers	7
Andersen et al. (2018)	Barbell hip thrust versus straight and hex bar deadlift	13	Male	21.9±1.6	4.5±1.9	Acute	Activity EMG of the muscles gluteus maximus upper and lower fibers, biceps femoris and erector spinae	Barbell hip thrust: ↑ EMG gluteus maximus Deadlift straight bar: ↑ EMG biceps femoris * there was no difference for erector spinae	7
Williams et al. (2018)	Barbell hip thrust versus back squat e Split squat	12	Male	25.0±4.0	4.0±1.0	Acute	Activity EMG of the muscle gluteus maximus	Significantly ↑ EMG in the Barbell hip thrust	7
Collazo Garcia et al. (2018)	Barbell hip thrust feet position variations (original hip thrust, pull hip thrust [PHT], rotation hip thrust [RHT], and feet away hip thrust [FHT]	7	Male	29.4±4.6	Not indicated	Acute	Activity EMG of the rectus femoris (RF), vastus medialis (VM), vastus lateralis (VL), gluteus maximus (GMax), gluteus medius (GMed), biceps femoris (BF), and semitendinosus (ST) muscles	Significant differences in EMG in all muscles except for the gluteus medius, where no differences were observed among variations. In comparison with the original variation: RHT = ↑ Gmax FHT = ↑ BF, ST and ↓RF, VM, VL	7