Facultade de Fisioterapia, Universidade de Vigo, 36310 Pontevedra, Spain.
Facultade de Ciencias da Educación e do Deporte, Universidade de Vigo, 36310 Pontevedra, Spain.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jun 29;18(13):6984. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18136984.
This study analyzes the effects of hypopressive exercises on the abdominal thickness of healthy subjects and compares the performance between women and men. We conducted a transversal observational study in 98 subjects (63% women). The muscle thickness is analyzed in transversus abdominis, internal oblique, external oblique, and rectus abdominis with ultrasound imaging at rest and during the hypopressive exercise (HE) in supine and standing position. Comparisons between rest and hypopressive exercise are carried out in the two different positions and between women and men. In the supine position, there is a significant activation of the transversus abdominis and internal oblique during hypopressive exercise ( < 0.001), and it is similar in both sexes, the external oblique is only activated significantly by men ( < 0.001) and rectus abdominis had no significant activation ( > 0.05). Our results show that standing transversus abdominis and external oblique significantly increased their thickness during HE with higher effects in men. Internal oblique also increased significantly, but with higher effects in women, and rectus abdominis had no significant increase. Men had similar effects to women during HE, with an activation of the deepest abdominal muscles. The unequal anatomy and the position could explain the different results obtained between the sexes.
本研究分析了收腹运动对健康受试者腹部厚度的影响,并比较了男女之间的表现。我们对 98 名受试者(63%为女性)进行了横断面观察性研究。使用超声成像技术,在仰卧位和站立位下,对腹横肌、内斜肌、外斜肌和腹直肌的肌肉厚度进行分析。在两种不同体位下,对静息状态和收腹运动时进行比较,并对女性和男性进行比较。仰卧位时,收腹运动时腹横肌和内斜肌的激活明显(<0.001),且在两性中相似,外斜肌仅在男性中显著激活(<0.001),腹直肌无明显激活(>0.05)。我们的结果表明,站立位时,腹横肌和外斜肌在收腹运动时厚度明显增加,男性的效果更高。内斜肌也明显增加,但女性的效果更高,而腹直肌没有明显增加。男性在收腹运动时与女性有相似的效果,最深层的腹部肌肉被激活。不同的解剖结构和体位可能解释了男女之间不同的结果。